Automating workaday tasks costs money in the short term and saves money in the long term. Justifying the outlay to a sceptical board must be part of the treasurer’s skill set.
Cryptocurrencies have raised hopes that paying for goods and services across borders will one day be as simple as making domestic payment. Will reality one day meet expectations?
Cash flow forecasting may be more art than science, but the head of Tata Steel's award-winning team tells CT how treasurers can stack the odds in their favour.
Shayne Elliott says legacy banks must focus on smarter interaction with clients. A blockchain-based system for proving the provenance of Australian grain shows how it can work.
The CFO of the asset management firm's Hong Kong unit and a KPMG expert give a step-by-step guide to the considerations and cost of robotic process automation.
The French MNC worked with BNP Paribas – with which it shared the CT award for best payment strategy of 2017 – on streamlining a series of recently acquired entities.
The bank has moved $900 million across borders at lightning speed since tapping Ripple's blockchain solution. Its transaction services chief tells CT how, and details the limits of the system.
Increasingly, treasurers rely on internal and external systems, and large corporations have expensive, automated TMS. At its heart however is the idea that information means business.
