Treasury Talks podcast series

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cummins Inc. – Matthew Sullivan, in partnership with Bank of America, Microsoft – Rahul Daswani, Safaricom plc – Florence Kiburi, in partnership with Citi. Trading internationally can be challenging. Cash flow issues can arise between paying suppliers and getting payment. From distributor finance, pre-shipment finance and receivables discounting to forfaiting, factoring and payables finance, we look at some of these SCF solutions.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals – Ben O'Higgins, Treasury Analyst. This category acknowledges the special relationship between buyer and seller. Letters of credit, guarantees and open account trading are common. We are now seeing much greater use of automation in traditionally paper-based processes. Blockchain is also seeing some traction in the trade space.

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.

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.

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.

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.

SEPA Instant has been available since 2017, but corporate uptake has lagged. New EU rules now force banks to process instant payments within ten seconds in an effort to accelerate adoption. Members of Standard Chartered's Europe transaction banking team, Richard Stansbury, Head, Product Management in London and Felix Orth, Director, Cash Product Manager based in Frankfurt, reflect on the extent to which the legislation will help unlock real-time payments for treasurers and the bottlenecks that remain.

AI is transforming cash flow forecasting, giving treasurers unprecedented visibility into future inflows and outflows to inform their hedging strategies. But rather than reducing the need for humans, as predictive models grow more sophisticated, the treasurer's role interpreting insights and shaping strategy is becoming even more important. Standard Chartered's Thomas Kikis, Managing Director and Head of Markets, US and Americas, shares how AI is being used on the trading floor.

In our final chapter of this year's Women in Treasury & Finance tour, the US Forum took place in New York. This featured a sponsored welcome reception and inspiring fireside chat with Standard Chartered, followed by an awards presentation celebrating our 2025 Within Award winners for The Americas and then a lively panel discussion. Listen to some of the highlights here.

Digital assets like stablecoins and tokenisation are making treasury faster, smarter and truly global. Standard Chartered’s Jennifer Lassiter explains how a new regulatory and legislative framework is finally giving corporate treasurers the confidence to leap into modernising their treasury infrastructure and grasp these new treasury tools.

Our 2025 Women in Treasury & Finance EMEA Forum brought together leading voices from across the region to celebrate excellence, connection and progress in the industry. In this podcast episode, take a walk through the day's highlights and hear inspiring snippets from our panel discussion.

Our 2025 Women in Treasury & Finance Forum in July brought together our APAC community to celebrate our Within Award winners and discuss the level of progress in the industry. Listen to some of the key highlights from the panel discussion.

AI is transforming everything from liquidity management to regulatory compliance and making treasury functions more agile and forward-looking. Vibhor Narang, Lead, Structured Solutions, Transaction Banking, at Standard Chartered is supporting the banks' European clients to combine conventional treasury with the cutting-edge technology to deliver smarter, faster and more secure solutions. In conversation with Treasury Today, Vibhor outlines the stunning potential.

The explosive rise in cross-border payments driven by the evolution in e-commerce and new trade corridors has created a new payments landscape characterised by innovations like QR-based payments, FX conversion and multi-currency payments, mobile wallets and account validation. Standard Chartered's Anand Natarajan and Michael Oskar Kleinsteuber explain the technological and regulatory changes supporting and shaping cross-border payments.

Siemens, a global leading technology company, is using Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) to make payments in dollars and euros. Blockchain is typically associated with bitcoin, but treasury teams can use it to make payments in traditional currencies and harness the benefits or real time payments, programmability and tokenization.

In our final chapter of this year's Women in Treasury tour, the US Forum took place on 12th October in New York. This featured a sponsored welcome reception and inspiring fireside chat with IFC, followed by an awards presentation celebrating our 2024 Within Award winners for The Americas. In the panel discussion, four industry experts shared their career journeys and discussed some of the key issues surrounding mental health, culture and personal power.

In September, treasury professionals from across the region gathered for the annual Women in Treasury EMEA Forum to discuss diversity, equity and inclusion and celebrate our 2024 Within Award winners. In the panel discussion, four industry experts share their experiences and discuss the challenge of difficult leadership and dealing with discrimination.

AI is set to transform transaction banking staples including cash and liquidity management and trade finance. The best place for treasury to start harnessing the advantages is developing a map of treasury workflows and developing a data strategy, say Standard Chartered's transaction banking sales team, Executive Director Amy Beninato and Managing Director Karen Hom. They began by discussing the changes AI promises.

Our 2024 Women in Treasury APAC Forum took place in July, with sponsored welcome reception and special fireside chat with MUFG and a presentation celebrating our 2024 APAC Within Award winners. In the panel discussion, four industry experts shared their career journeys and explored topics such as menopause and neurodivergence.

Marion Reuter, Standard Chartered's Regional Head of Transaction Banking Sales UK/Europe, and Desiree Pires, Head of Corporate Sales, Markets also in Europe, outline the steps MNCs can take to reduce the risk of trapped cash.

Standard Chartered's Richard Stansbury and Sunday Domingo discuss the industry shift to ISO 20022, the possible use cases corporate treasurers should be looking at, and how companies can prepare for the new standard.

On 12th October, Treasury Today Group concluded their 2023 global Women in Treasury tour with their US Forum, hosted in New York. Our four key industry experts discussed their career paths and offered advice around mentoring and the challenges of career and family life.

On 14th September, Treasury Today Group hosted their eleventh The Women in Treasury EMEA Forum in London. We celebrated our Women of the Year EMEA award winners and presented an exciting panel discussion with four industry experts, discussing equity, leadership and their career paths.

The Women in Treasury APAC Forum 2023, held in Singapore on 13th July, saw treasury experts from across the Asia Pacific region gather to champion female achievement. A new format for the event included a guest speaker fire-side chat and a presentation of our Women of the Year Awards for APAC. Our four key speakers on the panel discussed their career stories and shared their thoughts on diversity and inclusion.

In our latest podcast with Standard Chartered, Tarek El-Yafi, Regional Head of Cash Management Sales, and Karen Hom, Managing Director of Transaction Banking, discuss working capital solutions, the importance of technology, and what a well-run treasury should look like.

In the third episode of the Innovation at Standard Chartered podcast, Waqar Chaudry, Executive Director – Innovation, Financing & Securities Services, and Rene Michau, Global Head, Digital Assets, explain why digital assets are a 'today problem' that cannot be put off until tomorrow.

On 25th November 2022, senior financial professionals from across the Asia Pacific region gathered at Raffles hotel in Singapore for the ninth Women in Treasury APAC Forum. As well as celebrating women in the world of treasury, the annual event has also become a powerful voice in furthering diversity and inclusion.

We are joined by Citi's Lorraine Donnelly, EMEA Industry Sales Head, Healthcare & Consumer Goods Clients, Treasury & Trade Solutions and Laura Fogarty, Healthcare Industry Head to discuss the latest developments at Citi surrounding the intersection of technology and healthcare as industry sectors and how the bank categorises these different supergroups.

On 19th October, senior financial professionals from across the United States gathered at the Manhattan Midtown Loft and Terrace for the seventh Women in Treasury New York Forum. Our four key speakers discussed their career paths, shared their thoughts on diversity and inclusion and offering advice from overcoming cultural differences, mentoring and the challenges of career and family life.

This is the tenth year of our Women in Treasury EMEA Forum and our four experts discussed their career journeys and shared insights on how they have shaped their own leadership style. They also spoke about the efficacy of quotas and some of the enduring challenges for women in treasury including the stigma of maternity leave in the US, and concerns about returning to work after a break.

Standard Chartered’s Head of Client Analytics Oksana Pidkuyko explains how companies can navigate today’s heightened risks by developing hedging strategies that turn volatility into a friend rather than a foe.

Employers offering full remote working have the competitive edge in today's struggle for talent. Candidates with tech and AI skills are most in demand but movement across senior treasury positions is still slow. Mike Richards from The Treasury Recruitment Company talks to Sarah Rundell.

In this final episode we explain the criteria for entry, some tips to help you prepare your nominations and what our judges look for when making their decisions.

By combining banking, technology and innovation, SC Ventures, Standard Chartered's innovation, investment and ventures arm, is creating new business models that are solving treasury’s most pressing challenges.

In this episode, Sophie Jackson, Publisher & Head of Strategic Content, explains the new and exciting award categories we have added this year. A full list of our categories and descriptions is on our website here: https://treasurytoday.com/adam-smith-awards-asia/categories

The Ukraine crisis, inflation and rising interest rates are all affecting the investment landscape. At the same time, money market fund reform is once again on the horizon in the US and Europe. We hear from industry experts Whitbread Group, HSBC Asset Management and BlackRock to find out more about the factors shaping today’s MMF landscape and the possible impact of future reform.

We are delighted to begin our Adam Smith Awards Asia 2022 – A Winners' Guide podcast series. In this first episode, Sophie Jackson, Publisher & Head of Strategic Content, explains what the Adam Smith Awards Asia are, why you should consider nominating and the key dates for your diary. Nominations are now open and will close on September 5th.

In the fourth Digital Dialogues podcast episode, Citi's Kanika Thakur speaks about trade finance trends in APAC, while Nanyang Technological University's Kwok-Yan Lam shares his views on developments in data security.

From lockdowns to rising inflation, the last two years have brought multiple challenges for global supply chains – and disruption and uncertainty are set to continue. How can treasurers help their companies navigate this challenging landscape? Andrew Blincoe, Head of Corporates & Institutions at NatWest Group, and Peter Bolstorff, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development at The Association of Supply Chain Management, share their views.

Balagopal Kunduvara, Divisional Vice President Financial Services at Singapore Airlines talks about his treasury priorities during the pandemic and his key focus for the company in the year ahead.

In the third Digital Dialogues podcast episode, we hear from Philip Summerton, CEO of Cambridge Econometrics, together with Sandip Patil and Kanika Thakur from Citi, about geopolitical risk and the broader world trends shaping treasury in 2022.

We are delighted to continue our Adam Smith Awards 2022 – A Winners' Guide podcast series. In this third and final episode, John Nicholas, Senior Advisor, talks through the criteria for submissions and gives some helpful tips on what our judges will be looking for. Nominations are now open and will close on 11th April.

In our 2021 Women in Treasury US Forum, our five experts discuss their career paths, share their experiences and highlight the importance of gender equality, representation and visibility within our community whilst offering advice on what we should keep in mind when looking ahead to the future.

We are delighted to continue our Adam Smith Awards 2022 – A Winners' Guide podcast series. In this second short episode our Publisher and Head of Operations, Meg Coates, talks through the new and enhanced categories for this year and hears from some of last year’s individual category winners. Nominations are now open and will close on 11th April.