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Pushpendra Mehta meets with Ben Poole, Writer at CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• 37% of CFOs don’t completely trust their firm’s financial data
• SWIFT promotes ISO 20022 adoption
• Imagination deficit: Generative AI’s impact on organizations
• Germany now expects 2024 growth of only 0.2%

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
  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 

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:

• New Citi GPS report: companies that foster treasury leadership achieve better financial results 
• Business leaders back globalisation despite supply chain disruptions 
• Credit risk steady in trade, supply chain and export finance amid global uncertainty
• Financial institutions scramble to streamline trade processes ahead of T+1

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:

• Emerging technologies that matter for corporate treasury and their impact on TMSs
• HSBC builds tokenised deposit-based treasury management capabilities 
• US truck freight spending drops for fifth consecutive quarter
• Fund managers are prioritising FX hedging despite lower volatility

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:

• Key geopolitical risks expected to remain concerns for corporate treasury in 2024
• ChatGPT can predict future interest rate decisions
• Migros upgrades to ION’s Wallstreet Suite solution   
• GTreasury integrates with PNC Bank for instant data connectivity

Summary: Pushpendra Mehta meets with Ben Poole, Writer at CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• Global economy exposed to US$3.5 trillion from major cyber attack
• 75% of US businesses to use real-time payments in next 5 years
• US 10-year Treasury yield above 5% for first time since 2007

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:

• Corporate implications should the Israel-Palestine conflict spread into a wider war
• Faster Payments Council releases first operational considerations for instant payments guideline
• China’s Belt and Road Initiative marks 10th anniversary at summit

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:

• Debt crisis on the horizon: US national debt surpasses $33 trillion
• Lack of visibility the top challenge for CFOs as FX market uncertainty bites
• Basel Committee reports on 2023 banking turmoil
• Virtual card transactions to increase 388% by 2028 thanks to API platforms 

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:

• Seven key insights into growth corporates and their working capital needs
• Survey shows investors have lost faith in the Bank of England’s decision-making
• Global financial crime compliance costs for FIs above US$206bn
• Publicly traded US companies must report cyber attacks within four days

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:

• Real-time payments pioneer, Japan shaking off cash by embracing digital payments
• Visa and Swift look to enhance transparency, speed and security in global B2B money movement 
• 80% of large enterprise finance teams to use internal AI platforms by 2026
• First digital trade transaction under new UK legislation

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:

• Seven cost control methods to be used by treasury in times of uncertainty and inflation
• More UK companies failing to address cybersecurity, new report reveals
• International businesses have growing confidence in ASEAN 
• Citi report focuses on future of cross-border payments