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New payments ecosystem key enablers

Paying Here & Abroad12.07.2018

The Payment Services Directive 2 or PSD2 has been in full force for more than six months, and its impact is being felt not just in the European Union, but across the globe – with several markets, such as Singapore, Australia, and Nigeria, as well as Hong Kong announcing open banking initiatives inspired by the PSD2. Banks’ long-time monopoly on their customers’ account information and payment services is disappearing.

Instant payments: what treasurers REALLY need to know

Paying Here & Abroad02.07.2018

For many treasurers, building the business case around real-time payments (RTPs) may seem like a tough call. After all, what treasurer wants to pay money away more swiftly? Delve a little deeper into the topic, however, and the potential use cases become clear.

Collaborative Payments Ecosystem Boosts Customer-Centricity

Trends & Vision19.06.2018

Structural changes are spurring payments industry participants to evaluate the future of the business as well as their role in the months and years ahead.

Mobile payments: BNP Paribas learns from its customers to create new solutions

Paying Here & Abroad15.02.2018

Already in widespread use across China, mobile payments are gradually reaching Europe and on a pace to become an essential payment method. By 2020, half of payments in Europe will be completed by smartphone. This growing trend offers several crucial advantages for customers and retailers alike. Let’s take an overview of these systems.

Innovation for Cash Management – Continuous Improvement Brings Greater Efficiency

Trends & Vision05.02.2018

In this TMI article, Gautier Mouzelard, Head of Transformation Programs writes about how banks and their corporate clients can significantly improve the management of cash and the integrity of cash and payment reporting by automating their payment processes to ensure timely and accurate delivery of payments.

Working together and thinking differently: charting a course for treasury management in Asia Pacific

Trends & Vision19.01.2018

Over the past decade, treasury management in Asia Pacific has undergone an evolution as the role has become more strategic and more closely aligned with the business. With a variety of forces creating a host of new opportunities and challenges for treasury teams we wanted to discover what the future will look like. To do this, Treasury Today Group brought together six of the region’s most senior corporate treasurers and transaction bankers to discuss the big trends in corporate treasury at the 2017 Talking Treasury Forum in Singapore. BNP Paribas was represented by the Head of Transaction Banking for Asia Pacific, Chye Kin Wee.

Optimising and innovating for improved collections

Managing Collections16.01.2018

Receivables are what keep a company or institution in business. They are the final step of the Cash Conversion Cycle and close the gap in the Working Capital. In other words, Receivables are really important for a treasurer and yet often seen as a difficult topic to address. Inefficiency and frustration in the collection process often arise from the complexity in understanding the position of the payer.

The New Payments Ecosystem

Trends & Vision11.12.2017

A new payments ecosystem is emerging, created by higher corporate and consumer expectations of value-added services, an ever-changing regulatory landscape, the emergence of FinTechs, and an increase in payments-enabling technologies. Within this dynamic environment, payments industry participants must strategically reassess their roles.

Non-Cash Transaction Volume Analysis

Trends & Vision04.12.2017

Looking through 2020, we project that global payments growth will increase on average by 10.9% with emerging economies growing at 19.6%. Emerging economies are expected to grow at thrice the growth rate of mature economies with Emerging Asia led by China and India projected to grow at 30.9%.

Tightening controls to protect the customer

Paying Here & Abroad22.11.2017

Compliance requirements imposed by banks often feel like an administrative and procedural cross that corporates must bear. However, behind these requirements lie various rules from different supervisory authorities binding banks to move in a particular direction. La Lettre du Trésorier, the publication of the French Association of Corporate Treasurers (AFTE) met Gautier Mouzelard, Head of Transformation Programs at BNP Paribas Cash Management, to discuss why and how, even in areas like compliance and control, there is room for creativity and innovation while still serving the interests of the customer.