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. Furthermore, our guest looks at the current bank rationalisation trend, and considers the justification of this method during an era of heightened sensitivity around counterparty risk.

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, and the strategic considerations for a seamless transition.

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 such as ISO 20022 and API tools is driving the emergence of new trade ecosystems.

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 harnessed as a working capital tool.

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 throughout the transition using value-added services.

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 considerations of using Swift Go and DLT for low-value international payments.

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 opportunities coming to the fore amid global uncertainty.

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 execution. Stolcke also touches on ISO 20022's impact on payments, the need for collaboration in the financial ecosystem, and the goal of achieving global connectivity for all.