Treasury & Cash Management

Laurent Descout, founder and CEO at Neo, talks about businesses’ need for a truly global account, with both automation and financing embedded.

Bots give straight-through processing a leg up.

Fragmented payment systems and a lack of standardization have hindered the cash management efforts of companies in the Middle East, but this looks set to change.

Viola Hechl-Schmied, product owner for machine learning at ION Treasury, lifts the lid on the AI-based tools the company integrated into its platform to help treasurers make quicker and more accurate cash forecasts.

The economic uncertainties of the past few years have made cash forecasting far from an exact science—but it’s more important than ever. 

Digitalization and automation blaze a path to post-pandemic profitability.

Global Finance names the year’s best treasury and cash management providers in systems and services.  

Integrated offerings morph from luxuries to staples.

Eva Bueno, global head, cash management for Global Transaction Banking at Santander, explains how payments innovations help local businesses cope with Covid-19’s impact while providing flexible operations.

AI, big data and cloud computing sharpen forecasting accuracy.

New offerings make corporate treasuries far nimbler.

Digitalization furthers financial optimization and brings inclusion to the continent.

Billionaire wealth grew despite the global pandemic, particularly for those in tech, health care, and industrials.

Digitization is critical to the future of finance and treasury. To realize its full potential, companies should develop a framework and execution plan that incorporates a holistic approach. A good example of a company taking such an approach is Shell, writes Swati Mitra, Global Practice Lead, Digital Client Advisory, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi.

The practical requirement for more-efficient digital operations and client interfaces—and now pandemic-induced lockdowns—have put smart digital on fast forward.  

In a period of uncertainty, when cash is king, treasurers are looking for greater access to data to optimize liquidity management.  

Despite some setbacks, cryptocurrency continues to grow and expand. Now that JPMorgan Chase is on board, will other traditional banks follow? 

Dennis Gada, senior vice president and head of Financial Services, North America, for Infosys, spoke with Global Finance about digital transformation in financial services—including treasury—in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis.  

Trade wars, a pandemic and heightened regulation are making KYC processes a priority and spurring institutions like Swift and the Fed to standardize them.  

With derivatives contracts soaring due to the pandemic, so did OCC’s cash balance.