FX Benchmarking: Why most treasury teams are flying blind (and how to fix it)
This article is written by Bracket Love it or hate it, FX markets are embedded in global business workflows. But what started as straightforward currency exchange has become a complex web of hidden costs, opaque pricing, and execution quality that’s impossible to measure. Until now. As Pierre Anderson, Co-Founder, Bracket, explains: “It’s not that providers…
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Bank Statement Monitoring at Scale: Why 3,800 Statements a Day Can Become a Treasury Risk
By Finastra, with insights from Treasury Masterminds Board Members Centralising bank connectivity through SWIFT has become standard practice for multinational treasury teams. The idea is straightforward: bring banking communication into a single channel, streamline processes, and create better visibility over global cash. In theory, centralisation reduces complexity. In practice, it often shifts complexity somewhere else….
What is supply chain finance?
This article is written by our partner, SAP Taulia Supply chain finance, also known as supplier finance or reverse factoring, is a financing solution in which suppliers can receive early payment on their invoices. Supply chain finance reduces the risk of supply chain disruption and enables both buyers and suppliers to optimize their working capital….
Payments Are Breaking (Again): Why Fraud, Multi-Rail Complexity and Regulation Are Redefining Treasury
From Treasury Masterminds For years, treasury has treated payments as infrastructure. Stable, predictable, mostly handled by banks and systems in the background. That era is ending. What used to be a relatively straightforward process, send a payment, reconcile it, move on, is turning into a complex, fragmented, and risk-heavy domain. Three forces are driving this…
Cash Flow Dashboard: Enhance Liquidity and Track KPIs
This article is written by our partner, Nilus When you’re managing a company’s finances, the simple question “How much cash do we have today?” can feel surprisingly hard to answer. Hunting through spreadsheets, pulling reports from multiple banks, and trying to reconcile payments, it’s tedious and time-consuming. That’s where a cash flow dashboard changes everything….
Do you know your FX risk and hedging requirements?
This article was written by our partner, MillTech Operating a business across borders comes with the challenge of managing foreign exchange (FX) risk. In today’s volatile market, ignoring FX risks isn’t just a missed opportunity; it’s a financial threat that could wipe out quarterly profits in moments. Our North America FX report found that 4 in 5 businesses…
Strategies for Setting Up a Cash Pooling Structure Across Multiple Countries and Regions
This article is written by Palm In an increasingly globalized business environment, effective cash management has become a cornerstone of financial efficiency for multinational corporations. Cash pooling, a financial mechanism that consolidates the balances of multiple accounts into a single master account, has emerged as a vital tool for optimizing liquidity, reducing costs, and enhancing…
Sanctions screening compliance excuses, debunked
This article is written by Nomentia Sanctions. You know they exist, but if you’re like a lot of businesses, you probably think they’re someone else’s problem. After all, you’re not a massive corporation or dealing with government contracts — why should they apply to you? You might even have a few go-to excuses for why…
What is an FX health audit and why your company might need one
This article is written by Bracket FX is one of the world’s most active markets, yet for many companies, it’s also the least scrutinised part of their finance function. Whether you’re trading modest volumes or managing significant cross-border exposure, even small inefficiencies can quietly cost thousands each year. The problem isn’t just poor rates. It’s…