Last night Fintech Innovation Awards host Julia Streets addressed the “brightest and best of financial services and technology” – 400 FinTech fanatics who gathered to celebrate the achievements of the industry’s top players.
Corporate finance departments no longer operate separately from the rest of the company – increasingly, treasurer’s roles intertwine with the planning, analysis and strategy strands of the business.
Germany’s Commerzbank has admitted illegal conduct and agreed to settle criminal charges in the United States by paying $1.45 billion.
Tech multinational IBM is exploring ways to implement the blockchain technology that drives bitcoin in order to build a digital cash and payment currency.
Changes to the industry since the crash mean that a revamped ALM industry is more and more necessary - and the biggest shift will see treasurers move from a reactive to a proactive approach, says Professor Moorad Choudhry.
Forbes has released its annual list of the world’s billionaires, featuring a number of rising stars whose fortunes seem to have exploded out of nowhere.
TreasuryXpress, the pioneering TMS Software-as-a-Service provider, has been confirmed as a headline sponsor of the 2015 FinTech Innovation Awards.
Bloomberg late last year officially announced they are launching their own fully integrated treasury management system, hailed by some as the most interesting industry development in a decade. But will it live up to the hype, asks Corporate Treasury Manager Nels Mortensen.
Minute-by-minute currency fluctuations mean that treasurers find it hard to predict the best time to buy, but the benchmarking system favoured by banks has got them into hot water for manipulating figures.
Senior personnel in the finance world could soon be held personally responsible for their organisation’s failings and regulatory breaches – but newly proposed regulations could see this extended to non-executive board members.
