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How to improve your working capital with Trade Finance instruments

| 22-5-2017 | Olivier Werlingshoff | Trade finance instruments are developed especially for companies that deal with  export and/or import of goods to reduce risk but also to improve the working capital. Before going into the working capital part first let us refresh the theory. If you are an importer of goods you would like […]

Blockchain and Supply Chain Finance: the missing link!

| 19-5-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | treasuryXL | Our expert Carlo de Meijer is our blockchain specialist and publishes his articles on a regular basis. We present his latest article about blockchain and supply chain finance in a shorter version. Carlo writes: Whereas the focus on the use of blockchain long time has been […]

Long term or short term debt – your choices

|18-5-2017 | François de Witte | You might visit this site, being a treasury professional with years of experience in the field. However you could also be a student or a businessman wanting to know more details on the subject, or a reader in general, eager to learn something new. The ‘Treasury for non-treasurers’ series is […]

Short term loans for financing your company

|11-5-2017 | François de Witte | treasuryXL You might visit this site, being a treasury professional with years of experience in the field. However you could also be a student or a businessman wanting to know more details on the subject, or a reader in general, eager to learn something new. The ‘Treasury for non-treasurers’ series […]

MIFID II – a short excursion into the MIFID landscape

| 10-5-2017 | treasuryXL | MIFID II – you read about it frequently. And there are more abbreviations: you will also find MIFIR and MIFID I.  As a banker you will know what we are talking about.  As a treasurer or financial professional you are supposed to understand what MIFID II will bring you. We […]

The IT Savvy Treasurer

| 9-5-2017 | Patrick Kunz |   We cannot switch on the news without hearing about technological advancements which, supposedly, make our lives easier, better or smarter. We all embrace these, get used to them and cannot do without them anymore. Sometimes we think back to the time before these advancements and cannot image how […]

National Blockchain Coalition: No Dutch Polder model!

| 8-5-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | Now also The Netherlands (I am a Dutchman!) has its broad-based collaborative blockchain initiative. At the end of last month (30 March 2017), there was the official kick-off of the National Blockchain Coalition (“Nationale Blockchain Coalitie” in official Dutch language) (NBC) at the premises of the Ministry of Economic […]

Autorisaties en bevoegdheden vastleggen – ook noodzakelijk voor het MKB

| 5-5-2017| Jan Doosje |   Helmi van Bergen van Juridiqua heeft onlangs een interessant artikel gepubliceerd over autorisaties en procedures rondom autorisaties. Vorig jaar heb ik een artikel voor TreasuryXL geschreven betreffende autorisaties en procedures met betrekking tot cash en treasury management. Ik zie het artikel van Helmi van Bergen in het verlengde hiervan. […]

The end of the Euro as we know it – when the party ends?

| 4-5-2017 | Lionel Pavey |   The papers are full of stories about the level of Government debt within the Eurozone (Italy has a debt to GDP ratio of more than 130%), probable new bailouts for Greece, lack of suitable bonds to purchase for Quantitive Easing, Brexit, the rise of populist rightwing politics etc. Well […]