Microsoft’s group treasurer tells CT its role in a world first - a Swift payment on the cloud, a key step to lifting the software firm’s entire operations off-premise
As many as 3% of a recent poll conducted by JP Morgan have been held to ransom by cybercriminals and paid up, with one quarter having no or low confidence in their firm's prevention strategy.
Data, distributed ledger and the death of the document. One of the region’s top transaction bankers spoke to CT about what’s in store for the corporate treasurer
A new survey looks at the shape of things to come for corporate treasurers. Will you be driving smaller teams with greater responsibility, or automating yourself out of existence?
The advent of open banking promises much, but without standardisation corporates and banks risk an open banking ecosystem that is piecemeal and fragmented.
Trade financing – where financial institutions provide credit facilities to guarantee exchange of goods – is long overdue a blockchain overhaul. Standard Chartered and Siemens believe they’ve made the first step.
One of the most far-ranging changes to data protection sailed quietly into force last month. CT looks at what corporate treasuries will have to tussle with.
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.
What can the beleaguered treasurer expect from the Earth Dog year? Will he finally be let off the leash or simply dig himself into a hole? CT checks the runes.
From the PBOC’s currency cuts to the lessons of Samsung, we look at some of the stories that most affected corporate treasurers across the region this year