Treasury Management

This network brings together treasury and financial professionals who manage treasury functions. Members share a common interest in treasury, cash management, banking, risk management and investments.

Laurent Descout CEO at NEO Capital Markets

How CFOs can simplify their tech stack

The CFO role has evolved significantly in recent years, from being the financial gatekeeper who balances the books, to a key adviser and strategic decision maker for the business. As a result, they have become crucial decision-makers on what technology their business should invest in. There is a vast array of old legacy platforms and new technolog...

13 February 2023

Retired Member 

Five corporate banking trends that are transforming the treasury

Transaction banking needs bringing into the 21st century. By starting with core banking platforms, banks can rethink how they operate for good, building closer ties with their clients. This blog outlines five key trends: 1. Batch is a burden Consumers expect to check their bank account balances in real time; corporate treasurers want the same fo...

14 December 2022 /cloud /predictions

Retired Member 

5 reasons why corporate banking is changing forever

While consumer banking has advanced massively in recent years, corporate transaction banking has been slower to embrace change. In a recent Finextra webinar, 10x Founder and CEO Antony Jenkins joined Wim Grosemans, Head of Payments Product Management, Global Cash Management at BNP Paribas Fortis, and Varun Yadav, Product Lead for Liquidity Manag...

22 November 2022 /payments /cloud

Laurent Descout CEO at NEO Capital Markets

Tackling businesses’ cross-border payments challenge

When the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) published its work programme for 2021–22, it highlighted shaping the future of payments as one of its key priorities. This includes cross-border payments – a market that the Bank of England predicts to be worth more than $250 trillion by 2027. The reality is there are significant imp...

22 March 2022 /startups

Pete McIntyre Financial Services Director at Planixs

Digital Assets, Crypto, Blockchain - what's this got to do with Treasury and Intraday Liquidity?

Blockchain, Digital Assets, Crypto, Tokenised Assets, Digitial Currencies, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). I’m sure that I’ve missed out many nouns and adjectives that are used to cover this area. In really simple terms I am thinking about how new(ish) technologies have offered up alternatives to traditional forms of ‘money’ and how initi...

17 February 2022 /wholesale /crypto

Laurent Descout CEO at NEO Capital Markets

Real-time Data is Treasurers’ Top Priority

An industry survey conducted by the European Association of Corporate Treasurers (EACT) has revealed that treasurers are now recognising the value of the vast quantities of data at their disposal. When it is appropriately used – crunched, consolidated and analysed – it enables better, smarter decisions and faster reactions to crises. In fact, two-...

24 November 2021 /startups

Laurent Descout CEO at NEO Capital Markets

Corporate hedging strategies: 5 simple ways to protect your business

A recent report showed that multinational corporations in the U.S. and Europe reported a loss of $9.5bn in Q1 2021 due to currency volatility. And these were just the published figures. If even the largest corporates with hedging experts are losing money, how are SMEs expected to fare, with fewer staff and smaller budgets? While volatility may be ...

24 November 2021 /startups

Laurent Descout CEO at NEO Capital Markets

Shaping your treasury operations for the digital era

Corporate treasurers are constantly being faced with a multitude of challenges in the increasingly fast-moving world we live in. For instance, the events of the last two years have forced an entire re-think of how treasury departments operate. Priorities completely changed and the focus became cash flow, with a recent European Association of Corpor...

24 November 2021 /startups

Retired Member 

10 Types of Business Budget to Consider at the Budget Planning Stage

Did you know that the majority of small businesses don’t even bother creating budgets? It’s true, as the statistics show. Consequently, they suffer from a lack of financial oversight; without budget planning, you don’t know how things go in your organization. To start planning your budget, first, you need to know that there are several budget types...

14 September 2021 /payments /wealth

Laurent Descout CEO at NEO Capital Markets

Has the pandemic transformed treasury forever?

It’s difficult to remember what working life looked like pre-pandemic, but with many restrictions easing soon, it feels like we are closer than ever. That said, our nine to five working day won’t necessarily return to what it once was. The pandemic has re-shaped the workings of entire industries and while restrictions are easing, firms are adapting...

13 September 2021 /startups