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Training PSD2 & Open banking: impact on the financial ecosystem and new challenges

31-01-2023 | François de Witte | treasuryXL | LinkedIn |

treasuryXL expert François de Witte will lead the upcoming advanced training on PSD2 & Open Banking, exploring its impact on finance and new challenges. Read below more

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This training program prepares participants for 2 major challenges of the upcoming years in banking: PSD2 and Open Banking. This will have a major impact on the financial ecosystem and will create new challenges.

The goal of this training course is to:

  • become aware of the ways PSD2 & Open Banking affect banks and other players in Europe;
  • understand the impact of the technical requirements with a focus on strong customer authentication;
  • outline the risks and responsibilities of the involved parties within the new regulatory framework;
  • understand the impact of Open Banking APIs (Application Programming interfaces);
  • understand the impacts of the PSD2 & Open Banking the financial ecosystem;
  • evaluate the risk and opportunities created by PSD2 & Open Banking the banks and the new players;
  • determine an action plan for your company.

 

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Programme: International Treasury Management and Corporate Finance – Advanced

26-01-2023 | François de Witte | treasuryXL | LinkedIn |

treasuryXL expert François de Witte will conduct advanced training on International Treasury Management and Corporate Finance at the House of Training in Luxembourg on March 2nd. Read below more

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Description

The treasurer is the custodian of the company’s daily liquidity and financial risks. He manages, anticipates, secures and help optimize cash flows by ensuring that financial needs are covered and appropriate instruments are used, as well as take necessary measures to mitigate financial risks.

Objectives

At the end of this programme, the participant will able to:

  • assist the treasurer of large corporates directly and practically
  • take over treasury responsibilities in a SME

The various modules will allow to acquire an in-depth knowledge of the different areas of the “Corporate Treasurer” profession.

Programme

Module 1 : Financial Maths in Excel (Focus on treasury & corporate finance)

Speaker: Hugues Pirotte / Professor of Finance at Solvay Brussels School

 

  • Focus on treasury & corporate finance
  • Time value of money
  • Vocabulary
  • Compounding intervals
  • Discount and annuity factors
Module 2 : Payments, Cash Management and Banking Relations – Advanced

Speaker François De Witte / Treasury Consultant

 

  • Recent trends in payments.

  • Liquidity management – Basic concepts.

  • Cash-Flow forecasting – Advanced topics
  • Treasury organisation – In house bank and payment factory
  • Treasury technology – TMS
  • Hot topics on banking relations – RFP and implementation.
  • Challenges of the banks and impact on the banking relations
  • Open banking – Opportunities for corporates.
Module 3 : Trade Finance – Advanced

Speaker: Benjamin Defays / Senior Associate Vice President

  • General context
  • Cultural aspects
  • Why trade finance in treasury
  • Type of instruments
  • Bank guarantees
  • Bürgschaft
  • Surety bonds
  • Letters of credit
  • Cash against documents
  • Forfeiting
  • Factoring & reverse factoring
  • Alternatives
  • Cash-in-advance
  • Corporate guarantees
  • Disruptive technologies
Module 4 : Practical Aspects of International Finance Regulation

Speaker: Lievin Tshikali  

With the successive financial crises, serious concerns have naturally been raised in the population, forcing G24 governments and international organisations to build an incredible set of laws to “better” regulate/monitor the activities of banks and other financial institutions. This module provides an overview of international finance regulation. It considers some regulatory and practical issues affecting transnational financial transactions undertaken by global investment and corporate banks.

  • International financial crises
  • Evolution of the international banking supervision
  • Functioning of capital markets
  • Governance – Internal control framework
  • Anti bribery / Whistle-blower policies
  • Overview of AML/CFT regulations
    • Tax evasion – FATCA-CRS regulations
    • Notion of ultimate beneficiary owners
    • Politically exposed persons
    • Market abuse regulations
  • MIFID principles
  • GDPR principles
  • International sanctions regimes
Module 5 : Risk Management Applied to Treasury – Advanced

Speaker: François Masquelier / CEO

 

  • FX, interests
  • Counter-parties
  • Others (reputation, etc…)
  • Objectives of hedge accounting
  • Required documentation and formalisation of hedge accounting relationships
  • Different types of hedges (fair value, cash flow, net investment)
  • Booking adjustments of different hedge types
  • Typical examples of different hedge types
Module 6 : Technologies Applied to Treasury

Speaker: François Masquelier / CEO

 

  • New technologies
    • Blockchain, crypto-currencies, smart contracts
  • Treasury Console (Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters)
  • TMS, Financial Technology
Target Audience

Financial professionals (finance, banking, accounting, tax, treasury…) willing to acquire an in-depth knowledge in corporate treasury and wishing to exercise this knowledge in practice.

Prerequisites
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How to get into FinTech? A Career Guide for 2023

19-01-2023 | Pieter de Kiewit | treasuryXL | LinkedIn | If you are interested in learning about FinTech and how to get into the industry, there are a few things you may want to consider. With my focus on corporate treasury, we are in close contact with various Fintech companies who ask us on a regular basis to support them in their recruitment. We learned these companies have specific requirements.

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Live Expert-Led Session | Your Currency Management Toolkit for 2023

17-01-2023 | treasuryXL | LinkedIn | Join Kantox and treasuryXL in this expert-led conversation on the future of currency management as we uncover the key treasury priorities and opportunities for the new year.

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APIs for Corporate Treasury: Not only efficient but also easy

10-01-2023 | Konstantin Khorev | treasuryXL | LinkedIn | APIs, or application programming interfaces, have revolutionized the way that corporate treasury departments operate. Getting timely information about cash balances and transactions running through your bank accounts is crucial not only for treasury but also for other corporate functions: A/R, A/P, business operations and other departments

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Is the EU market ready for instant payments?

22-12-2022 | François de Witte | treasuryXL | LinkedIn | On December 1, 2022, I had the opportunity to attend in Brussels a panel discussion on “Is the EU market ready for instant payments?”. The event was organized by CEPS (1) and ECRI (2), and featured several prominent speakers.

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Embedded Finance Explained, by François de Witte

08-12-2022 | François de Witte | treasuryXL | LinkedIn | As embedded finance continues to evolve, there is an opportunity for treasurers to explore how these developments could help their businesses. The present article explores what embedded finance really means, what’s driving progress in this space, and where should treasurers begin.

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Training: Treasury Management and Credit Collections

07-11-2022 | François de Witte | treasuryXL | LinkedIn

treasuryXL expert François de Witte will be giving a treasury training at the House of Training in Luxembourg on 22 November. We would like to highlight this valuable training which is available for only 255 euros!

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Description

In his day-to-day work, the accountant must in particular be able to follow/manage the cash flow and the credit collections of the company. Cash management starts from a different dimension than the accounting perspective, namely that of flows and cash management.

The objective of this training is to give an overview of the treasury dimension, flow and cash management, monitoring of client settlement (Credit Control) and risk management in terms of financing the company. In addition, we will also look at how best to manage the banking reporting, the reconciliation and the bank relationships.

 

Objectives

At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:

  • Identify the cash flow components and their interactions with accounting
  • Understand the basics of a company’s day-to-day cash management
  • Optimize flows in the company
  • Manage customer collections and the development of a “Credit Control”
  • Better understand banking reporting and reconciliation
  • Know the organization of a treasury department and its tools
  • Identify basic tools for hedging risks, managing debt and excess liquidity

Programme

  • Definition of treasury objectives
  • Relations and interactions with other departments including accounting
  • Optimizing the management of financial flows in the company
  • Cash and liquidity management
  • Basic cash management techniques
  • Identification and management of financial risks
  • Financing and banking management
  • Technical tools available to the treasurer

Target Audience

Anyone interested in learning how accounting works and understanding corporate cash flow

Prerequisites

Basic financial and accounting knowledge

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International Treasury Management and Corporate Finance

22-09-2022 | François de Witte | treasuryXL | LinkedIn

The following event, which features our Expert François de Witte, is something we’d like to call your attention to. To learn more about corporate finance and international treasury management, register below.

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Description

 

The treasurer is the custodian of the company’s daily liquidity. He manages, anticipates and secures cash flows by ensuring that financial needs are covered. This cursus will give the ability to assist directly and practically the treasurer of large corporates or to take over the treasury responsibilities in a SME. The different modules will allow you to acquire the fundamentals of the different areas of the “Corporate Treasurer” profession.

 

Module 0  – Introduction to Treasury Management

Speaker: Benjamin Defays / Treasury Manager

 

  • Bank account opening/closing

  • KYC

  • Payments and bank connectivity

  • Liquidity structures

  • Cash forecast

  • Importance of working capital

  • Factoring/reverse factoring

  • Main financial measures

  • Economic thinking

  • Risk Measures

  • Hedging

  • Fraud risk

  • Credit risk

  • General context

  • Bank guarantees

  • Letters of credit

Module 1 : Payments, Cash Management and Banking Relations – Fundamentals

Speaker François De Witte / Consultant  

 

  • Payment and interbank clearing and settlement methods.

  • Payments instruments, processes and tools

  • Electronic banking channels

  • Working capital, cash and liquidity management – basic concepts

  • Day to day cash management

  • Organisation of the cash management and tooling

  • Financing the company

  • Basic insights in managing banking relationships

Module 2 : Risk Management Applied to Treasury – Fundamentals

Speaker: François Masquelier / Group Treasurer

 

  • FX, Interests
  • Counter-parties
  • Others (Reputation, etc…)
  • Objectives of hedge accounting
  • Required documentation and formalization of hedge accounting relationships
  • Different types of hedges (Fair Value, Cash Flow, Net Investment)
  • Booking adjustments of different hedge types
  • Typical examples of different hedge types

Module 3 : Trade Finance Applied to Treasury – Fundamentals

Speaker: Benjamin Defays / Treasury Manager

 

  • General contact, cultural aspects
  • Why trade finance in treasury
  • Bank Guarantees, Burgschafts, Surety bonds, Letters of credit, Cash against documents
  • Alternative security instruments
  • Disruptive technologies

Module 4 : Credit and Collection Applied to Treasury

Speaker: Benjamin Defays / Treasury Manager

 

  • Introduction to credit risk management
  • Concepts & Practices/Types of credit risks
  • Understanding financial statements and ratios
  • Credit Scoring/Ratings – S&P, Bloomberg models
  • Collection:
    • Collecting overdue receivables – setting priorities
    • Strategies dealing with overdue invoices
    • Debt collection services development

 

Module 5 : Cyber-fraud: what you need to know to manage this ever increasing risk

Speaker: Thierry Hamon / Cash management & Cybersecurity expert 

  • Getting an overview of the different cyber-attacks techniques currently used
  • Understand the possible consequences of cyber-fraud and what needs to be protected
  • Learn 50 ways to protect
  • Special focus on IT backup, fraudulent emails & disaster recovery plan for treasury
  • Co-construction of counter-measure list for all main cyber-attacks
  • Personal action plan definition for each participant

 

Public cible

Anyone who wants to acquire basic knowledge of corporate treasury and put this knowledge into practice.

Prerequisites
  • Basic background in finance or accounting
  • For the advanced Excel workshop, a preliminary (good) knowledge in Excel is required.

Conditions

Training material

Course material will be provided at the beginning of the course.

Location
Chambre de Commerce Luxembourg

7, rue Alcide de Gasperi
L-1615 Luxembourg
Luxembourg

 

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New Treasury learning platform at Finsiders-Academy (Dutch)

15-09-2022 | François de Witte | treasuryXL | LinkedIn

Wij vragen de aandacht voor de volgende opleidingen, waarbij onze Expert François de Witte betrokken is. Namelijk een nieuw intitiatief van Finsiders-Academy om een Treasury opleiding op te zetten, en goed nieuws want de eerste modules zijn klaar!

Wat is Finsiders?

Finsiders is een financieel projectconsultancy bureau dat organisaties ondersteunt in hun tijdelijke nood naar ondersteuning, op vlak van controlling, accountancy, treasury en transformatie. We leveren operationele ondersteuning maar denken ook strategisch mee met de organisatie.  Daarnaast begeleiden we onze consultants uitgebreid met persoonlijke coaching en begeleiding, onder andere via het online leerplatform van de Finsiders Academy. Daar kunnen ze tijds- en plaatsonafhankelijk zichzelf verder ontplooien en bijleren, alsook zich voorbereiden op een nieuw project.

Welke leer modules zijn momenteel beschikbaar?

Op dit moment zijn de volgende modules klaar:

  1. Working Capital Management: https://www.finsiders.be/nl/opleidingen/working-capital-management
  2. Cash Forecasting and Cash & Liquidity Management: https://www.finsiders.be/nl/opleidingen/cash-forecasting-liquidity-management
  3. Financing & Bank Relations: https://www.finsiders.be/nl/opleidingen/financing-your-company.
  4. Globaal packet Cash Management: https://www.finsiders.be/nl/opleidingen/cash-management-opleidingspakket.
  5. Optimizing the Financial Flows: https://www.finsiders.be/nl/opleidingen/optimizing-financial-flows.

Voor wie zijn deze opleidingen extra relevant?

De opleidingen zijn relevant voor finance professionals die een dieper inzicht willen krijgen in het cash en liquidity management.

Wat moeten geïntresseerden nu doen?

Geïnteresseerden kunnen via de website inschrijven voor een e-learning naar keuze. Ze hebben 1 jaar toegang tot het online leerplatform en kunnen op eigen tempo en volgens hun eigen agenda tijdsonafhankelijk aan de slag.

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Francois de Witte

 

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