Cash Management

In a world of higher interest rates, economic uncertainties and data overload, corporate treasurers are turning to cutting-edge tools and strategies to predict and optimize their cash flows.

For decades, transaction banking was a profitable but largely ignored corner of the banking industry. Then Covid happened. Today, bank chiefs see it as critical to everything they do. Given the challenges ahead – collaborating with fintechs and embedding ESG principles in global supply chains – the revolution under way in this business is unstoppable.

Lisa Robins is one of the most senior women in banking in Asia, a rare example of a global business head for a multinational bank being based in the region.

Corporate treasurers are looking afresh at their liquidity management strategies as rising rates make margins and the use of cash increasingly important. Advances in big data and automation mean banks are ready to help them.

As part of our global cash management survey of 30,000 treasurers, we asked those with operations in Asia a simple question: how satisfied are you with your banks? The answers have been compiled, tabulated and dissected. They make for interesting reading.