Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Société Générale and Credit Suisse halt Russian commodity trade finance deals, SWIFT ban on Russia, PNC Treasury Management’s on-demand pay tool

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Ben Poole, Writer at CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• 37% of CFOs don’t completely trust their firm’s financial data
• SWIFT promotes ISO 20022 adoption
• Imagination deficit: Generative AI’s impact on organizations
• Germany now expects 2024 growth of only 0.2%

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Paul Galloway, Senior Director, Advisory Services at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• Most treasurers prioritize SLY for short-term investment
• Fides unveils next-generation unified treasury management platform 
• Nine in ten CFOs project higher AI budgets in 2024
• Deepfake may be the biggest payment security threat for CFOs and treasurers in 2024
  

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• US companies ready to sever ties with organizations hit by payment fraud
• Four key M&A trends for 2024
• Red Sea attacks “pose bigger issue to supply chain than pandemic”
• Risk exposures outpacing hedging programmes for corporates

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Ben Poole, Writer at CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following

• Part 4: Top 8 areas of priority for corporate treasury in 2024
• CFOs dim their economic outlook for North America, Europe, China
• UK Economy: Low Positive Growth
• ECB to stress test banks’ bouncebackability from cyberattacks

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• 1:55 Part 2: Top 8 areas of priority for corporate treasury in 2024
• 13:44 Part 3: Top 8 areas of priority for corporate treasury in 2024
• 28:16 Expect more corporate defaults in 2024, says Fitch

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Paul Galloway, Senior Director, Advisory Services at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• 1:40 Part 1: Top 8 areas of priority for corporate treasury in 2024
• 10:54 ING to ditch upstream oil and gas business by 2040
• 19:05 Asian Development Bank bullish on growth in India and China
• 24:26 China uses digital yuan for gold cross border payments

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Ben Poole, Writer at CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• 1:34 Big Five economies back global nuclear supply chain
• 5:06 Europe reaches deal on Artificial Intelligence Act
• 8:16 BoE and ECB keep interest rates unchanged
• 11:13 2024 outlook is neutral for global money market funds

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Paul Galloway, Senior Director, Advisory Services at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: 

• 1:40 Adoption of corporate real-time payments in the US: benefits and barriers
• 10:48 Swift success in global trade interoperability trials
• 14:55 Singapore and China enhance digital finance and capital markets cooperation 
• 20:13 World economy in new era of greater volatility, says BlackRock

Craig Jeffery meets with Ben Poole, Writer at CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• 1:05 Default worries trigger slump in China bank-backed dollar bond sales  
• 3:05 Data shows Japan’s inflation edging higher
• 4:19 ICC highlights benefits of trade digitalization 
• 7:59 HSBC names leader for embedded finance fintech 
• 10:08 Anti-Greenwashing

Craig Jeffery meets with Paul Galloway, Senior Director, Advisory Services at Strategic Treasurer, and Ben Poole, Writer at CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• 1:35 RMB retains fifth place among most active global payments currencies 
• 5:28 European and North American corporates stung by US$20bn FX loss 
• 10:26 Turkey to continue monetary tightening & UK growth to avoid recession 
• 16:35 73% of financial services execs expect genAI “will eventually take their job” 
• 22:31 ESG investors committed to transition