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.

Eleanor Hill, TMI, speaks with Christof Hofmann and Dirk Kronshage, Deutsche Bank, about the changing demands that corporate treasurers will face post-pandemic. Touching on topics such as real-time data consumption and the relevance of treasury centralisation, Christof and Dirk share their insights on the strategies treasurers can use to prepare for recovery.

Eleanor Hill, TMI, speaks to Adam Boukadida, CFO, Etihad Aviation Group, about the importance of soft skills when recruiting corporate treasury personnel, and how these attributes are helping to shape the increasingly strategic role of treasury departments.

Eleanor Hill, TMI, speaks to Andy Bates, Executive Director, Global Cyber Alliance, about how instances of cybercrime have reached a wider and more vulnerable audience during the Covid-19 pandemic. To mitigate this, Global Cyber Alliance have launched a campaign to protect SMEs from cyberattacks while their employees work remotely.

Eleanor Hill, TMI, speaks to Ebru Pakcan, Global Head of Trade for Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi, about how the trade finance sector is adapting to thrive within a fractured economic landscape.

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has created a host of unprecedented challenges, ranging from increased instances of cybercrime, to diminished access to workplace resources. Eleanor Hill, TMI, speaks to Bruno Mellado, Bruno Francois and Nicolas Trimbour, BNP Paribas, to ascertain how the Treasury community is responding to these shortcomings, as well as their predictions for the post-pandemic financial landscape.

Eleanor Hill, TMI, speaks with Nicolas Trimbour, Head of Fraud Prevention and Data Management at the Cash Management Competence Centre, BNP Paribas, about how treasury teams can manage the heightened cybersecurity and fraud risks during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Eleanor Hill, TMI, talks with Michael Bach and Katja Franz, BELLIN, about how initiating a scoping session can generate increased benefits from your company's investment in a TMS (Treasury Management System)

We sat down with some of our 2019 TMI Award winners to contemplate how their organisations have driven innovation in the treasury marketplace over the last 12 months.

This Podcast features: Thomas Eberle (Deutsche Bank), Tracy Kantrowitz (TreasuryXpress), Terry Nelson (Avalon Health Care Group), Nick Powell (HSBC), Lisa Whitehead (Crowley), Xavier Gallant (BNP Paribas), Michael Juen (BELLIN), Adrien Dumont (BELLIN), Matt Norris (Petrofac), Toshiaki Ichida (ONE), Karl Adams (ICD), Andrew Owens (FIS) and Philippe Gelis (Kantox)