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Enrico Camerinelli Supply Chain Blockchain Personal Coach at Aite Group
I am happy to share the initial findings of my research on how transaction banking is transforming. I will post additional information as my research develops and new fact-based findings emerge. Transaction banking (TB) can be defined as the set of instruments and services that a bank offers to trading partners to financially support their recipr...
29 April 2013 /wholesale Transaction Banking
To counter the impact of the current macro-economic distress triggered by the 2008 financial crisis, corporate treasurers have been challenged for the last 5 years to optimize their company’s working capital. The major components of working capital are: accounts receivables (AR), accounts payables (AP), and inventory. Cash is still king and the dec...
24 April 2013 /wholesale Treasury Management
Paul Blank e-Trading Solutions at TradAir
Ask the head of research at any major bank, and they will tell you that their insightful research is a core competence for the bank, and a reflection of their deep understanding of the markets, and a key differentiator and source of added value to clients, and leads to greater execution flows. But, is that true, and just how can banks metricate th...
15 April 2013 /wholesale Innovation in Financial Services
Retired Member
In a paper SEPA looks wonderful, but implementation is lacking. Just in my own experience I run in to difficulty few weeks ago, because SEPA could not deliver the promise. I paid a bill from my belgian online bank to Finland. As in Finland, companies require reference codes for automatic payment settlements. That is good and saves a lot of time/mo...
12 April 2013 /payments /wholesale Online Banking
As financial crisis looms large, most banks across the globe are showing remarkable alacrity in lapping up the recommendations made in Basel 3 as promulgated by the Basel Committee on Banking supervisions or BCBS. What transpired as an attempt to usher-in reforms in the late 80’s to urge banks to maintain adequate capital and liquidity positions, ...
08 April 2013 /regulation /wholesale
Cross-border flows are getting more emphasis in recent times with traditionally domestic focused institutions looking for cross-border trade. Countries from Asia-Pacific, Africa, and South America are experiencing massive inter-region trade and fund flows. Companies from China and India are purchasing assets and resources particularly in Africa, t...
02 April 2013 /wholesale
Marc Murphy CEO at Fenergo
Attending a data management event last week in London, it suddenly dawned on me that banks are in real danger of missing regulatory deadlines for implementation of compliance initiatives to comply with FATCA, Dodd-Frank, EMIR and MiFID II. Not surprising given the convergence of implementation dates and deadlines that are taking place and the limi...
26 March 2013 /regulation /wholesale Financial Services Regulation
Bankers in Asia are preparing for increased intra-regional trade with the proposed creation and integration of the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015. This integration will bring better banking infrastructure for regional trade, especially in the payments area. Asian corporates are looking to grow their offerings and markets beyond local borders, an...
20 March 2013 /wholesale Innovation in Financial Services
Yusuf Rangwala Head Product Development at Fundtech
Standards play a vital role in the prudent management of financial systems. With the advent of electronic payment products, transaction volumes are increasing and the requirement to exchange data is becoming inevitable. The adoption of global technical standards is no longer a choice but a necessity for the financial services industry. Global b
04 March 2013 /wholesale
On the plane back from a meeting recently, I got to thinking about the complexity of compliance. The sheer number of new and evolving regulations that are coming down the road is simply staggering. Imagine having overall responsibility for understanding each of these new regulations, analysing and determining their impact on the bank and having to...
27 February 2013 /regulation /wholesale Financial Services Regulation
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