Cash Management & Payment Trends: How 2022 Will Transform Your Treasury Department
Rating Agencies – Between Speed and Precipitation
In the crisis, the credit rating agencies have not all reacted in the same way. An analysis of the three main rating agencies actions since the end of February, shows that Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has been much quicker than Moody’s and Fitch in revising down their views – REPORT
Finance Departments: 6 Lessons From the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis
As the bank debt and bond markets are experiencing extreme volatility, Redbridge’s treasury and finance advisory team has listed six lessons learned from the 2008/2009 financial crisis to help finance departments in their primary mission: managing corporate liquidity.
The Rising Costs of Digital Imaging in Commercial Banking
Whether you are looking at a check image through an online banking portal, image file, DDA statement, or CD-ROM, there is a cost for each image, and the dollar amount may surprise you.
“We combine artificial intelligence with business skills to revolutionise cash flow forecasting.” Rupert Schiessl, founder of Verteego
Verteego believes that cash flow forecasts should be rethought to improve how companies are managed and increase their profitability.
Machine Learning or AI Could Perform Repetitive Patterns to Improve the Process of Cash Forecasting
Redbridge invited three international treasury professionals based in the US, UK and France to share their views on successful cash flow forecasting. In this post, Ferdinand Jahnel, VP, Treasurer at Marsh & McLennan Companies, explains how artificial intelligence (AI) could improve the process of cash forecasting.
“The complexity of international guarantees no longer prevents them from being processed digitally”, according to Malik Dahmoune, from Finelia
In November, SWIFT will release a new set of trade finance messages to facilitate paperless processing of international guarantees. The challenges for corporates lie in communicating with all their counterparties in a common language, increasing efficiency and, ultimately, having a consolidated view of their liabilities. In this interview, Malik Dahmoune, director of Finelia Trade Finance Software, explains the key points.
NACHA’s Same Day ACH Limit Increase
Effective March 20, 2020, the Same Day ACH (automated clearing house) per-transaction dollar limit will increase from $25,000 to $100,000.
The differentiation between investment-grade and non-investment-grade borrowers is increasing
There is still appetite for highly-rated corporates, but the size of financing must be consistent with a company’s business plan. Since last summer, credit committees have been becoming increasingly cautious and this trends looks set to continue, writes Muriel Nahmias.
Negotiating a Favorable Credit Facility and Improving Credit Rating Quality
Understand your risk positioning to secure the best investment terms
“SWIFT gpi puts healthy pressure on the banks” Olivier Grandval, Louis Dreyfus Company
Olivier Grandval, treasurer at Louis Dreyfus Company, discusses how SWIFT gpi simplifies the daily work of the treasury team of his group that trades in agricultural commodities. For him, improving the traceability of cross-border payments opens up new opportunities for bank relations and cash flow forecasts.
