Why is digitisation the way forward in trade finance? 

Carl Wegner (Contour) joins Tom Alford in TMI's podcast studio at Sibos 2022 to answer this question and more! Carl provides advice on how the trade space can begin effectively leveraging the power of digital tools, and considers to what extent the wider industry shares his positive view of the role of digital innovation.

TMI's Tom Alford is joined by Maarten van Rossum (Barclays) to identify the developments that are essential to the future of payments

Our guest considers how far the current crop of payments solutions are delivering what corporate users really need, and subsequently provides his vision for the ideal payments offering.

Tom Durkin (Bank of America) joins TMI's Tom Alford from this year's Sibos event in Amsterdam to discuss all things APIs.

Our guest provides an overview of the advantages of APIs in payments and how these translate into valuable benefits for corporates, and explains how Bank of America's CashPro Payment API is meeting client needs for payments connectivity.

With interest rates rising as central banks try to contain inflation, a difficult balancing act is in progress. The responses of the various monetary policy committees are being watched with a keen eye by treasurers the world over as they consider their next actions.

Tarek El-Yafi and Karen Hom (Standard Chartered) share their views on the impact of the current inflationary cycle with TMI.

CNote is a tech-enabled impact investment platform – and a means for finance to be used as a “tool for economic justice”. Its focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion helps corporate and institutional investors use their capital to strengthen underserved communities. 

Catherine Berman (CNote) talks to TMI about this growing opportunity, and outlines how investing via the platform does not typically require any investment policy changes.

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 October 2022.

The application of digital innovation in the context of the trade finance space cannot be understated. 

In this podcast, Vinay Mendonca (HSBC) and Carl Wegner (Contour) sit down with TMI's Eleanor Hill to discuss how, with powerful API tools at their disposal and a willingness to co-create, treasurers can capitalise on the increasingly digital trade finance environment.

Furthermore, our guests provide early insight into how APIs are being leveraged to facilitate data-based credit decisioning.

Why should treasurers be interested in CBDCs, and how can they prepare for an environment where these types of currencies are commonplace?

Returning to the hotseat after last year's digital asset deep dive, Mark Williamson (HSBC) joins TMI's Eleanor Hill, alongside special guest Søren Mortensen (IBM) to explore how attitudes have changed to CBDCs over the last 12 months.

Furthermore, our guests provide the low down on a ground-breaking project between HSBC, IBM and Banque de France that leveraged CBDCs to create an FX settlement capability.

As sustainability, diversity, equity, and inclusion matters continue to grow in importance for a range of corporate stakeholders, treasurers are in a prime position to support the transition to ESG-friendly practices.

Caroline Haas, Dr. Arthur Krebbers, and Gustavo Brianza (NatWest) join TMI's Eleanor Hill to consider practical ways for treasurers to engage with and support ESG, whilst also examining the barriers to progress.

In this podcast, TMI's Eleanor Hill catches up with Matthew Davies and Fernando Iraola (Bank of America) about the topics and challenges that are expected to be front of mind for treasurers at this year's EuroFinance conference.

With the macroeconomic landscape far more turbulent since the last event took place in 2019, our guests consider the innovations treasurers are embracing to keep pace, and provide insight into the technologies that they cannot afford to overlook.