Over 3/4 respondents to PwC’s 2025 Global Treasury Survey cited FX risk as their most critical economic exposure. In this episode, Robin Page (TMI) speaks with Michiel Mannaerts (PwC) about what’s driving this focus, including geopolitical uncertainty, shifting supply chains, and currency volatility. Our guest explores operational challenges in FX management, the trade-offs between centralised and decentralised exposures, AI and predictive analytics, practical hedging strategies, and how treasurers can build robust FX frameworks to strengthen resilience and improve decision-making to better manage cost and strategic flexibility.
How can multiplying challenges be overcome to make trade less complicated? The answer, like trade itself, is constantly evolving. In this first of two articles, Bank of America’s George Fong, APAC Head of Trade and SCF, and Olivier Anceau, APAC Head of Specialised Product Sales, reveal how innovative solutions can simplify operations, boost resilience, and empower treasurers to thrive in complex trade corridors.
Trends and buzzwords come and go, but the real changes in treasury have come as a result of steady evolution. Drawing on years of dialogue with clients across the globe, Dick Oskam, ING’s Global Head of Transaction Services Sales, reflects on treasury’s transformation – from fragmented systems to real-time cash management – driven by technology, regulation, and resilience.
Live from Sibos, TMI’s Eleanor Hill speaks with Alexandre Kech (GLEIF) about how verified organisational identity is reshaping corporate treasury. They discuss the growing importance of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) in enabling trust, transparency, and efficiency across global payments. Alexandre also explores how LEIs can help treasurers combat fraud in instant payments, streamline counterparty verification, and reduce friction in cross-border transactions through wider industry and regulatory adoption.
Live from Sibos, TMI’s Eleanor Hill speaks with Kevin Flood (FIS) about the next wave of payments innovation and what it really means for corporate treasurers. Our guest discusses how banks and providers are enhancing the corporate payments experience and balancing innovation with treasurers’ core priorities around speed, accuracy, and reconciliation. Kevin also explores the rise of Payments-as-a-Service and why modernising infrastructure will be key to meeting regulatory deadlines and enabling the next generation of instant payments.
Join us for an insightful episode exploring the global adoption and implementation of ISO 20022, the international standard for electronic data interchange among financial institutions. Our expert guests, Camilla Bullock and Joanne Fraser, share a comprehensive analysis of how various regions are embracing this transformative standard, offering valuable perspectives on its impact and future potential.
Recorded live at Sibos in Frankfurt, TMI’s Eleanor Hill sat down with Carl Slabicki (BNY) to discuss the rapid rise in uptake of instant payments and what it means for corporate treasurers globally. Carl shares how instant payments adoption is shifting treasury towards a real-time, 24/7 model, BNY’s cross-border strategy, and provides actionable corporate client examples that highlight how instant payments are transforming efficiency, liquidity, and decision-making.
Welcome to the latest edition of Liquidity Link Live, your exclusive market analysis provided by Northern Trust Asset Management, one of the world’s largest cash managers. Tune in each month to discover the very latest insights on the UK, Eurozone and US markets. This edition was recorded on the 6th October 2025.
Live from the floor of the 2025 Sibos in Frankfurt, TMI’s Eleanor Hill speaks with Sanjay Wadhwa (360 ONE) about how treasurers can navigate asset-liability mismatches, balance leverage, and meet both CFO priorities and regulatory expectations. Sanjay shares insights around building strong CFO-treasurer collaboration, maintaining high governance standards, and addressing market-specific challenges, including opportunities and nuances in India, offering practical insights for treasury teams aiming to align strategy, risk management, and corporate objectives.
Eleanor Hill (TMI) asks Yvonne Yiu and Sridhar Narayan (HSBC) how Asia’s treasury landscape is adapting to trade tensions, tariff shifts, and evolving supply chains. Our guests explore the rise of digital banking, real-time payments, and AI-driven cash forecasting, offering corporate treasurers practical guidance on liquidity management, risk mitigation, and harnessing technology to navigate uncertainty and drive strategic growth across the region.
Eleanor Hill (TMI) and Pierre-Adrien Domon (Fund Channel) discuss the growing requirement from treasurers for real-time visibility and control over investments beyond cash balances, and how Fund Channel Liquidity aims to address these challenges. This candid conversation highlights the platform’s data-rich environment, advanced analytics, and unique value versus other MMF platforms, while exploring how treasury’s approach to liquidity is set to evolve in the years ahead.
In this episode of Treasury Beyond Borders, Eleanor Hill (TMI) speaks with Rahul Badhwar and Allen Li (HSBC) about how treasurers can benefit from AI today, and where its limits remain. They discuss the role of AI in automating workflows, improving data analysis, and supporting risk management – while underlining the importance of governance, transparency, and human judgement. The episode also introduces HSBC AI Markets, a platform that brings data, analytics, and execution together for more efficient treasury operations.
ISO 20022 isn’t just a messaging standard. It’s a catalyst for unlocking value across the payments ecosystem. In this episode, we zoom in on the practical realities of migration. Nicolas Stuckens (Swift), Girish Raju, and Danielle Sharpe (Standard Chartered) explore what migration involves and when to approach it, outlining key timelines and resource considerations while examining the common challenges banks face. We also look at how banks are adapting to the transition and highlight tools and strategies that can help institutions navigate the journey more smoothly.
Discover how India is redefining global treasury strategy. TMI’s Eleanor Hill speaks with HSBC’s Aditya Lakhanpal and Mohit Agarwal to share essential insights for treasurers navigating rapid change in one of the world’s fastest-growing markets. From UPI’s instant payments and the digital rupee to GIFT City’s rise and ESG integration, this episode explores the opportunities and challenges reshaping cash, liquidity, and risk management.
Can AI unlock the full potential of ISO 20022? The second episode in Standard Chartered's ISO 20022 Made Simple series focuses on how AI can enhance the efficiency and accuracy of ISO 20022 message processing. Elena Strbac and Danielle Sharpe (Standard Chartered) deep dive on specific AI applications and discuss the potential ethical concerns and regulatory implications. They also look at the emerging AI-driven technologies and innovations.
Welcome to the latest edition of Liquidity Link Live, your exclusive market analysis provided by Northern Trust Asset Management, one of the world’s largest cash managers. Tune in each month to discover the very latest insights on the UK, Eurozone and US markets. This edition was recorded on the 3rd September 2025.
Treasurers pondering the creation of an in-house bank may feel discouraged by the time and resources required to set one up. Catherine Porter, Head of Treasury at Arup and Joost Bergen, Founder of Cash Dynamics, offer a ‘warts-and-all’ review of the challenges and benefits that lie ahead.
The European Instant Payments Regulation which came into force a year ago, now requires all payment service providers in the Eurozone of the European Economic Area to offer SEPA instant credit transfers for incoming payments by January 2025 and for outgoing payments by October 2025 at the latest. This regulation thus reaffirms its objective of accelerating the adoption of SCT Inst and aims for greater alignment with traditional SEPA credit transfers.
How are Europe’s treasurers adapting to a rapidly evolving landscape? Eleanor Hill (TMI) is joined by HSBC’s Yasemin Artar and Marwan Dagher to discuss the drivers reshaping corporate priorities across the region. From regulatory change and the implications of a Digital Euro to the rising importance of FX risk management and cash flow forecasting, Europe’s treasury priorities are in flux. Our guests also explore why AI and automation are moving from buzzwords to business-critical capabilities, considering what this means for the future of the industry.
The first episode of Standard Chartered's new podcast series explores how ISO 20022’s richer data formats and standardised messages can improve compliance and risk management in correspondent banking flows. We cover the benefits which makes the process more effective, as well as sanctions screening, fraud detection and AML checks.