Entries by treasuryXL

The Euro from a treasury perspective

| 10-4-2017 | Hans de Vries | In a perfect world, one currency is the ultimate dream for every Treasurer. The introduction of the Euro has been a major leap forward in that direction. However, current anti-euro sentiments boosted by populist movements all over Europe, seriously threaten to hamper this unique and visionary European accomplishment.  […]

Blockchain: Securities market infrastructure players in the contra-attack

| 7-4-2017 | Carlo de Meijer |   Blockchain technology has long been viewed as a threat to CSDs (Central Securities Depositories) and their role as intermediaries for securities transactions. Blockchain and distributed ledger technology may make the role of many intermediaries in the post trade market infrastructure obsolete. In one of my blogs (Blockchain […]

How can payments improve your working capital? Part I

| 6-4-2017 | Olivier Werlingshoff | Working Capital is the term for the operating liquidity of a company that can be used and is needed to continue the day to day business. To calculate the working capital you have to deduct the current liabilities from the current assets. By managing your account receivables, accounts payables […]

Brexit: It is the economy stupid!

| 5-4-2017 | Theo Paardekooper | Brexit: It is the economy stupid! (quote van James Carville, adviseur van de voormalig president van de USA, Bill Clinton). Op 23 juni 2016 werd in de UK een raadgevend referendum gehouden waarin aan de bevolking werd gevraagd om steun voor het lidmaatschap van de Europese Unie. Een kleine […]

Dutch FinTech Awards on April 21 – extra discount via treasuryXL

| 4-4-2017 | treasuryXL | Witness the future of finance at the Dutch FinTech Awards in Utrecht on 21 April. Make sure you register today and join this unique opportunity to meet 300 International FinTech stakeholders. Via treasuryXL you can get this week an extra discount on the Early Bird ticket. Read the article for […]

MANAGING MARKET PRICE RISKS OUTSIDE OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS

|4-4-2017 | Sjoerd Schneider |   As commodity prices have become more volatile over the past decade, many procurement departments have been feeling the need to somehow manage market price risks. The most frequently used strategy to mitigate commodity price risks by such departments is using physical purchase contracts: fixing prices over a long term […]

Treasurers to be the strategic super-heroes for their CFO

|3-4-2017 | GTNews | Lionel Pavey | Udo Rademakers | Treasurers to be the super-hero for their CFO? We found this article headline on GTNews.com so intriguing that we asked our experts Lionel Pavey and Udo Rademakers to comment on it. According to the article the role of the treasurer has to be re-evaluated due to […]

Instant payments for treasurers

| 31-03-2017 | Alessandro Longoni | Building on the ideas shared in a previous article about Cash Conversion Cycle on treasuryXL, this piece focuses on the developments that new European laws will bring in the areas of Instant Payments and how this will affect Treasury. As part of further standardization within the union, European regulators mandated the industry […]

Basel III and the impact on cost of hedging

| 30-3-2017 | Arnoud Doornbos | Treasury Services | Corporates will save hedging costs and administrative costs significantly if they shift their hedging activities to exchanges such as CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange). In the summer of 2007 a large number of defaults on U.S. mortgage loans did arise. The banks were hit hard by the global […]

How to combat Payment Fraud

| 29-3-2017 | Mark van de Griendt | sponsored content |   Payment Fraud is one of the biggest threats to a treasurers’ reputation and career path in an organization. One of the most common ways to reduce payment fraud is to reduce human intervention and to increase the levels of automation in payment structures. With […]