Why Treasurers Should Be Exploring Embedded Finance Solutions
Embedded finance has become another hot tech-topic vying for the attention of treasurers. Ion Fratiloiu, Founder and CEO of strategy, product, and technology consultancy Finkr, and Philipp Buschmann, Co-Founder and CEO of embedded finance platform provider AAZZUR, explain why engagement is needed sooner rather than later. In the ever-evolving landscape of multiple financing options, companies […]
How Blockchain is Revolutionising the World Economy and Impacting Treasury
The digital economy as we know it is changing. Although still realising its potential, blockchain has been setting the pace for the next iteration of the internet, offering tremendous promise for the evolution of digital interaction, financial services, and digital rights. While blockchain’s fuelling of cryptocurrencies remains a central growth point, blockchain technology holds a […]
Cash Insight: a Tale of Augmented Collections
Insight Enterprises is a Fortune 500 global IT solutions integrator. With its finance function managing around 10,000 invoices per day on the back of nearly $10bn in revenues, Lynn Willden, Senior Vice President Finance, Treasury and Tax, Insight Enterprises, knew the business needed help to secure and accelerate its cash flows, and support for its […]
Revamping the Confirmations Matching Process at Baker Hughes
Despite having already automated much of its confirmations process, there were still many inefficiencies and unnecessary costs. To eliminate these issues, Baker Hughes introduced Enterprise Workflow into its TMS – FIS Quantum – and leveraged the in-built confirmations matching capability. This case study outlines the implementation journey undertaken by the treasury team, and details the […]
Natural Intelligence: The Power of Swarm Learning
Swarm Learning is a new decentralised AI technology co-invented by Hewlett Packard Labs. Eng Lim Goh, PhD, Senior Vice President, Data & AI, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), explains how it works. Diverse industries, from healthcare, agriculture and retail to public transportation, aerospace and finance, create vast quantities of data every hour of every day. The […]
ESG Sukuk Issuance Surges Despite Market Volatilities
ESG-linked sukuk, or Islamic bonds, are emerging as significant funding tools in Muslim-majority countries, with growing support from supranationals, sovereigns and government-related entities. In 2022, the volume of outstanding ESG sukuk expanded by 11.2% quarter-on-quarter to reach $19.3bn, with $4.3bn issued in H122. Fitch now rates more than 80% of the hard-currency ESG sukuk market, […]
A Quantum Leap Forward in Data-Driven ESG Scoring
A successful pilot managed by Surecomp has shown that ESG scoring can now be applied at the individual trade finance transaction level, opening up a world of possibilities for corporate treasurers to support sustainable global trade. The 2022 edition of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, opened on 6 November in the […]