Trade Finance Innovation is a key topic for corporate treasurers. It remains a priority area where developments have been too modest in comparison to other sectors, despite importance in facilitating international business. There are issues of modern life which have not shown radical changes and transformations over the last decades. The way we deal, we shop, we hedge, we lend, or we pay, for example, have changed significantly. Why shouldn't Trade Finance also deliver its full potential of transformation? The Global Financial Crisis perfectly illustrates the value of Trade Finance to increase predictability of cash-flows, release working capital from supply chain and most importantly to manage related risks of this chain.
To change EMIR refit would be to take three steps backwards after having taken three steps forwards. Let's not be fooled by good idea at first sight.
ReadEuropean treasurers are concerned by the PSD2 review, as well as by the regulations on instant payments. We believe that it is necessary to promote any means to verify that the holder of a beneficiary account is the one to whom this account belongs.
Read1300 people from across the treasury community gathered to enjoy an evening of community and fundraising.
ReadAt the end of October around 260 members and guests joined in the Palmengarten in Frankfurt to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the VDT.
ReadAFTE held its annual conference on 15-16 November 2022 at the Palais Brongniart, the former stock exchange building in the heart of Paris.
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