TreasuryCast

The merger process of Willis Towers Watson has cultivated an environment of constant change for the firm's treasury team. We were delighted to invite Frances Cavanagh and Rivka Attal (WTW) to outline the initiatives that have embodied the team's D&I journey so far. Sophie Cartwright (BNP Paribas) also joins our guests to discuss how close collaboration with the firm's banking partner, BNP Paribas,...

Are crypto assets really a viable treasury investment? If so, how can you enter – and exit – the market with the least possible risk? How does the custody of crypto assets work? What are the accounting and tax considerations? This podcast answers all of these questions and more. Richard Byworth, EQONEX, Dr Carsten Sørensen, The London School of Economics and Political Science, Henri Arslanian, PwC...

Jan Dirk van Beusekom, BNP Paribas, and François Masquelier, EACT, discuss the findings from the 2021 EACT Survey, which garnered responses from over 340 corporate companies. Hear a detailed overview of the key trends that have captured the attention of European treasurers over an exceptionally disruptive 12 months. Furthermore, gain insight from the corporate treasury community into the challenge...

Karen Gilhooly and Brian McKenney (HSBC) talk to TMI's Editor, Eleanor Hill, about the imperative need for treasurers to invest in technology if they wish to enhance the strategic value that they bring to the organisation. Our guests reflect on a year of mass disruption and consider the methods by which treasury teams can capitalise on digital business models, such as data analytics and Banking-as...

Cigna, a global health services provider, encountered a multitude of challenges when its 70,000 employees were plunged into a remote working environment. Payments concerns, bold digital aspirations and the requirement to build an accurate cash forecasting solution, encouraged Cigna Treasury to develop a digital transformation roadmap, designed in partnership its banking partners and technology ven...

Our guests from Standard Chartered - Sunday Domingo and Byron Gardiner - discuss best practice approaches in a data-driven treasury environment. The experts also consider how treasury responsibilities such as working capital and risk management could transform beyond recognition as a result of an increasingly digital operating environment and the rise of data analytics.

A need to react quickly to new business requirements is driving a new age in treasury, characterised by on-demand concepts. In our latest podcast covering the Journeys to Treasury report, Steven Lenaerts, BNP Paribas, and Christian Mnich, SAP, explore the drivers behind the adoption of data-driven technology - and highlight why the need for treasurers to migrate to real-time services has never bee...

Think co-creation is just a buzzword? Then it's time to think again. As Pierre Fersztand, Global Head of Cash Management, Trade & Payments, BNP Paribas, explains, value-adding solutions are being implemented as a result of BNP Paribas' interactive workshops with clients. Listen to this TreasuryCast episode to cut through the hype of co-creation and discover the reality of practical innovations tha...

TMI's Eleanor Hill is joined in the virtual TreasuryCast studio by Gwynne Master, Managing Director and Global Head of Trade, Lloyds Bank, to discuss all things supply chain finance, an area that has faced considerable disruption over the last 12 months. Furthermore, Gwynne provides an overview of Lloyds' leading supply chain finance platform, produced in partnership with Demica, which leverages a...

Mario A Benedict and Christine Moy, J.P. Morgan, join us to pinpoint the key trends gathering traction in the digital payments space - and how treasurers can make the most of them. Our guests consider how digital currency initiatives such as J.P. Morgan's Onyx offering are relieving many payments-related pain points, and explain how a rise in data-driven banking has introduced new payments-related...

TMI Award winner Gavi's Managing Director of Finance and Operations, Assietou Diouf, joins us to discuss the organisation's celebrated digital treasury transformation project. Assietou is joined by Aniket Kulkarni, PwC, and Christian Mnich, SAP, to discover how, with the help of project partners PwC and SAP, Gavi has leveraged cloud applications such as a multi-bank connectivity offering to propel...

Jean-Marc Servat, Chair of The European Association of Corporate Treasurers (EACT) and TMI's Eleanor Hill take a deep dive into the world of crypto assets to discuss why central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are capturing the attention of finance professionals worldwide. Our guest highlights pilot schemes that demonstrate the possibilities that CBDCs offer and addresses concerns such as cybersec...

Over the last 12 months, the treasury community has successfully navigated some of the toughest trading and operational conditions in living memory. In this interview, Peter Cunningham, Citi, chats to TMI's Eleanor Hill to discover the extent that treasury functions have been impacted by the disruption caused by an unprecedented period of economic uncertainty. Furthermore, Peter highlights how an...

Ray Nazloomian and Jenny Mustazza, J.P. Morgan, join TMI's Eleanor Hill for a forward-looking discussion which examines why banks are opting to pursue fintech partnerships, rather than building in-house, to co-create innovative solutions with their clients. Our guests provide a commentary on J.P. Morgan's wholesale payments strategy, and identify the emerging technologies that could have a signifi...

Johnny Grimes, Deutsche Bank, joins TMI's Eleanor Hill in the TreasuryCast studio to cover the ways in which treasury functions have hastily adapted to counteract the disruption caused by the ongoing pandemic. Our guest considers how an accelerated pace of innovation, and the resulting solutions, has played a monumental role in pushing digital connectivity to the forefront of treasurers' prioritie...

Preparing for the unknown is a challenge. But forward-thinking treasurers are beginning to access real-time useable data to optimise cash forecasting – and automating investment processes. Eleanor Hill speaks to Jim Scurlock (Microsoft), Luc Vlaminck (Rémy Cointreau), Jonathan Spirgel (Hazeltree) and Ed Lopez (Calastone) to assess how treasurers are managing their organisation's cash and liquidity...

The second instalment of the Journeys to Treasury podcast series sees Wim Grosemans, BNP Paribas Cash Management, and Didier Vandenhaute, PwC, consider why centralisation has become such a persistent theme for treasurers in a Covid-19 world. In this episode, our speakers consider the benefits and pitfalls of centralisation projects - and explain how technology can help treasurers prepare for a str...

In this special edition of TreasuryCast, Jan Dirk van Beusekom, BNP Paribas, and François Masquelier, SimplyTREASURY, join Eleanor Hill to contemplate findings from the first chapter of the 2020 - 2021 Journeys to Treasury report, entitled 'Looking back, thinking ahead'. Our guests reflect on the main treasury trends that have gathered pace over the last 12 months, including a rising uptake in rea...

How can technology advances - and fintech solutions - help to streamline the banking experience for corporates? And what are the best practice guidelines treasurers can follow while embarking on their digital journeys? In this candid interview, Adam Hyde and Jennifer Acosta (J.P. Morgan) join TMI's Eleanor Hill to discuss the innovations that the financial community should keep a close eye on goin...

TMI's Eleanor Hill invites Sara Savidge and Colm O'Monachain, Merchant Services, Wholesale Payments, J.P. Morgan to sit in the TreasuryCast hotseat and discuss how corporate treasurers are responding to the changing world of e-commerce. Our guests examine how treasurers can leverage payment provider relationships to navigate an uncertain financial landscape, and consider how the upcoming Strong Cu...

We speak with Boris Lipiainen, Chief Technology Officer and Simon Shorthose, MD, Northern Europe, Kyriba, about how the world is changing for treasurers and CFOs, how to prepare for the next challenges and about the Kyriba Global Summit 2020.

What's in store for treasury in 2021? TMI's Eleanor Hill chats with Jared Smith, Managing Director, Global Head - Corporates, Global Liquidity and Cash Management, HSBC, to discuss how unprecedented economic circumstances are facilitating an uptake in digital services. In this candid interview, Jared also considers the increasing relevance of data analytics, and the importance of staying connected...

In this interview with Nik Romano, Managing Director, EMEA Emerging Markets, Kyriba, we cover everything from improved cash forecasting to data analytics.

The second episode in our Smart Treasury podcast series sees Maggie Li, Chairman at TCL Technology Group Finance Company, and Calvin Matundura, Treasurer at Safaricom, join TMI's Eleanor Hill to give a detailed overview of their digital transformation journeys. With additional insight from Lisa Robins and Ricky Kaura, Standard Chartered, we find out how TCL and Safaricom have achieved notable impr...

TMI's Eleanor Hill invites Donna Wilczek, SVP, Product Strategy and Innovation, Coupa Software; François Masquelier, CEO and Founder, Simply Treasury; and Martin Bellin, CEO and Founder, BELLIN to talk all things TMS. Given the increasingly strategic role of the treasurer in today's disrupted financial landscape, our guests consider how evolving TMS requirements are incentivising corporates to inv...