Entries by treasuryXL

The EU Regulatory Sandbox for Blockchain: a win-win situation

15-05-2023 | On 15 February the European Commission announced the launch of the pan-European Blockchain Regulatory Sandbox for innovative use cases involving Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT). The sandbox that was initially planned to become operational in 2021/22, now started on 14 April  2023.

Embedded Finance to Embedded Treasury: Are Corporates Ready for the Transition?

11-05-2023 | Embedded finance is the practice of integrating financial services within non-financial platforms and services with the objective of delivering the financial service at the “point of need”. In the not-so-distant past, accessing financial services such as payments, lending, and investments required either a visit to the bank or a redirection to a financial services provider’s portal or call center.

FX & Currency Hedging Policy Review

10-05-2023 | FX and currency hedging are complex topics, which generate a lot of discussion in most companies. We held this session to see whether members are changing their hedging strategies in response to the recent increase in currency volatility, coming after a period of (relative) stability.

Forward Points Optimisation: How to reduce the cost of hedging

02-05-2023 | Changes in global interest rates put the spotlight on the high cost of carry for businesses hedging the FX risk on assets denominated in currencies that trade at a forward discount and/or liabilities denominated in forward premium currencies.

AI in treasury recruitment; great … but!

01-05-2023 | Also we are smitten by how great ChatGPT is and are discovering the various applications in our work. We only scratched the surface I think. Without pretending to be experts there are two practical and ethical aspects we think you should know and think about. The first is the built-in bias AI tools have, the other is the human factor that is a must in finding each other.