Resilient treasury factors in a lengthy pandemic Resilient treasury factors in a lengthy pandemic

Rapid changes to treasury strategy introduced in response to Covid-19 appear likely to endure as companies adjust to the pandemic having longer-term impact, the latest Economist Intelligence Unit survey suggests

Prescient on payments Prescient on payments

Fifteen years on from its launch, the original business template of payment services and working capital provider Payoneer successfully anticipated today’s growing online business volumes. Graham Buck reports

MultiSafepay and “Request to Pay”: open banking comes of age MultiSafepay and “Request to Pay”: open banking comes of age

The implementation of Europe’s second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) has unlocked a number of new open banking solutions, such as Request to Pay (RtP)

Supporting corporate treasurers working from home Supporting corporate treasurers working from home

Deutsche Bank’s FX platform capabilities are helping corporates facing exceptional challenges triggered by the global pandemic to ‘keep the lights on’ – from maintaining liquidity to enabling employees to work from home

The future of cash The future of cash

From the continued rollout of the second European payment services directive, emergence of various instant payment schemes, new payment instruments and devices, to the fast approaching November 2021 migration of payments of ISO 20022 messaging standard, there are plenty of innovations in the cash management space imminent. Flow speaks with Ole Matthiessen, Deutsche Bank’s Head of Cash Management on the future of cash management at the start of a new decade

Managing treasury in times of Covid-19 Managing treasury in times of Covid-19

EuroFinance and The Economist Group’s most recent webinar invited three treasury professionals to share their experiences of dealing with the pandemic

Request to Pay through open banking Request to Pay through open banking

Consumers across the globe might have fallen in love with card payment and e-wallet solutions, but the same cannot be said for treasurers, who have to deal with the strains they place on their business

Digital treasury accelerates in Asia Digital treasury accelerates in Asia

Treasury digitisation across Asia was gaining traction even before Covid-19 struck, but the pandemic has accelerated the process. A recent Deutsche Bank webinar provided a progress report

Instant payments Instant payments

Instant payment schemes are popular with consumers worldwide and are supplanting physical cash. But what infrastructure sits behind these schemes and how is it regulated? What opportunities and benefits do they offer corporate treasurers embracing them as part of their liquidity management strategy? This white paper explores how treasury can make the most of instant payments

Tomorrow‘s treasury mobile app Tomorrow‘s treasury mobile app

Global treasury leadership Global treasury leadership

Corporate treasurers hold the key to an enterprise’s liquidity, risk management and compliance, and having their fingers on the pulse and lifeblood flow of cash can make or break an organisation

A Quantum Leap: Building a data-driven treasury A Quantum Leap: Building a data-driven treasury

Treasury’s development over the decade ahead will be driven by new technology, with cloud computing the most important contributor followed by big data analytics and artificial intelligence according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest research report, supported by Deutsche Bank

The future is now: How ready is treasury? The future is now: How ready is treasury?

The results of the 2018 survey carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit shows that the vast majority of treasurers are confident that their departments already have most of the skills required to manage and optimise the technologies driving operational change in the treasury. But is this confidence justified?

Third-party risks: the cyber dimension Third-party risks: the cyber dimension

Cyber-criminals target corporate treasury for one simple reason – it’s where the money is – after all, hacking treasury is one of a few ways to steal huge amounts of it very quickly, says a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit sponsored by Deutsche Bank

Liquidity management Liquidity management

Companies need to update their liquidity strategy to take account of the new financial environment. Suppressed lending appetites and low interest rates have characterised the ‘new normal’ since 2008 and created a paradigm shift, which both banks and corporates have yet to fully absorb. They face a financial landscape that is the polar opposite of the pre-crisis environment, with negative interest rates and cash deposits that cost money to maintain. They must also contend with a host of new environmental and regulatory factors, as well as liquidity shortages and volatility

Managing FX and interest rate risk in uncertain times Managing FX and interest rate risk in uncertain times