Bank Statement Monitoring at Scale: Why 3,800 Statements a Day Can Become a Treasury Risk
By Finastra, with insights from Treasury Masterminds Board Members Centralising bank connectivity through SWIFT has become standard practice for multinational treasury teams. The idea is straightforward: bring banking communication into a single channel, streamline processes, and create better visibility over global cash. In theory, centralisation reduces complexity. In practice, it often shifts complexity somewhere else. […]
What is supply chain finance?
This article is written by our partner, SAP Taulia Supply chain finance, also known as supplier finance or reverse factoring, is a financing solution in which suppliers can receive early payment on their invoices. Supply chain finance reduces the risk of supply chain disruption and enables both buyers and suppliers to optimize their working capital. […]
The EBITDA Illusion: Why Your Profit Isn’t Reaching the Bank
Written by: Jelle Goossens Executive Summary The belief that cash flow management is primarily a treasury concern while senior management focuses on EBITDA and profit metrics is not just operationally problematic; it is contradicted by decades of academic finance research and by the observable evidence of how corporate value is created – and, more often, […]
Stablecoins and Central Banks: A New Regulatory Chess Game
From Treasury Masterminds Stablecoins have been one of the most debated innovations in financial markets over the past few years. For many corporate treasurers, the topic sits somewhere between curiosity and suspicion. The technology promises faster settlement, programmable payments, and potentially cheaper cross-border transactions. At the same time, it carries the baggage of crypto volatility, […]
What is the cash conversion cycle (CCC)?
This article is written by our partner, SAP Taulia The cash conversion cycle (CCC) – also known as the cash cycle – is a metric expressing how many days it takes a company to convert the cash it spends on inventory back into cash by selling its product. The shorter a company’s CCC, the less […]
Webinar Recap: Cash Flow Forecasting on Trial
From Treasury Masterminds Treasury Masterminds has hosted plenty of webinars over the years. Usually educational, sometimes technical, occasionally even entertaining. But now and then, it is healthy to take a sacred topic in treasury and simply put it on trial. That was exactly the idea behind the webinar “Cash Flow Forecasting on Trial.” Instead of […]
How Companies Can Lose Tens of Millions Without Being “Cash Constrained”
This article is a contribution from our partner, Embat Cash visibility is not just a risk control measure; it is part of the operating system. Langborne Collection Hotels appeared to be a corporate treasury success story. With 340 luxury properties across 52 countries and roughly $680 million in cash on the balance sheet in early […]
7 cash flow KPIs and performance metrics
This article is written by our partner, SAP Taulia Cash flow management is integral to an effective and efficient business operation – playing a key role in fueling growth and building resiliency. Tracking these seven cash flow KPIs and metrics can make it a lot easier. Healthy cash flow is vital to the overall resilience […]
Cash Management and FX Risk: Transforming Treasury Operations
This article is written by Kantox Effective cash management has evolved from a back-office function to a critical strategic imperative. But what distinguishes truly exceptional cash management in multinational enterprises, and how does it fundamentally alter foreign exchange risk dynamics? This analysis explores the strategic intersection of liquidity management and currency risk, revealing how treasury […]
Your Payment Will Let you Know Where Your Shipment Is
Written by Enrico CamerinelliSupply Chain & Finance- Strategic Advisor Helping European Fintech Vendors Break Into Commercial Banking Banks face a fundamental disconnect: their payment systems operate separately from the supply chains that trigger those payments. Tokenized currency assets (e.g., stablecoins and deposit tokens) solve this problem by bringing money directly onto the blockchain. These digital […]