Entries by treasuryXL

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 […]

Treasury ABC Part IV

  For many people Treasury is, as they think, something that is not concerning. Because there are many items that could be mentioned and listed here, I chose to mention the items that have effect on our daily lives, even if we are not aware of the existence of the described item. Last week I […]

How to cope with the interconnectivity trap part II

| 16-08-2016 | Hans de Vries |   Electronic Banking has been here for more than thirty years now. And it certainly had a big impact on the way the corporates and banks communicate. Nevertheless, ever since the introduction Treasurers have been struggling to incorporate this feature into their IT ERP environment. They get stuck […]

Uitgelicht: Blockchain, een bedreiging?

| 12-08-2016 | Herman van Hazendonk | Credit Suisse bracht een aantal dagen geleden het rapport ‘Blockchain; The Trust Disrupter’ uit. Hierin stelden zij dat Bitcoin en onderliggende technologie Blockchain geen grote bedreiging vormen voor het traditionele bankwezen. Swift (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) zal echter wel moeten oppassen. In het onderzoek wordt Swift als langzaam, […]

Uitgelicht: De medewerker als medeaandeelhouder

| 11-08-2016 | Udo Rademakers, Simon Knappstein |   Deze week verscheen er een opiniestuk in het Financieele Dagblad waarin gesteld wordt dat medewerkersparticipatie een belangrijke bijdrage kan leveren aan de verkleining van de tegenstelling tussen arbeid en kapitaal. Door de medewerker in de rol van medeaandeelhouder te plaatsen zullen de belangen van aandeelhouders, onderneming en medewerkers […]

treasuryXL: summer holiday reading material

| 10-08-2016 | treasuryXL | Time flies, it is August already. And, for most people, August means holiday time and taking time to read. Have you got your summer holiday reading list sorted yet? The perfect moment to provide you with some summer holiday reading material. These are the top 5 best read articles of treasuryXL from the start. […]

How to cope with the interconnectivity trap?

| 09-08-2016 | Hans de Vries |   Electronic Banking has been here for more than thirty years now. And it certainly had a big impact on the way the corporates and banks communicate. Nevertheless, ever since the introduction Treasurers have been struggling to incorporate this feature into their IT ERP environment. This struggle has […]

Who is our treasury guru?

| 08-08-2016 | Pieter de Kiewit | At the end of this year Theo van der Nat will retire. He is professor, working for the Amsterdam based Vrije Universiteit, for the (Dutch) Register Treasurer post graduate education and other organisations. If there was ever one, he is/was the guru of the Dutch treasury community. He […]

How to avoid payment fraud?

| 05-08-2016 | Udo Rademakers | Generally speaking, most of the fraud cases don’t make it into the paper because companies are so embarrassed that they choose to keep the affair quiet instead. In some cases however, amounts are too substantial to hide and corporates (need to) publish. One case has been published some months ago […]