Our final XLcompass of the summer is coming up — and we have a strong line-up for a timely discussion on Treasury Automation That Works.
Treasury teams are under constant pressure to do more with less. Manual processes, disconnected systems and repetitive work can slow teams down and make it harder to get the right information at the right time.
Automation and AI can change that — but only when they solve real treasury problems and deliver results in day-to-day work.





Loopbaan in treasury: een doodlopende weg?
| 6-1-2017 | Pieter de Kiewit | Het blijft een terugkerend thema als meerdere treasurers samenkomen of als ik over loopbaanplanning spreek: is blijven in treasury een recept voor vastlopen in je carrière? Bouw je door op hetgeen je hebt bereikt of doe je een stap terug/opzij om er weer twee vooruit te maken? Zonder […]
Afscheidsrede van Professor Theo van der Nat
| 5-12-2016 | Pieter de Kiewit | Mijn eerste ontmoeting met Theo zette de toon voor al onze verdere contacten. Het was aan het einde van de DACT Treasury Beurs 2009 in Noordwijk. Velen waren al gestart met hun weekend, ook de standhouders waren al aan het afbreken. Ik was net gestart met mijn onderneming. […]
Why seems TMS market leadership to be a relay race?
| 23-11-2016 | Pieter de Kiewit | The number of treasury management software brands I read about in resumes since 1996, the year of my first treasury placement as a recruiter, has continuously grown. In other markets market dominance has been more stable, BMW, Microsoft and Calvé have been able to keep long market leadership. […]
Funding Planning & Execution with your Bank, a Consultant, an Interim Manager or DIY?
| 14-10-2016 | Pieter de Kiewit | In my work as a treasury recruiter I speak with financial managers on a regular basis about their funding. Both in the funding strategy as in the execution hereof, it can be noticed that entrepreneurs and their CFO’s intensify their search for the proper partner. This is what […]
Che Guevara, Musk and 0%. Whose story do you listen to?
| 02-09-2016 | Pieter de Kiewit | In 2015 the Dutch writer Joris Luyendijk published his book “Dit kan niet waar zijn” about the workings of financial markets. An interesting read for all treasuryXL followers and by now, quite well-known. In my perception one of his earlier works is even better. “Het zijn net mensen” […]