Entries by treasuryXL

Blockchain and Interoperability: key to mass adoption

| 13-07-2020 | Carlo de Meijer | treasuryXL Blockchain‘s  potential for improving business processes, providing transactional transparency and security in the value chain, and reducing operational costs is obvious for many. Notwithstanding this the expected mass adoption failed to happen up till now. What has been holding blockchain back? In fact, there have been several […]

Going Cash-Free: Is it Right for You?

09-07-2020 | treasuryXL | XE | Let’s try something. Reach out to your friends, family, or roommates and ask if anyone has $50 they could loan you. Did anyone have that much money on them? Or did they say that they needed to go to the bank, or ask if they could electronically transfer you […]

Accounting for FX; the Do’s and Don’ts

08-07-2020 | Niki van Zanten Let’s start by mentioning a phrase that I hear regularly and, to be honest, also use myself: ‘I am not an accountant, but…..’. The urge to mention this phrase (usually targeted to an accountant while having an ‘I know it better’ attitude), can perhaps be traced back to the following […]

Meet our Experts – Interview François de Witte

07-07-2020 | François de Witte | treasuryXL After having worked for more than 30 years in banking, our expert François de Witte launched his own consultancy activity, FDW Consult, specialized in finance and treasury consulting. From 2014 to 2016, he was also Solution Partner Treasury & Finance at USG Professionals. Since then he took up […]

5 examples for improving Financial Stamina

| 03-07-2020 | Stichting MKB Financiering | treasuryXL It is quite easy to determine the financial stamina of a SME. Solvency is a reliable measure of this. If a company has a solvency of 35% or more, the company is in a healthy condition and has sufficient borrowing capacity for further growth. If the solvency is […]

Overwhelmed by FX Administration? Your Provider Can Help With That

02-07-2020 | treasuryXL | XE | Foreign exchange isn’t always about the big trades. For many organizations that deal with international currencies, they find that their FX needs start small. It may not seem like it, but your routine, day-to-day operations could be a larger FX risk exposure than you think. Whether your ordinary operations […]

Webinar and Q&A | Market Movers: Currency Influencers

| 01-07-2020 | XE.com Webinar and Q&A | Market Movers: Currency Influencers | Wednesday , July 15, 2020 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM CEST As financial markets continue to react to the global pandemic, the focus has shifted to recovery, and the impact of a potential 2nd wave. As we have seen over the last […]

Executive Briefing CFOs in the Firing Line

| 01-07-2020 | TIS | Government-imposed sanctions on who companies can trade with and how are changing almost daily. At the same time, CFOs are becoming personally responsible for sanctions violations relating to payments – and the size of fines imposed on errant organizations is snowballing. How, then, can finance leaders tackle these issues to […]

Meet our Experts – Interview Ger van Rosmalen

01-07-2020 | Ger van Rosmalen | treasuryXL Our Expert Ger van Rosmalen has over 45 years of global Trade Finance expertise (Letters of Credit, Documentary Collections, Bank guarantees) mainly working for international banks. In addition, he is also frequently asked to conduct trainings for companies like EvoFenedex and Vesting Finance, as well as for Chambers of […]

Alternative Risk Finance in a hardening insurance market

| 30-06-2020 | Mark Roelands | treasuryXL Insurance premium rates are reported to increase on average with about 2% in Europe, confirming the overall market trend of a hardening insurance market. Some markets have, however, seen double-digit growth in premiums, like D&O and Motor Third Party Liability. Other markets witnessed important coverage elements actually being […]