Visibility and Governance: How to Prove Compliance When AI Decides
This article is a contribution from our partner, Embat There is a moment every finance director remembers. It is not a boardroom debate or a spreadsheet error; it is the phone call that says the money has not arrived and no one can explain why. When Synapse Financial Technologies collapsed in 2024, that moment arrived for thousands. Customers…
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Stablecoins and Central Banks: A New Regulatory Chess Game
From Treasury Masterminds Stablecoins have been one of the most debated innovations in financial markets over the past few years. For many corporate treasurers, the topic sits somewhere between curiosity and suspicion. The technology promises faster settlement, programmable payments, and potentially cheaper cross-border transactions. At the same time, it carries the baggage of crypto volatility,…
Humans of Treasury: Earning credibility early in treasury: Ed’s perspective
This article is written by Cobase Starting a career in treasury can feel intimidating. The numbers are big, the consequences are real, and the room is often filled with people who have been doing this work for decades. Decisions made in treasury do not stay theoretical for long. They affect cash availability, business continuity, and…
Late Payments Are Costing You More Than You Think
This article is written by Liquiditas There’s no shortage of talk about working capital optimisation, but here’s the part that’s often glossed over: the actual cost of waiting to get paid. For suppliers, late payments don’t just tighten margins – they disrupt operations, trigger unnecessary borrowing, and cap growth before it even has a chance…
Sustaining Financial Clarity as Organisations Grow.
Tatiana Jekmohan Over the years, working across different organisations and industries, one observation tends to emerge: operational growth often develops faster than the financial architecture that supports it. Revenue expands, markets open, teams scale and operational capability evolves. From the outside, organisations appear dynamic and successful — and in many cases they are. At the…
What is the cash conversion cycle (CCC)?
This article is written by our partner, SAP Taulia The cash conversion cycle (CCC) – also known as the cash cycle – is a metric expressing how many days it takes a company to convert the cash it spends on inventory back into cash by selling its product. The shorter a company’s CCC, the less…