Entries by treasuryXL

Managing cash across borders

| 01-09-2016 | Olivier Werlingshoff | ING has launched a tool for managing cash across borders. Dubbed Virtual Cash Management (VCM), the solution, announced on the 24th of August, provides an array of digital solutions for corporate treasurers, including internal transfers, reconciliation and invoice matching. It also supports payment-on-behalf-of subsidiaries transactions, as well as collection-on-behalf-of subsidiaries transactions. […]

How to: Opstellen van een Cash Flow overzicht

| 31-08-2016 | Maarten Verheul | Cash is king, en met een goede liquiditeitsprognose kunnen financials inzichtelijk maken hoe een bedrijf er nu en in de toekomst voor staat. Dat deze liquiditeitsprognose veel vragen oproept, blijkt uit het feit, dat slecht 10% van de bedrijven zo ’n overzicht maakt. Daarom 10 tips voor financials die […]

Payment fraud – Leoni case

| 30-08-2016 | Udo Rademakers | At the 5th of August I wrote an article regarding payment fraud. Not even two weeks later, Leoni, an automotive company in Germany with EUR 4.5b turnover, has been the victim of massive fraud where USD 40m has been wired … to a crime organization. “Leoni realized it had […]

Blockchain: Some remarkable announcements part I

| 29-08-2016 | Carlo de Meijer | While Blockchain is seen by many as a network phenomenon that needs large market participation, collaboration and interoperability to succeed, both R3CEV and a group of four large global banks came with announcements that are at least a bit remarkable. The bank-backed consortium had filed for a patent […]

Why companies still use Excel

| 25-08-2016 | Lionel Pavey | Do you still rely on spreadsheets in your daily treasury operations? We have read multiple articles on this subject lately and we decided to ask our community: Why do treasurers still rely on spreadsheets? Yesterday Jan Meulendijks gave us his opinion on the topic. Today expert Lionel Pavey talks about the benefits of […]

Do you still rely on spreadsheets in your daily treasury operations?

| 24-08-2016 | Jan Meulendijks | Spreadsheets, every treasurer knows how to work them. Spreadsheets are deeply embedded in treasury operations and they seem hard to eliminate. We have read multiple articles on this subject lately and we decided to ask our community: Why do treasurers still rely on spreadsheets? (source: gtnews.com) [separator type=”” size=”” icon=””] Jan […]

Uitgelicht: Banken overwegen cash op te slaan in kluizen om ECB te ontwijken

| 22-08-2016 | Olivier Werlingshoff, Udo Rademakers, Douwe Dijkstra, Roger Boxman |   Afgelopen week verscheen het bericht dat onder andere de ING bank serieus heeft overwogen om geld in cash op te slaan in kluizen om zo de maatregelen van de ECB te ontwijken. De ECB vraagt een ‘boete’ wanneer banken hun geld willen opstallen. De […]

Follow up: Valutaoorlog

| 19-08-2016 | Simon Knappstein |   Gisteren publiceerden we al een artikel over de valutaoorlog die volgens een bericht in het Financieele Dagblad gaande is. De winnaar lijkt degene te zijn met de meest dalende munt. Experts Erna Erkens en René Schilder gaven hun mening over deze vermeende valutastrijd. Vandaag is FX expert Simon Knappstein […]

Uitgelicht: Valutaoorlog

| 18-08-2016 | Erna Erkens, René Schilder | Het Britse Pond daalde sinds het Brexit referendum al zo’n 13% in waarde. Ook de Amerikaanse Dollar daalde afgelopen week tegenover alle munteenheden in waarde. Volgens het Financieele Dagblad is er een valutaoorlog gaande waarbij degene met de meest dalende munt de winnaar lijkt te zijn. (Bron: FD.nl) […]

The Corporate Treasurer and Blockchain

| 17-08-2016 | Carlo de Meijer |   While it has been widely reported that – despite its disruptive character – the majority of banks think that innovations such as blockchain technology will positively impact their business and are exploring how they can use blockchain to their advantage, it is still largely a grey area for […]