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Feb 16, 2024 • 30min
Nine in ten CFOs project higher AI budgets in 2024 - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Paul Galloway, Senior Director, Advisory Services at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: Most treasurers prioritize SLY for short-term investment Fides unveils next-generation unified treasury management platform Nine in ten CFOs project higher AI budgets in 2024 Deepfake may be the biggest payment security threat for CFOs and treasurers in 2024

Feb 2, 2024 • 25min
US companies ready to sever ties with organizations hit by payment fraud - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: US companies ready to sever ties with organizations hit by payment fraud Four key M&A trends for 2024 Red Sea attacks “pose bigger issue to supply chain than pandemic” Risk exposures outpacing hedging programmes for corporates

Jan 19, 2024 • 28min
ECB to stress test banks’ bouncebackability from cyberattacks - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Ben Poole, Writer at CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following Part 4: Top 8 areas of priority for corporate treasury in 2024 CFOs dim their economic outlook for North America, Europe, China UK Economy: Low Positive Growth ECB to stress test banks’ bouncebackability from cyberattacks

Jan 5, 2024 • 34min
Expect more corporate defaults in 2024, says Fitch - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: 1:55 Part 2: Top 8 areas of priority for corporate treasury in 2024 13:44 Part 3: Top 8 areas of priority for corporate treasury in 2024 28:16 Expect more corporate defaults in 2024, says Fitch

Dec 29, 2023 • 34min
China uses digital yuan for gold cross border payments - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Paul Galloway, Senior Director, Advisory Services at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: 1:40 Part 1: Top 8 areas of priority for corporate treasury in 2024 10:54 ING to ditch upstream oil and gas business by 2040 19:05 Asian Development Bank bullish on growth in India and China 24:26 China uses digital yuan for gold cross border payments

Dec 22, 2023 • 16min
BoE and ECB keep interest rates unchanged - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Ben Poole, Writer at CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: 1:34 Big Five economies back global nuclear supply chain 5:06 Europe reaches deal on Artificial Intelligence Act 8:16 BoE and ECB keep interest rates unchanged 11:13 2024 outlook is neutral for global money market funds

Dec 15, 2023 • 29min
World economy in new era of greater volatility, says BlackRock - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Paul Galloway, Senior Director, Advisory Services at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: 1:40 Adoption of corporate real-time payments in the US: benefits and barriers 10:48 Swift success in global trade interoperability trials 14:55 Singapore and China enhance digital finance and capital markets cooperation 20:13 World economy in new era of greater volatility, says BlackRock

Dec 8, 2023 • 17min
Data shows Japan’s inflation edging higher - (TREASURY NEWS)
Craig Jeffery meets with Ben Poole, Writer at CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: 1:05 Default worries trigger slump in China bank-backed dollar bond sales 3:05 Data shows Japan’s inflation edging higher 4:19 ICC highlights benefits of trade digitalization 7:59 HSBC names leader for embedded finance fintech 10:08 Anti-Greenwashing

Dec 1, 2023 • 34min
Most financial services execs expect genAI “will eventually take their job” - (TREASURY NEWS)
Craig Jeffery meets with Paul Galloway, Senior Director, Advisory Services at Strategic Treasurer, and Ben Poole, Writer at CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: 1:35 RMB retains fifth place among most active global payments currencies 5:28 European and North American corporates stung by US$20bn FX loss 10:26 Turkey to continue monetary tightening & UK growth to avoid recession 16:35 73% of financial services execs expect genAI “will eventually take their job” 22:31 ESG investors committed to transition

Nov 24, 2023 • 39min
IMF says central bank digital currencies can replace cash - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Paul Galloway, Senior Director, Advisory Services at Strategic Treasurer, and Ben Poole, Writer at CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: PwC calls for shift from supply chain resilience to growth Japan’s US corporate bond sell-off “could bring volatility” J.P. Morgan launches programmable payments IMF says central bank digital currencies can replace cash