Treasury Talks podcast series

This is the second episode of the Treasury Insiders podcast series brought to you by Treasury Today and BNP Paribas. In this episode we look at the evolution of e-commerce amidst the backdrop of the global pandemic. Sophie Jackson is joined by Neil Pein, Head of Payments Transformation and Global Head of Acquiring at BNP Paribas who offers an insight into this space.

Microsoft, Lucas Meyer, in partnership with Accenture, Microsoft, Saurabh Bhalla. Here we look at how companies manage their accounts receivables, including reconciliation. As with payments, we are now seeing Collection-on-Behalf-of (COBO) structures emerging.

Treasury Today Group and State Street Global Advisors launched the first, virtual edition of their co-hosted Future Treasurer series of roundtable events. These events are an evolution of the work that the two companies have done together over the past three years focusing on female representation, inclusion and diversity. In this podcast episode you can listen to some of the content from the first virtual event, where attendees heard from speakers Lynda McGoey, Global Head of Trade Finance at General Electric and Kim Hochfeld, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Cash Business at State Street Global Advisors and from their peers as they shared best practice advice for the future of treasury and discussed the recent challenges of working amidst a global pandemic.

Almarai Company, Chandana De Silva, Siemens Capital Middle East, Ulrich Schiessl, in partnership with BNP Paribas, Aramex PJSC, Arun Singh, in partnership with Citi. This category addresses any corporate treasury solution in the Middle East region. From the UAE to Saudi Arabia, we see some impressive solutions.

On 17th September, Treasury Today and State Street Global Advisors hosted the next in their series of Future Treasurer roundtables. This virtual event included an insightful look at the evolving role of the treasurer, as well as the challenges brought by recent months and how new working conditions may have affected progress made in furthering diversity and inclusion.

We rarely give APIs, the hidden technology that allows multiple applications to interact, exchange and obtain data, a second thought. Yet they are crucial tools enabling a cost effective and frictionless business experience that allows treasury to connect across the business and with banking partners, explains Nadya Hijazi, Global Head of Business Banking Digital at HSBC.

The way that companies use commercial cards has been significantly affected by the COVID-19 crisis – but while T&E volumes have inevitably fallen, the use of cards for B2B spend is on the rise, explain HSBC's Jo Towers and Brian Tomkins.

The Women in Treasury US Forum 2020 featured a vibrant and insightful virtual panel discussion with four leading industry speakers, providing a lively debate of some of the key topics highlighted by the respondents of our Women in Treasury Global Study 2020, in association with State Street Global Advisors.

We are delighted to launch our Adam Smith Awards 2021 – A Winner's Guide podcast series. In this first short episode I will explain what the Adam Smith Awards are, why you should consider nominating and the key dates for your diaries. Nominations open on 25th January and close on 12th April 2021.

HP Inc. Peter Chau and Nikhil Handa, United States Steel Corporation, Laurie Wiggins, in partnership with Bloomberg LP, Baker Hughes, Jonathan Konrad, Satish Akundi and Dheeraj Parmar. This category looks at foreign exchange and could be the use of technology, a new process, change to a hedging strategy or a new FX requirement as a result of entering a new market or dealing with a new currency and/or client/supplier.