Treasury Management

This network brings together treasury and financial professionals who manage treasury functions. Members share a common interest in treasury, cash management, banking, risk management and investments.

Laurent Descout CEO at NEO Capital Markets

Managing treasury operations safely and securely from a remote environment

The events of 2020 have caused many people to reassess how they manage their businesses. Treasurers were forced into an unprecedented situation where they had to manage cash and international payments from suppliers and customers at a time of significant uncertainty and instability – all while working remotely. This was new territory for them, and...

01 December 2020 /payments /covid-19

Laurent Descout CEO at NEO Capital Markets

Using data analytics to improve SME cash flow and treasury management

The pressure facing SMEs this year is widely known, and they are looking for ways to improve their cash flow and payment decisions. Data analytics is a hidden gem that many SMEs are not tapping into. Smart data-driven decision-making could potentially be transformational for small businesses owners. The ability to maintain positive cash flow is on...

25 November 2020 /payments /startups

Laurent Descout CEO at NEO Capital Markets

Fintech innovation must not leave treasurers behind

The fintech revolution has replaced outdated technologies and streamlined antiquated practices across a wider range of industries. However, this wave of innovation seems to have bypassed corporate treasury departments, which have struggled to keep up with the latest developments. Fortunately, that is now changing. Fintech innovation has transforme...

18 November 2020 /payments /startups

Nick Applebee Financial Services Consultant at Planixs

Pressure rises for small banks to improve liquidity visibility

Pressure rises for small banks to improve liquidity visibility As financial institutions adapt to the pandemic, business continuity planning (BCP) has emerged as a key area of improvement for banks of all sizes. While small banks have previously had less regulatory pressure to demonstrate liquidity management and stress testing, this fact is now c...

26 October 2020 /regulation /covid-19

Olivier Gazon CEO at Sustainable Base Finance

SMEs and their personnel: the sacrifice of the COVID-19 crisis?

The COVID-19 pandemic has generated an unprecedented economic contraction, hitting SMEs first due to their structurally limited solvency. Banks, even when backed up by State guarantee, are unable to provide new credit lines. SMEs and their personnel are the first victims. States are expected to facilitate the economic recovery. However State budg...

23 June 2020 /sustainable /covid-19

Adrian Sargent Founder and Managing Director at ESG Treasury Ltd

Sustatinble Finance - a treasurer's brief

Why care about sustainable finance? ‘Sustainable’ is a buzzword right now: but why pay attention and what is all the fuss about? If you are a treasurer who aspires to make corporate life socially and morally responsible, whilst also being at the heart of a capitalist machine, then sustainable finance is the opportunity to make a difference. As the ...

01 June 2020 /sustainable

Pete McIntyre Financial Services Director at Planixs

Give thanks for the Federal Reserve: Intraday liquidity reflections

I’ve just come back from a week in New York and it was great to understand the latest thinking and progress on intraday liquidity in the US and Canada. As well as meeting up with industry colleagues across the city, I was chairing and presenting at a conference - Automation & Real-Time Treasury in Financial Institutions - which was very succes...

25 November 2019 /regulation

Andrew Beatty Head of Wealth, Retirement & International at FIS

Commercial Banking: It's what's Cooking!

I recently hired the head of product management for our next generation commercial banking platform. He won me over during the interview with his personal story: "My dad owned his own construction company for over 40 years. He was the typical small business owner who wore many hats – salesperson, foreman, purchaser, and bookkeeper. One of his ...

02 May 2019

Retired Member 

Trade Finance needs a Network to network

A rather obvious statement don’t you think? A silly aphorism; perhaps akin to “a trussed and bagged ferret troubleth no man”, (thank you to the late Christopher Hitchens for that witticism). The fact is, Global Trade indeed needs a network in order to network. And herein lies the riddle of Trade. Global Trade and Trade Finance are probably the mo

02 April 2019

Domenico Scaffidi Payments Business Development Director at Volante Technologies

Liquidity fragmentation: enemy of global treasuries

There is a lot of change going on in the cash management industry. Payment modernization, increased regulation and market and consumer 24/7 expectations are seen as four catalysts causing a distinct structural shift. Dynamism and forecasting of cash management are key to staying ahead of these changes, and yet there is little appetite for risk wit...

20 February 2019 /payments