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8 Driving Factors for a Lean and Agile Treasury

| 28-10-2019 | treasuryXL | BELLIN Dynamic processes in today’s world need lean and agile organizations. We have compiled 8 driving factors how the treasury department can achieve this goal easily. 1 Agile treasury thanks to simplified global statement collection For businesses, a daily, group-wide, global financial status can now be a reality. It neither […]

Blockchain: the 10 Commandments for CIOs

| 25-10-2019 | Carlo de Meijer | treasuryXL In my last blog about Gartner and Blockchain I mentioned the importance of the role of CIOs. They are supposed to play a leading role in determining if this technology could be of use for their business. Great question is: are CIOs already prepared for that role. […]

The restyled Treasurer Test and new website

| 21-10-2019 | by Kendra Keydeniers | The Treasurer Test has been tested successfully by four different peer groups with each different treasury knowledge and experience. Finishing this test period with the peer members was a huge milestone for everyone who has been working on the Treasurer Test. By achieving this milestone we could take […]

Cashforce raises €5 million in series a funding led by INKEF Capital & Citi Ventures

| 18-10-2019 | treasuryXL | Cashforce | Cashforce, a Fintech leader in Cash forecasting & Working capital management, announced that it has closed € 5 million in Series A funding. The growth financing round was led by INKEF Capital and Citi Ventures. The existing investors Pamica NV, the investment company of Michel Akkermans, and Volta […]

How are largest European companies managing their financial risks?

17-10-2019 | Stanley Myint | BNP Paribas The second edition of the “Handbook of Corporate Financial Risk Management” has just been published by Risk books. The handbook is written with all risk management professionals, practitioners, instructors and students in mind, but its core readership are Treasurers at non-financial corporations. It contains 43 real life case […]

7 New Register Treasurers

| 15-10-2019 | by treasuryXL | Kendra Keydeniers Each year a new class starts with the two year RT program at the Vrije Universiteit (VU). That means that every year we can welcome new Register Treasurer (RT) graduates into the World of Treasury. On October 3, 2019, the VU was proud to announce that they […]

How to reduce your credit risk

14-10-2019 | Marco Lassche | It is nice to sell your products at a good price. But what if you have delivered goods to your customer, and he is not able to pay? In this article we give you over 15 options, how to reduce your credit risk. Although a company that you do business […]

What is Treasury? By Marco Lassche

10-10-2019 | Marco Lassche | Kendra Keydeniers What is treasury? Have you ever asked yourself the question, “what is Treasury?”. Many people will think about pirates and big see ships that sank deep into the bottom of the ocean including their ‘treasure’. A mystery treasure map will lead the finder to a treasure worth a […]

Our banks are not like theirs (if they even have one)

| 08-10-2019 | by Pieter de Kiewit | Recently Bloomberg reported about the authorities in Indonesia closing down 826 Fintech startups. My first assumption was this has to do with tax evasion and a very controlling government. Indonesia is most definitely not my field of expertise. Reading the article it struck me that my mindset concerning […]

The impact of PSD2 on payment transactions

| 07-10-2019 | TIS | This September the new EU directive PSD2 (Payment Services Directive 2) came into force. It is an extension of the Payment Services Directive, which was intended to harmonize the rules for payment products and services. Although this amendment affects every consumer who uses online payment services, and although sufficient notice has […]