Cash management:
The Sepa revolution quietly creeps in
Euromoney February 2008
Unprecedented co-operation between European banks has, at last, created a single euro payments area. It will transform the cash management business and possibly the whole banking industry.
Cash management debate: The tricky path to standardization
The global credit crunch has underlined to banks the importance of cash management and transaction banking as core businesses, given that they provide steady revenues. Elsewhere in the market the full introduction of the Single Euro Payments Area, with its resultant benefits for banks and their corporate clients, is still some years away.
Shared services debate: Crossing the payments divide
Shared service centres or payment factories? Corporates have to choose which system works best for them. There is no one size that fits all, while good working partnerships with banks are as important as ever.
After the crash here comes the cash: Why the world's biggest banks want more from cash management
Also:
Banks start to show their hands on Sepa
Credit crunch sparks flight to quality in liquidity management
Financial supply chain debate: Linking the supply chain
The optimization of working capital is the treasurer’s crucial concern – all the more so as rates rise and credit conditions tighten. Financing issues within supply chains are key, and the increasing complexities of supplier-buyer relationships are creating new credit and payment pressures.
Cash management: Europe’s uncertain future
Corporate treasurers are keeping a close eye on the new regulations that will impact on cash management. The Payment Services Directive is due this autumn – another step forward – yet the timetable for Sepa is still vague. Even identifying the benefits of the changes is a matter of hot debate.
Cash management debate: How to make sure that Sepa pays off
The regulatory framework of Europe’s single payments system is effectively in place. But the details of implementation by banks and corporates are still a matter of debate.
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Cash management debate: Doing more with less – the treasurer’s lot
Corporate treasury bears the brunt of regulatory and technological change, and those changes are accelerating. At the same time, demands for performance increase, and it’s the banks who have to deliver.
Cash management poll 2006: Compete or collaborate – or give up?
There has been no relief from the pressures that last year’s annual cash management poll detected: globalization, declining margins and intensified competition. Smaller banks face a choice between expanding to compete or forming difficult-to-implement partnerships. Some might soon begin to question whether all the effort is worthwhile.
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International cash management meets the global challenge
Payment systems take to cyberspace
Accounts Payable Integration at HSBC
Sepa debate - A new model for Europe
Europe may have one currency, but it still has many payment systems. What will be the impact of SEPA on banks and their clients? What opportunities exist in emerging Europe? Leading cash management professionals debate the confusion over standardization and the pros and cons of payment factories.
Sustained competition, falling margins and regulatory pressures mean that the world of cash management and payments is heading towards an inflection point. The EU's Single Euro Payments Area project is adding yet more fuel to the fire that will force banks to re-evaluate their strategies.