APIs have often been cited as one of the most useful among the recently developed tools for treasurers, but are they really delivering? We look at current and future use cases, obstacles to adoption, and what exactly treasurers need to do in order to extract the most from this technology.
APIs have often been cited as one of the most useful among the recently developed tools for treasurers, but are they really delivering? We look at current and future use cases, obstacles to adoption, and what exactly treasurers need to do in order to extract the most from this technology. There is a clear trend […]
Jolene Abshire, Sector Head for Development Organisations, Absa Group, discusses the shifting dynamics of donor funding for Africa in recent years, explaining how moving from traditional aid to trade-centric models can help the continent to support its own initiatives, economy, and resources. Donor funding to Africa is shrinking as budgets dwindle. Global crises, such as […]
Insight Enterprises is a Fortune 500 global IT solutions integrator. With its finance function managing around 10,000 invoices per day on the back of nearly $10bn in revenues, Lynn Willden, Senior Vice President Finance, Treasury and Tax, Insight Enterprises, knew the business needed help to secure and accelerate its cash flows, and support for its […]
In the final article of this three-part series taking a working capital perspective on some of the foremost issues of the day, experts from SAP-owned fintech, Taulia – Blake Evans, Head of Sales for Americas, Alexander Mutter, Managing Director EMEA, and Steve Scott, Head of Sales APAC – explore how companies can best use technology […]
ESG’s Role in Supply Chain Resilience In the second of this three-part series taking a supply chain finance perspective on some of the foremost issues of the day, experts from Taulia – Blake Evans, Head of Sales for Americas, Alexander Mutter, Managing Director EMEA, and Steve Scott, Head of Sales APAC – consider how ESG […]
Interactions between treasury and procurement spiked during the Covid-19 pandemic, as both departments dealt with the emergency that global lockdowns triggered for corporate supply chains. As we move into the next stage of managing the crisis, strengthening engagement between the two departments offers efficiency opportunities for team members and the wider organisation. While they tend […]
Even robust mid-market firms in emerging markets can experience difficulties in securing sufficient finance to grow. It can mean larger established-market buyers and suppliers are needlessly losing opportunities to work with these firms. TMI discovers how one fintech is seeking to bridge the funding gap. Supply chains are often a complex global arrangement, with participants […]
Real-time technologies are not intended as stand-alone tools, they require an ecosystem of complementary processes and systems to really reap their benefits. TMI seeks best practice guidance from Bank of America experts, Aziz Parvez, Head of Corporate Treasury Sales, Asia Pacific, Global Transaction Services, Sunil Bhatia, Head of Payments and Bank Transformation, Asia Pacific, Global […]
Digitisation of treasury processes had been developing slowly but surely across Africa until the pandemic hit. Now it has taken off in a big way. The results are impressive, as Thabo Makoko, Head of Cash Management and Transactional Banking, Absa CIB, explains. To find the most exciting developments in digitalisation, many companies used to look […]
Alistair Baxter, Head of Receivables Finance at working capital management company Taulia, discusses the key macro challenges that treasury professionals need to consider now to drive growth. He also outlines how ESG can lend a competitive advantage in supply chains. The turbulence of the current macro environment has business strategists puzzling over where the next […]
Amid a prolonged period of turbulence for global trade, many businesses face ongoing struggles to access the trade finance they need to support their trade operations and working capital requirements. However, a new industry survey suggests that a different approach could be key to addressing this issue. Jeanette Jones, Head of Corporates, Fineon Exchange, explains […]
The rising cost of commodities is having a significant impact on the availability of credit and will force corporate treasurers to work more collaboratively with their banks to secure financing, writes Christoph Gugelmann, Co-Founder and CEO, Tradeteq. The war in Ukraine continues to devastate global trade and development as well as human life. A report […]
More corporates are facing barriers to incorporating sustainability into their supply chains at a time when ESG is rising fast and high on the corporate agenda. A recent HSBC research report, based on a survey of 415 large corporates across Asia Pacific, has shown that 43% of companies encounter barriers to incorporating sustainability into their […]
Danone’s multi-phase technology-fuelled project tackling risk in Asia has created a more agile, resilient, and connected operation Over the last 12 to 18 months, accelerated by the onset of the pandemic, Danone’s treasury initiated an ambitious multi-phased project with a view to transforming its treasury and risk management in Asia. The team has enabled faster […]
