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3 easy ways to protect your organization from cybercrime in payments

| 3-2-2017 | Christian van Ledden | sponsored content | Leoni, a well-known German manufacturer of cables and harnessing has recently made the news through a new type of fraudulent behavior. The CEO-fraud is a technique, whereby scammers act as ‘member’ of the organization and convince the controlling department to transfer funds under the pretense […]

Blockchain and Central banks: a Tour de Table (Part II)

| 2-2-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | treasuryXL | We found this article of our expert Carlo de Meijer and wanted to share it with you. This is the second part of this article, after Part I,  and a slightly shorter version than the original. A year ago central banks were looking at the blockchain […]

Managing treasury risk: Interest rate risk (Part II)

|31-1-2017 | Lionel Pavey |   There are lots of discussions concerning risk, but let us start by trying to define what we mean by risk. In my first article of this series I wrote about risk managment and what the core criteria are for a solid risk management policy. Today I want to focus […]

How much are you paying your bank ?

| 30-1-2017 | Patrick Kunz | Does your bank send you a monthly invoice how much they charge you on banking costs? Some do but some don’t. Even if you receive an overview of these costs – do you look at them? Often organizations don’t and that’s a pity. A bank is as much a services […]

Blockchain and Central banks: a Tour de Table (Part I)

| 27-1-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | treasuryXL | Our expert Carlo de Meijer, distinguished blockchain specialist, has published an article that is worth sharing with you. This is Part I and Part II will follow soon. May we invite you to comment or share your experience with this intriguing topic: In April last year […]

PSD 2: a lot of opportunities but also big challenges (Part I)

| 26-1-2017 | François de Witte | The Directive 2015/2366 on payment services in the internal market (hereinafter PSD2) was adopted by the European Parliament on October 8, 2015, and by the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers on November 16, 2015. The PSD2 updates the first EU Payment Services Directive published in 2007 (PSD1), which laid […]

Managing treasury risk : Risk Management (Part I)

| 23-1-2017 | Lionel Pavey |   There are lots of discussions concerning risk, but let us start by trying to define what we mean by risk. It is a negative event that can potentially lead to loss or liability; it is exposure to uncertainty; it is a deviation from the expected outcome. It can […]

Nieuw op treasuryXL: de Flex Treasurer

| 19-1-2017 | treasuryXL |   Wat is een Flex Treasurer? Stel: je bent de eigenaar van of werkt in een kleine of middelgrote organisatie die geen treasurer of cash manager in dienst heeft. Je denkt waarschijnlijk dat er binnen jouw organisatie geen plaats is voor een dergelijke functie. Maar, oordeel niet te snel: ook […]