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OCTOBER 8, 2019

Citi has recruited foreign exchange management firm Kantox to enhance its FX services for corporate clients, the companies said in a press release on Monday (Oct. enabling those firms to access a custom platform that integrates with Citi’s existing foreign currency payments solution.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

Treasury management firm BELLIN is expanding its offerings through a new partnership with Kantox , reports in bobsguide said this week. By teaming up with Kantox, we can now complement our TaaS [Treasury-as-a-Service] offering with FX management and hedging ,” said BELLIN Founder and CEO Martin Bellin in a statement.

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MARCH 16, 2020

Buyers will be able to pay suppliers in their own countries’ currencies with ease, according to the release. Risk will be less of an issue because of the increase in transparency and tighter control on foreign exchange payments, along with the currency exposures for those with stake in procurement and treasury.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

Bank of America (BofA) is introducing a cross-border payment tracker and expanding SWIFT gpi to support more than 140 currencies, accessible through the integrated CashPro platform. The financial institution or corporate client gets transparency into fees and foreign exchange rates as well as visibility of payment settlement.

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JULY 24, 2019

s Conservative Party leadership contest is only the latest geopolitical event sparking concerns among analysts over foreign exchange (FX) markets — and corporates’ ability to react to those changes. And while expected currency fluctuations resulting from Brexit will surely mean U.K. The victory of Boris Johnson in the U.K.’s

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

French financial institution BNP Paribas has announced a FinTech partnership to strengthen its foreign exchange service offerings. BNP Paribas’ partnership with Kantox will offer corporate treasurers in EMEA the opportunity to access a fully automate hedging solution and ultimately improve their treasury processes.”.

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MARCH 9, 2018

Foreign exchange solutions company OANDA is enhancing its application programming interface (API) that opens up its foreign exchange (FX) technology to third-party apps. The company announced news on Thursday (March 8) that its Exchange Rates API has been updated to include real-time FX rates.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

The pandemic’s ongoing economic impact has naturally raised the stakes for effective and efficient cross-border payments, according to Shreya Fatehpuria , inter-company and foreign exchange (FX) payments leader at GE. Treasury is in the middle of upgrading our FX infrastructure,” she said. We've suffered losses with the company.

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

In a press release , Payment Rails said its white label platform supports business payments sent to more than 220 countries in more than 135 currencies. Many of our clients are migrating off their core banks’ treasury service and leveraging Payment Rails’ payout platform because we offer automation and REST API connectivity.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

One of the areas ready for real-time disruption is foreign exchange (FX) management, which is “the road to real-time treasury,” according to the report. Real-time payment capabilities enable businesses to take advantage of faster currency conversions and real-time FX rate management.

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JUNE 21, 2018

JPMorgan’s treasury management services are the financial institution’s (FI) latest target for technological innovation, reports in CNBC said Wednesday (June 20). JPMorgan’s treasury unit handles $5 trillion in corporate transactions a day. Do you know you could send a foreign exchange ACH payment instead?

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APRIL 14, 2020

The digital transformation of corporate treasury is not a destination; it’s a journey. It stands to reason that firms that have been around for decades, with far-flung operations and payments done across multiple currencies, have a range of legacy systems in place with less-than-efficient processes entrenched in back-office functions.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Buyers and suppliers are seeking better economics for (and control over) their interactions with one another, looking to mitigate the shocks of currency fluctuations. On the other side of that transaction, the Hong Kong-based business must convert the USD to Hong Kong currency. The Last Mile. Consider the traditional process.

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JULY 29, 2019

Geopolitical volatility has analysts urging businesses to hedge against foreign exchange risks as trade tensions rise in Asia and the U.S., Given today’s market conditions, currency volatility will only continue. percent increase in the dollar against 16 other currencies. and as Brexit continues to loom.

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APRIL 6, 2016

When B2B payments firm Saxo Payments released a new whitepaper outlining the troubles of cross-border payments for corporates, the company was gearing up for its latest release: a real-time foreign exchange trading platform, integrated into its Banking Circle portal.

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MARCH 26, 2019

Globalization and easing barriers to international expansion aren’t simply changing the way corporates manage foreign exchange exposure. This is especially true for SMEs who cannot run the risk of losing 30 percent of revenue on a currency depreciation.”. A recent controversy at American Express highlighted that risk for SMBs.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

corporations are warning that profits and revenues will take a hit as a result of foreign exchange volatility, according to reports in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday (Aug. ” Already the currency volatility has resulted in surprising misses for large firms. . percent,” reports said. ”

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AUGUST 13, 2019

12) in Catering Insight showcased some of the foreign exchange hurdles businesses face as a result of that uncertainty. importer told the publication of its reliance on surcharges to mitigate the risk of currency fluctuations. The continuing uncertainty over Brexit and geopolitical volatility in the U.K. Reports Monday (Aug.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Knowing where and how much cash there is across various legal entities, countries and currencies is crucial. Indeed, the broader embrace of real-time payments, and real-time management of treasury functions, will take a little time, as savvy observers have prognosticated.

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MARCH 30, 2017

Many small British businesses make invoice payments, pay salaries and manage their treasury accounts overseas.”. Last year Western Union Business Solutions released new services for small businesses looking to hedge and mitigate against foreign exchange volatility. small businesses.

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APRIL 19, 2018

Multi-currency account provider Centtrip is introducing a way for corporates to make and receive faster cross-border payments. based company, which provides global payments, foreign exchange (FX) and banking services, announced its real-time payments solution on Wednesday (April 18).

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JULY 26, 2019

Others, like Visa B2B Connect and SWIFT gpi , aim to transform it. B2B payments are full of friction that lead to delays in vendors receiving payment. With correspondent banking relationships on the decline, financial institutions are looking for new — and faster — ways of moving money around the world, too.

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MARCH 2, 2016

Corporate treasurers continue to struggle with managing foreign exchange risk and exposure. Global Treasury Advisory Services Practice Partner Karlien Porre in a statement. Without accurate measurement, value erosion from negative currency rate movements can’t be anticipated or prevented.”.

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AUGUST 29, 2017

In their Strategic Role of Treasury Survey , the AFP and Marsh & McLennan identified the forces pressing companies to shift the treasury department into a more strategic position. The role of corporate treasurer now expands beyond handling foreign exchange volatility. Handling Volatility. Progress Ahead.

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APRIL 22, 2016

But technology is changing the foreign exchange trading game, and market volatility may be the only sure thing in this space. On the heels of the announcement of their partnership, Beeks’ McArthur discussed the forex trading space today and what makes it a challenging, never-before-seen ecosystem for corporate treasuries.

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JANUARY 11, 2018

According to Bibby Financial Services data released last week, both importing and exporting SMBs in the country have seen negative implications of Brexit , with two-thirds saying they have been adversely impacted by currency volatility. ” Even as banks (at least, in the U.S.) There is reason to be optimistic, however. ”

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AUGUST 1, 2018

As corporate treasurers grapple with the ever-increasing demands of their role in the enterprise, many of their new responsibilities involve complex management of finances, particularly when it comes to foreign exchange (FX) risk exposures — especially in today’s volatile times.

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MARCH 2, 2016

To achieve this, Ripple is placing its bets on XRP, a digital currency that the firm argues will be instrumental as a bridge asset to facilitate interbank transactions. It’s a currency that allows financial institutions to ditch the nostro account and instead keep XRP on their own balance sheets. Cost-Saving Opportunities .

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JUNE 30, 2016

Globalization has enterprises of all sizes keeping a closer eye on their exposure to risks related to foreign exchange volatility, political changes and the like. “Treasuries typically don’t have lots of resources,” Seward said. Following the U.K. Following the U.K. “The future of the U.K.

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APRIL 27, 2016

More than half of treasury departments surveyed by the firm, however, say that a lack of visibility into their corporations’ exposure to this risk, as well as unreliable FX forecasts, are their top challenges. At the tip of everyone’s tongue in the treasury department these days is the rising value of the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Visa has announced that it will sell cross-border payments company Earthport’s foreign exchange (FX) business to Pollen Street Capital’s Currency Holdings, according to a report. That’s B2B Connect.”. “If If you are a treasury bank, you have to operate in both of those spaces,” he explained. based Earthport.

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JUNE 15, 2020

GTreasury , a treasury management system provider, is working with Goldman Sachs on a new solution to offer easier, more transparent B2B payments both at home and internationally, according to a press release. Terry Beadle , GTreasury’s global head of Corporate Development, said the combination would prove valuable.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

clearing bank ClearBank is introducing multicurrency bank accounts for businesses to move funds based on foreign exchange prices in real time. In a statement, ClearBank Chief Customer Officer Simon Jones said the solution offers a new opportunity for businesses that need to hold and move various currencies for their own customers.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

With companies paying suppliers on strategic schedules, real-time transactions aren’t always necessary — or beneficial — for the B2B payments space. NACHA found B2B payments made up 6 percent of the nearly 2 million same-day ACH transactions that occurred in the first 11 days the service went live. In the U.S.,

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

It’s the reason why paper checks remain a constant in B2B payments: Although businesses may not particularly like them, organizations already know how to send, receive and reconcile them. B2B innovators have a choice when they decide to search for a better way to move money between corporates. Work With What You’ve Got.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Elsewhere in Europe, in the United Kingdom, Travelex has debuted a B2B FinTech platform known as Travelex Business. The company said that the API-led platform will let partners — including banks, retailers, credit unions and others — access payment and foreign exchange services through a single place.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

HSBC is increasingly relying on blockchain technology to facilitate its foreign exchange trading services, reports in Financial Times said Monday (Jan. 14), with more than three million FX transactions having already been processed by the bank in the past year via blockchain.

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