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A deeper dive into the Treasurer Test Technical Knowledge part

| 19-07-2019 | by Kendra Keydeniers | Different from the multiple choice questions in the Big5 Personality Profile assessment, a number of treasury technical questions require you to make calculations. Furthermore, there is a time pressure component: there are more questions than you will be able to answer within the limited time. You will have […]

How to Solve the 4 Main Payments Challenges

| 18-07-2019 | BELLIN | Sascha Kopp has been a Consulting Director with BELLIN for over 10 years. He has successfully accompanied and implemented well over 100 payments projects in international groups. In this interview, based on our on-demand webinar, he outlines the 4 main payments challenges for corporates and how to best tackle them. #1 payments […]

Does your payment land in the correct currency account?

| 16-07-2019 | by Pieter de Kiewit | Recently I received signals from a treasurer working in a mid-sized company about payments in various currencies landing on the wrong account. In a payment of USD 1 million, this could lead to extra cost of about USD 9,000! This results in extra cost and should be […]

RT story: From professional athlete to Treasury Director

| 15-07-2019 | by treasuryXL | Kendra Keydeniers   Best example of a great career in treasury (before and) after graduating from the RT program is the one of Jarno Timmerman. This is his Register Treasurer Story: Professional athlete in The Premier League of volleyball, Jarno decided to further expand his passion for and knowledge […]

Why Big5 and not another personality assessment?

| 12-07-2019 | by Kendra Keydeniers | Our deeper dive into the Big 5 model continues with our next topic: Introduction Why a personality assessment in the Treasurer Test? Why Big5 and not another personality assessment? What do we see in the peer group? The traits measured A connection between traits and skills? Since the […]

Introduction of two Community Ambassadors: Francois and Marco

| 11-07-2019 | by Kendra Keydeniers | treasuryXL is happy to announce a close cooperation with François De Witte and Marco Lassche. As community ambassadors they will contribute to further raise the level of the treasury function, both for the inner circle: corporate treasurers, bankers & consultants, as well for the non-treasurers. François De Witte […]

Why is cash flow forecasting still an issue?

| 09-07-2019 | by treasuryXL | Kendra Keydeniers Cash forecasting is a vital part of the treasury role – and for all too many treasurers it’s a time consuming, difficult job where insufficient system support makes data management, analysis and reporting a time-consuming nightmare. However, the good news is that it doesn’t have to be that […]

Big tech vs Fintech vs Banks – in international payments

| 09-07-2019 | by Patrick Kunz | This title makes it sounds like it’s a fight. To be honest: it is! The market for international payments is huge and its lucrative. In a McKinsey report the 2018 market size for payment revenues was close to 2 Billion. Not strange everybody wants a slice of that. […]

Why Richard decided to explore the World of Treasury

| 08-07-2019 | by treasuryXL | Kendra Keydeniers The post-graduate Executive Treasury Management & Corporate Finance programme combines two finance disciplines: Treasury Management and Corporate Finance. These disciplines largely overlap and are inextricably connected. After a successful completion of all required modules, the title of Registered Treasurer (RT) is conferred by the Registered Treasurer foundation. […]

Why a personality assessment in the Treasurer Test?

| 05-07-2019 | by Kendra Keydeniers | Our deeper dive into the Big 5 model continues with our next topic: Introduction Why a personality assessment in the Treasurer Test? What do we see in the peer group? The traits measured A connection between traits and skills? The personality of the candidate you consider for your […]