TMI's Eleanor Hill invites Sara Savidge and Colm O'Monachain, Merchant Services, Wholesale Payments, J.P. Morgan to sit in the TreasuryCast hotseat and discuss how corporate treasurers are responding to the changing world of e-commerce. Our guests examine how treasurers can leverage payment provider relationships to navigate an uncertain financial landscape, and consider how the upcoming Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) regulation has the potential to further enhance the digital customer experience.

We speak with Boris Lipiainen, Chief Technology Officer and Simon Shorthose, MD, Northern Europe, Kyriba, about how the world is changing for treasurers and CFOs, how to prepare for the next challenges and about the Kyriba Global Summit 2020.

What's in store for treasury in 2021? TMI's Eleanor Hill chats with Jared Smith, Managing Director, Global Head - Corporates, Global Liquidity and Cash Management, HSBC, to discuss how unprecedented economic circumstances are facilitating an uptake in digital services. In this candid interview, Jared also considers the increasing relevance of data analytics, and the importance of staying connected while operating remotely.

In this interview with Nik Romano, Managing Director, EMEA Emerging Markets, Kyriba, we cover everything from improved cash forecasting to data analytics.

The second episode in our Smart Treasury podcast series sees Maggie Li, Chairman at TCL Technology Group Finance Company, and Calvin Matundura, Treasurer at Safaricom, join TMI's Eleanor Hill to give a detailed overview of their digital transformation journeys. With additional insight from Lisa Robins and Ricky Kaura, Standard Chartered, we find out how TCL and Safaricom have achieved notable improvements in areas of efficiency and security by embracing innovative technologies including AI, RPA and Machine Learning.

TMI's Eleanor Hill invites Donna Wilczek, SVP, Product Strategy and Innovation, Coupa Software; François Masquelier, CEO and Founder, Simply Treasury; and Martin Bellin, CEO and Founder, BELLIN to talk all things TMS. Given the increasingly strategic role of the treasurer in today's disrupted financial landscape, our guests consider how evolving TMS requirements are incentivising corporates to invest in specialist software. They also explore the notion of an 'on demand' ecosystem of treasury technology.

Ingmar Bergmann, Ventient Energy, guides Eleanor Hill, TMI, through the highlights of his colourful treasury journey - particularly his career-defining decision to become an interim treasurer. In addition, Ingmar provides listeners with valuable crisis management techniques and cash forecasting advice, and voices his opinion on the most promising financial technologies available today.

TMI’s Eleanor Hill chats with Mark Kirkland about his extensive career – covering his PhD in statistics to how he became a treasurer. Mark talks about leaving London in the 90s for Amsterdam and Philips, as well as the challenges of building stability in Constellium’s treasury during the pandemic. He also speaks candidly about coming out in the workplace and the benefits of a diverse and inclusive team.

With digitisation accelerating at a remarkable rate, and consequently becoming more accessible to finance departments, harnessing the efficiencies presented by smart technologies has become a top priority for many treasurers.  Eleanor Hill, TMI, speaks to Lisa Robins, Victor Penna, and Olle Malmgren (Standard Chartered) to find out how treasurers can leverage the latest technological innovations to benefit the business in an increasingly hyperconnected environment.

The global payments landscape continues to transform, with emerging technologies such as blockchain, internet of things, and more recently, contact-free solutions coming to the forefront with Covid-19. Eleanor Hill, TMI, chats to Atul Bhuchar, Group Payments Head, Global Transaction Services, DBS Bank, about real-life cases on how banks are leveraging on payments innovation to enable clients to go digital and to navigate the diverse, fast-changing landscape.