Partnering with a fintech company can clearly benefit your treasury operations; but if banks fret about risks associated with new technology, so should corporate treasurers. The right due diligence is essential.
Vietnam is implementing a plan to improve and increase non-cash payments by 2020, which will make clearing and settlements, electronic payments, FX inter-bank markets more efficient, treasurers argue.
Corporate treasurers are becoming more open to working and investing into technology startups that can solve specific business issues. Flexible partnerships are now the order of the day, it seems.
Corporates looking to mask poor performance by purchasing an entity that owns investment property and placing a higher valuation in their accounts will see that 'unimaginative' technique ruled out.
As the Philippine central bank seals its first deals under a new cross-border framework, doubts remain as to whether treasurers will benefit as banks struggle with ingrained differences between the region's markets.
An MNC can now enter hedging agreements in India, but it will have to process the instruments via a tri-partite agreement with an Indian bank, the MNC's Indian subsidiary and its own treasury function.
The US will be given the time it needs to settle its position before Basel III rules are finalised, a Deutsche Bundesbank official says. Meanwhile in Asia, the rules' effects are already being felt by CFOs.
A former Guangdong Securities managing director is banned for nine months following failures related to third-party payments – the latest target of an SFC crackdown on AML and KYC compliance.
Predicting black swans is almost impossible, but treasurers must understand and prepare for seismic change that will reshape their business, delegates at CTWeek said.