TreasuryCast

Advanced analytical capabilities make the hidden balance sheet explicit – and the ability to manage it determines whether treasury remains a control function or evolves into a strategic driver of shareholder value.

ING explains why Central and Eastern Europe should be viewed asa region rich in opportunities and relevance.

Digital assets, real-time payments and agentic AI promise a financial system that is faster, smarter and always on. But for CFOs and treasurers, the real question is whether they deliver better decisions, stronger controls and greater confidence.

Phil Carmalt and Sid Gupta (Bank of America) alongside Sharon Toh (Swift) discuss why the future of treasury depends not just on speed and innovation, but on interoperability, transparency and trust, transforming emerging technologies into practical tools which facilitate sharper liquidity management, stronger resilience and better business outcomes.

Eleanor Hill (TMI) sits down with Lionel Joubaud (BNP Paribas) to explore why factoring is gaining renewed momentum among corporates and how technology is transforming its delivery.

From API-driven connectivity and seamless ERP integration to the growing influence of AI, e-commerce and e-invoicing, our guest discusses the emerging trends reshaping receivables finance, the future of working capital strategy, and the role sustainability-linked solutions will play as treasurers chart a course towards the next generation of factoring.

Michael Dillon (Sun Chemical), Rohan Chaddha (RTX), Christine Wang (Chevron Corporation), and Peter Wolf (Serrala) share their experiences of redesigning payment infrastructure within SAP environments – from tackling spreadsheet-driven processes and fragmented systems, to modernising long-standing centralised structures and building fully integrated payment and receipts factories.

The discussion explores what transformation looks like in practice across SAP-centric enterprise – the decisions treasury teams must make, the challenges encountered along the way, and the operational benefits that emerge once centralisation begins to take hold.

Europe's Instant Payments Regulation is speeding towards implementation, forcing a rethink of corporate cash management and cross-border practices. With ISO 20022 enabling richer data and AI sharpening fraud detection, treasurers need to turn the race for real-time into a strategic gain.

As interest rate cycles continue to diverge and geopolitical tensions flare, treasurers are left grappling with multicurrency headaches – often while wading through forecasting fog. BNP Paribas' Arnaud Peis and Matthieu Boyer explain how liquidity structures, with physical hedges and virtual offsets, are helping corporates regain confidence, without surrendering control.

An innovative collaboration between the Ikano Bank Branch in Poland and BNP Paribas Bank Polska has brought Polish instalment loans into the modern age. By linking consumer credit utilisation to BLIK cheques, customers can apply online, receive a decision instantly, and pay in-store with nothing more than a nine-digit code – giving retailers a faster, cheaper, and more scalable way to offer financing at the checkout.

They might not operate in the limelight, but implementation teams lead the line within banks when it comes to the highly involved and often sensitive task of designing and delivering innovative solutions for clients. In this article, two experts from BNP Paribas discuss the bank's implementation philosophy, and explain what makes or breaks the business of delivering ground-breaking, efficient, and resilient solutions for clients.

Boston Consulting Group has transformed its treasury into a connected, data and analytics-driven operation. The shift delivers sharper visibility, centralised liquidity, and a scalable platform for the next wave of innovation.