Entries by treasuryXL

Tipco at the DACT Treasury Fair

| 15-11-2017 | treasuryXL | TIPCO Treasury Technology GmbH | The DACT (Dutch association of Corporate Treasurers) will be holding their annual Treasury Fair in Noordwijk at the Hotel van Orange on 23rd and 24th November 2017 – the most important annual treasury event in the Netherlands. Discover treasury best practices, learn about the latest trends […]

How does a FX spot transaction work?

| 14-11-2017 | treasuryXL | Every day we enter into transactions in our own domestic market. Goods are priced in our own currency and we settle purchases in our own currency. Here in the Netherlands that means everything is priced and settled in Euro’s. It is a clear and concise system – of course we […]

Accenture and blockchain: the accent on security issues

| 13-11-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | My last blog was about IBM, triggered by a Juniper Research putting the company as the number one in the blockchain technology competition. One of the comments on this blog was that it looked like an IBM press release. But that is far beyond what is meant. I just […]

The size and shape of your treasury team

| 09-11-2017 | Pieter de Kiewit | Last week I received a call from one of my clients. Over the last years, I found several members for their team. Given the transition they are in, they were looking for benchmark information to shape their treasury team and make it future proof. This has kept me […]

Is uw organisatie klaar voor MiFID II? – E-learning uitgelicht

| 08-11-2017 | Financial Training Hub | Na de vorming van de euro is het toezicht op financiële instellingen en markten geïnternationaliseerd. Hierbij is het logisch om een ‘level playing field’ binnen de eurozone te realiseren om reguleringsarbitrage te voorkomen. De vorming van een level playing field voor het prudentieel toezicht op financiële instellingen vindt plaats […]

PSD2 – new opportunities but an issue of trust

| 07-11-2017 | Lionel Pavey | PSD2 (Payment Services Directive) is an extension on the existing PSD within the EU. The objective is to increase competition in the payments industry, whilst increasing access from non-bank firms. This should lead to standard payment formats, infrastructure and technical standards – at first glance an improvement for consumers. […]

Banken en Financiële Markten in Vogelvlucht – E-learning uitgelicht

| 02-11-2017 | Financial Training Hub | Zonder banken en financiële markten zou onze huidige economie en welvaart niet mogelijk zijn. En of u het nu leuk vindt of niet, banken waren en zijn onmisbaar voor onze moderne maatschappij. Iedereen doet, al dan niet bewust, dagelijks zaken met of via banken. Sinds de jaren ’80 heeft […]

Trading places – is big tech the real threat to banks?

| 01-11-2017 | Lionel Pavey |   Reading yesterday’s article about Fintech banks reminded me that, in the last few weeks, I had seen articles in the news about the growing interest in providing banking services by so-called Bigtech companies. Bigtech is defined as established “platform” players such as Amazon, Google, Alibaba and Paypal. These […]