OpenTreasury

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Bob Stark, Global Head of Market Strategy at Kyriba, and Jack Large, Editor of CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• Following two US bank failures, concerns about financial stability and liquidity dominate the market
• Introducing ChatGPT and its impact on corporate treasury
• Majority of treasury departments adopting hybrid work arrangements
• The rise of banking fraud poses a growing concern for financial institutions
• Deutsche Bank finances Pepperl+Fuchs's sustainable manufacturing facility in Vietnam

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Anthony Carfang, Managing Director of The Carfang Group, and Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• The European Central Bank (ECB) is likely to stay the course in raising interest rates beyond March
• Modern Treasury partnering with Silicon Valley Bank to launch Global ACH
• CFOs investing in digital payments may differ on their reasons, but agree on the investment benefits
• US Treasury-led interagency working group to advance work on central bank digital currency (CBDC)
• Time for redrawing supply chains from China to Southeast Asia, says ASEAN-BAC chairperson

In this episode of the Open Treasury Podcast, Craig Jeffery, Paul Galloway and Jack Large discuss 6 topics regarding the economy, debt and technology. Listen in and follow the article links to learn more.

• Eurozone's central banks to reveal costs of QE
• The ECB reports a loss as a result of its own rate increases, eliminating its dividends
• Ghana verges on debt default
• Goldman Sachs expects three more rate hikes from ECB
• BIS chief: Crypto has lost the 'battle' against fiat currency
• JPMorgan restricts traders' usage of ChatGPT due to regulatory risks over financial data

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Bob Stark, Global Head of Market Strategy at Kyriba, and Paul Galloway, Senior Advisor at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• The global payments market is expected to grow to US $848 billion in 2027 at a CAGR of 8.5%,
• CFOs see inflation and higher costs as the most pressing concern over the next 18 months.
• Finding the right treasurer is becoming a critical challenge for organizations worldwide.
• "Swatting" incidents are reaching the top ranks of Fortune 500 companies.
• Currency volatility isn't going away, cautions Kyriba's latest Currency Impact Report.

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, and Jack Large, Editor of CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• Investing in M&A in tough times: lessons from the last recession
• Shift in treasurers' thinking around ESG and sustainability investing
• US Treasury warns of risks associated with finance firms moving to the cloud
• UK Treasury aiming to launch digital pound by 2030
• Finzly offering API connection to access FedNow Service

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Anthony Carfang, Managing Director of The Carfang Group, and Paul Galloway, Senior Advisor at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• Navigating currency volatility and uncertainty in 2023
• FV bank expanding into international payment services for global businesses
• Eurozone likely heading into a recession later this year
• Institutional traders shifting attention from blockchain to artificial intelligence, says JP Morgan report
• Swiss prosecutors investigating a data leak collectively worth US$100 billion

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Bob Stark, Global Head of Market Strategy at Kyriba, and Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

· Amazon expanding its payments partnership with fintech Stripe · Wafi launching Wafi.cash for open banking payments processing on e-commerce platforms · US likely heading for a 'slowcession' rather than a recession in 2023 · Turnover contagion is real, and the clock is ticking, says Visier · Kyriba's Liquidity Planning Platform aims to improve the accuracy of free cash flow projections

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, and Jack Large, Editor of CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• Bottomline Technologies arming corporates to fight authorised push payment (APP) fraud
• Increasing losses from incoming payments fraud
• The growing influence of treasury making it a more value-added function
• Bank of America CEO says ESG standards vital in order to improve capitalism
• The Universal Digital Payments Network (UNDP) launches at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, and Jack Large, Editor of CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• Bloomberg survey says market, credit and liquidity risk are 2023's leading risk concerns
• Central banks are scooping up gold at the fastest pace in 55 years
• UK's six largest banks complete open banking implementation
• Treasury workplace challenges – what to expect in 2023
• Windsor First and Currencycloud partnering on cross-border payments

1. Market, credit and liquidity risk: Top risk concerns for 2023
2. Central bank gold buying spree continues
3. The big six banks in the UK successfully complete their open banking rollout
4. Part 3: Top 10 corporate treasury focus areas from 2022 that are expected to linger into 2023
5. Windsor First and Currencycloud join forces to enhance cross-border payments

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, and Jack Large, Editor of CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• Five rivals vie to displace China as centre of global supply chains
• J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Trovata collaborate to enhance trading solutions
• Interview with two of the authors of ADL's report, Banking on Cryptocurrencies – Riding the wave of uncertainty
• Part 3: Top 10 corporate treasury focus areas from 2022 that are expected to linger into 2023
• Santander expands its presence in the B2B BNPL market