TreasuryCast

Tom Light (Citi) joins TMI's Eleanor Hill to provide his insight on the trade and supply chain innovations that treasurers would be advised to keep abreast of.  Amidst a a turbulent macroeconomic environment, our guest considers options available to corporates looking to shore up their supply chains, and the B2B ecommerce solutions that are poised to help treasurers support trade transactions.

Loic Leonard (ION Treasury) joins Tom Alford (TMI) to share his thoughts on payment hubs and currency exposure management automation. Our guest takes us through a detailed overview of the payment hub feature included in ION's new Wallstreet Suite TMS and explains how this element is meeting clients' needs in areas of automation and visibility. Furthermore, Leonard unravels a compelling revelation...

Dider Vandenhaute (PwC) joins Eleanor Hill (TMI) to discuss the second theme from PwC's 2023 Global Treasury Survey - cash efficiency becoming paramount. Looking at contemporary challenges across cash, capital, and liquidity management, Vandenhaute provides advice on how to achieve an optimised cash and liquidity structure - considering key solutions and technologies available on the market. Furth...

Amol Dhargalkar and Jackie Bowie (Chatham Financial) join TMI's Eleanor Hill to cover the role of alternative capital sources, and its benefits over traditional means. Our guests identify alternative sources that may be appropriate for treasurers, as well as the drivers behind adoption. Furthermore, they consider the current level of uptake including global hotspots.

In this insightful podcast, our guest Dany Eder (Barclays) provides insight into the potential future of the payments landscape and how this is shaping global finance as a whole. Furthermore, our guest examines how payments could evolve to become more inclusive, citing how treasurers can prepare their departments for these developments.

Jeremy McDougall and Joanna Forman (EY) join Eleanor Hill (TMI) to discuss why corporates need to embrace ISO 20022 immediately. Learn how treasurers can harness its data-rich capabilities to enhance working capital and cash management, with our guests providing practical examples to illustrate. Furthermore, discover impact on corporate treasurers, including structured address block requirements,...

Vanessa Manning (MUFG) talks to TMI's Eleanor Hill about how shifting South Asia trade corridors are impacting corporate treasurers.  Our guest explores the implications on trade flows in EMEA and beyond, including key challenges for treasurers, and explains the role of standardisation in enhancing efficiency. Furthermore, Manning considers how the notion of increased connectivity via standards su...

Gavin Maclean (Lloyds) discusses instant payment adoption across various geographies and its implications for corporate users.  Delving into common adoption issues, Maclean explores strategies to boost corporate adoption of faster payment methods. Our gest also covers how to mitigate FX risk in cross-border transactions and technology's role in evolving commercial card payments so they can be harn...

With the ISO 20022 migration well underway across the banking community, Stephen Lindsay (Swift) considers its industry-wide impact. Our guest considers if there is an increase in momentum for corporates to adopt ISO as standard and whether there are opportunities to address current fragmentation. Furthermore, Lindsay provides advice to banks on how they can better aid their corporate clients thro...

How have the needs of SMEs evolved in recent years when it comes to making low-value international payments?  Gayathri Vasudev (J.P. Morgan) joins TMI's Eleanor Hill to answer this question, providing her vision for the future of cross-border payments over the next 10 years. Our guest also considers how correspondent banking is adapting to changing demands in this space, and highlights the primary...

How are corporates mitigating risk in the trade finance space? To answer this question, Eleanor Hill (TMI) enlists the help of Suresh Subramanian (BNP Paribas), who gives a detailed snapshot of the current macro environment, explaining how geopolitical pressures are impacting supply chains, and raising significant liquidity concerns. Our guest also provides a silver lining, highlighting the opport...

In this insightful podcast hosted by TMI's Eleanor Hill, Christian Stolcke (Bank of America) examines the connectivity challenges facing financial services in 2023. Our guest explores the technologies essential for global financial connectivity, with a particular focus on DLT and API standards, and addresses the risk of exclusivity amongst institutions with the capacity for faster project executio...

Supplier-led financing solutions for releasing cash have grown to become a major element of international supply chains.  However, for those unfamiliar with such solutions, they can seem daunting – and the terminology around them can also be confusing, especially since different providers refer to these products by different names. In this podcast, TMI's Editor Eleanor Hill explores the fundamenta...

To answer this question, Eleanor Hill (TMI) is joined by Mark Evans and Lewis Sun (HSBC) who highlight the exciting developments that are helping treasurers to 'get payments right' and meet rapidly changing client expectations. Our guests explore the tools and platforms on offer that are allowing corporates to seamlessly integrate payments with trade and FX across geographies, explaining why keepi...

Samuel Mathew (Standard Chartered) joins Eleanor Hill (TMI) to unravel the challenges stemming from delayed tracking information in trade deals. Find out how solutions like Trade Track-It, TradeTrust, and SGTraDex are enabling users to drive greater trust in data exchanges and the acceptability of digital documentation. Furthermore, discover how, in Samuel's role as ICC Banking Commission Steering...

Philip Panaino (Standard Chartered) joins TMI's Eleanor Hill to cover the pressing concerns of corporate treasurers in relation to payments. Tune in for valuable insights that will reveal the direction of payments management over the next 12-18 months, including the predicted challenges and opportunities, and the products and services that treasurers have at their disposal. Furthermore, gain a bet...

Eleanor Hill (TMI) is joined by Standard Chartered's Michael Spiegel to discuss how treasurers can navigate the obstacles contributing to sluggish ESG progress. In this podcast our guest questions whether companies are suitably committed to sustaining a positive future, particularly in the supply chain space, and looks at the support available to them to make headway in their ESG journeys.

Welcome to the latest edition of Liquidity Link Live, your exclusive market analysis provided by Northern Trust Asset Management, one of the world's largest cash managers. Tune in each month to discover the very latest insights on the UK, Eurozone and US markets. This edition was recorded on the 5th October 2023.

What is the impact of shifting trading conditions, and how is this reshaping the way treasurers do business? For the fourth edition of HSBC and TMI's Sibos Spotlight series, Eleanor Hill invites Vivek Ramachandran (HSBC) to discuss the opportunities and challenges emerging from the ever-evolving global trade landscape, including the intersection of supply chain management, ESG, digital innovation...

In the third episode in TMI and HSBC's Sibos Spotlight podcast series, Manish Kohli (HSBC) sits down with TMI's Eleanor Hill to explore key considerations for corporate treasurers in today's digital landscape. Our guest delves into the processes and technologies that treasury teams should prioritise, focusing on their rationale and outcomes, and outlines consequences for those who fail to embrace...

In this podcast featuring PwC's Bruno Lopes, we explore major shifts in corporate treasury roles over the last 24 months and consider what this could mean for the future. 53% of respondents to PwC's 2023 Global Treasury Survey believe strategic thinking to be crucial, but only 24% feel like strategic partners. We examine how the industry can bridge this gap, and ensure treasurers are more tactical...

Welcome to the latest edition of Liquidity Link Live, your exclusive market analysis provided by Northern Trust Asset Management, one of the world's largest cash managers. Tune in each month to discover the very latest insights on the UK, Eurozone and US markets. This edition was recorded on the 7th September 2023.

In the second episode in the HSBC Sibos Spotlight series, Eleanor Hill invites John O'Neill and Zhu Kuang Lee (HSBC) to discuss the innovative activity happening around asset tokenisation. In this candid deep dive, our guests identify the emerging use cases for tokenisation, touch on the future trends that could accelerate the adoption of digital assets, and explore the challenges that HSBC's Orio...

Why is trade finance ripe for digital disruption? To answer this question, TMI's Eleanor Hill invites Stephanie Betant and Bhrigu Singh (HSBC) into the hotseat to discuss the transformative potential of digital trade, and the benefits it holds for treasurers. In the first of TMI and HSBC's Sibos Spotlight series, our guests cover how digitalisation within trade finance empowers SMEs and reduces ri...

In this special edition of TreasuryCast, Eleanor Hill (TMI) sits down with Treasury Expert and Author, Adesola Orimalade, to discover how he ventured into the profession, his current endeavours, and his vision for the future of treasury.  Amid looming challenges like AI, lack of young talent, and budget constraints, why does he champion empathy as a pivotal skill for treasury leaders? Unearth the...