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Gear up for the future with SWIFT gpi

In just a few years, SWIFT gpi has become the new standard for international payments, providing customers with real-time tracking of payments and visibility over the banks involved, their fees and applicable FX rates.

ISO 20022 Adoption in Corporate Payments

The impact on and opportunities for your business following the ISO 20022 standard adoption by the financial ecosystem.

A Pioneering Approach to Optimising Collections

Many treasurers have taken great strides in optimising working capital and streamlining financial processes, but centralising collections, which arguably brings the greatest advantages, has proved the most challenging. As the timing of incoming payments, and the payment method used by customers, are beyond a company’s control, it is difficult to streamline collection activities or develop economies of scale, particularly as instruments and formats, together with local regulatory and tax issues, can differ so widely across markets.

Innovation, Inspiration and Implementation of Instant Payments

One of the most important payment innovations that we are likely to see over the next two or three years is the birth of instant payments in Europe. Although similar payment schemes already exist in individual countries such as UK (Faster Payments) and Singapore (Fast and Secure Transfers – FAST), Denmark (express transfers) and Australia (in development), the introduction of instant payments across the Eurozone will revolutionise payments across 338.3 million people and 19 countries. BNP Paribas is leading innovation and driving momentum in instant payments, recognising that instant payments represent a once-in-a-decade opportunity to improve customer satisfaction, reduce cost and fraud, and revolutionise both established and emerging sales models.

Streamlining implementation projects worldwide - BNP Paribas’ experience of MyStandards Readiness Portal

Reduced testing time and increased autonomy expedite the onboarding process

An Integrated Approach to International Payments

Digital innovations over the past five years have changed dramatically not only the way we work, communicate and socialise, but also our expectations of how data can be used to transform processes, intelligence and services. If we buy a product or service online, for example, we can place an order, make and authorise a payment, receive notification of the order status, and track delivery from dispatch to arrival. Each of these points reflects a different step in the physical and financial supply chain, which in a large company would be managed by a distinct business function and set of systems. From a customer perspective, however, these steps are all part of one transaction. A joint interview with Adrian Brown and Wim Grosemans.

Sustainable by nature

Why we believe that durability is inseparable from cash management.
A tribune by Jean-François Denis, deputy head of cash management.

eBAM: Questions and answers on account management: a meander through the issues of a current debate

Hervé Postic of UTSIT and Karine Amas from BNP Paribas are privileged observers of the new trends affecting business, especially developments in banking connectivity. Here, they share their thoughts on the prospects for eBAM and the challenges it presents.

Consolidated Billing Reporting out in the open

At first sight, one would think that managing banking fees present no major challenge. But the combined complexity of operating in multiple geographies and the inconsistency between regional practises and regulation means that this apparently straightforward issue can be a major challenge for treasurers and for banks. The growing focus on Consolidated Billing Reporting (CBR) is particularly timely.