Latest Payments Articles

The SEPA Deadline: Beyond a Mere Compliance Event
Paul Koetsier, Capgemini - 03 Feb 2012
With a deadline for the single euro payments area (SEPA) set at 1 February 2014, it is time to start execution. Is there any gain apart from a compliance driven activity?
The 'Trade Tilt' Hypothesis
Nigel Taylor, GXS - David Hennah, SWIFT - 24 Jan 2012
Much has been said about the potential of the bank payment obligation (BPO) as an electronic equivalent to documentary trade processes and an automated alternative to open account. With the financial turmoil of the past few years, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly what impact this new instrument may eventually have on global trade, but with an accelerated emergence of the Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) economies, the business case for electronic cross-border trade is increasingly compelling.
Accelerating Global Trade Finance
André Casterman, SWIFT - 23 Jan 2012
The partnership between the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and SWIFT will revolutionise global trade finance practices by leveraging electronic transaction data available from dematerialised business-to-business (B2B) processes and by establishing paperless inter-bank practices.
Improving Trade Finance Efficiency with Bank Payment Obligation
Prathima Rajan, Celent - 20 Jan 2012
The newly developed bank payment obligation (BPO) will allow corporates to conduct more business, as their risk will be better managed and finance will be more readily available to the supply chain.

More Payments Articles

Should We Worry About Target 2 Imbalances?
Anders Matzen, Nordea - 13 Dec 2011

How Companies are Using Purchasing Cards to Achieve Savings and Improve Compliance
Jennifer Berthold, American Express - 17 Nov 2011

Bill Payments for SMEs to Drastically Reduce Cheque Usage
Tom Buschman, TWIST - 22 Nov 2011

The Dichotomy of Cheques
Richard Sanders, ACI Worldwide - 21 Nov 2011

Cheque Payments: A Review
Les Thwaites, Cheque and Credit Clearing Company - 22 Nov 2011

New Age of Account Statements
Franz Wimmer, UniCredit - 15 Nov 2011

Same-day ACH in the US: The Next Chapter
Nasreen Quibria, Logica - 07 Nov 2011

The Evolving Payment Industry: A Federal Reserve Perspective
Cheryl Venable, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta - 04 Nov 2011

Payment Solutions to Enhance Public Sector Cost Control
Kevin Goldmintz, MasterCard Worldwide - 17 Oct 2011

Evaluating the Payment Options Purchasing Cards Provide to Corporates
Kevin Phalen, Bank of America Merrill Lynch - 17 Oct 2011

Extended Remittance Information: Will The Tail Wag the Dog?
Mohit Joshi, HSBC Global Payments and Cash Management - 26 Sep 2011

How to Plan a Smooth SEPA Project and Evaluate the Benefits of SCT and SDD
Luca Poletto, BNP Paribas - 29 Sep 2011

A Case Study: SEPA as a Driver for Efficiency
Erkki Poutiainen, Nordea - Marjut Pale, YIT Group - 03 Oct 2011

How to Make SEPA Beneficial and Profitable
Michael Stuijt, Equens - 27 Sep 2011
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Making Payments Pay: Payments Infrastructure Integration
Karen Hsu, Informatica Corporation - 21 Sep 2011

BAE Systems Improves Operational Efficiency with Bottomline's SWIFT Access Service
Bottomline Technologies - 19 Sep 2011

Banks' Payments Transformation: Cost Reductions, Customer Relationships and Revenue Generation
Nancy Atkinson, Aite Group - 14 Sep 2011

Payments: A Changing Landscape
Nick Ford, Logica - 13 Sep 2011

Automating Treasury Functions with SWIFT
Hazem Mulhim, EastNets - 12 Sep 2011

An Intelligent View of Payments
Colin Kerr, Microsoft - 13 Sep 2011

Payments Special Reports

Integrating the P2P Process
Adam Tiberi, Travelex Global Business Payments - Debbie Brown, Travelex Global Business Payments - 15 Dec 2009

Transforming India's Payments Industry
Aneish Kumar, BNY Mellon - 27 Oct 2009

A New Vision for the Payments Industry
Sander Cok, ING - 13 Oct 2009

Payments Guides

SEPA and the Changing Payments Landscape
17 Nov 2009

Demystifying Alliance Lite for Banks
Eric Campbell, Bottomline Technologies - 08 Sep 2009

Guide to European Payments
04 Aug 2009

Shared Service Centres
27 May 2008

Guide to SWIFTNet
29 Apr 2008

The SWIFTNet Revolution and Corporate Connectivity: What Corporates Should Know
10 Jul 2007

Payment Cards in Business
17 Feb 2005

Payments Q&As

Consolidation in Nordic Payments
25 Jan 2011

SWIFT Service Bureau Q&A with Ben Schol, Unilever
13 Jul 2010

SWIFT Connectivity: A Villeroy & Boch Case Study
27 Apr 2010

Q&A: Corporate Access to SWIFT
Richard Delvaux, SWIFT - 14 Sep 2009

Hot Topics: An Industry Insight
Eric Campbell, Bottomline Technologies - 20 Sep 2007

Integrated Travel Expense Management - Readers' Questions Answered
Jack Large, J&W Associates - Jeff Cronin, Gelco Expense Management - 19 Jul 2007

MA-CUGs
22 Aug 2005

Payments Videos

AFP 2011: Interview with Matt Cammer, SVP and National Sales Manager, KeyBank Global Treasury Management
Matt Cammer, KeyBank - 09 Nov 2011

AFP 2011: Interview with Colleen Taylor, EVP, Head of Treasury Management and Merchant Services, Capital One
Colleen Taylor, Capital One - 07 Nov 2011

Sibos 2011: Interview with Stacy Rosenthal and Matt Monaco, SWIFT
Stacy Rosenthal, SWIFT - Matt Monaco, SWIFT - 27 Sep 2011

Sibos 2010: Interview with Simon Newstead, RBS
Simon Newstead, RBS Global Transaction Services - 01 Nov 2010

Sibos 2010: Interview with Ann Cairns, Alvarez & Marsal
Ann Cairns, Alvarez & Marsal - 28 Oct 2010

Sibos 2010: Interview with Massimo Arrighetti
Massimo Arrighetti, SIA - 28 Oct 2010

Sibos 2010: An Interview with David Sear, Travelex
David Sear, Travelex Global Business Payments - 26 Oct 2010

Sibos 2010: A Preview with Andy Brown, ACI Worldwide
19 Oct 2010

Global Corporate Treasurers Forum Europe - Interview with Gerard Hartsink, EPC and ABN Amro
24 Jun 2010

Global Corporate Treasurers Forum Europe - Interview with Ernie Caballero, UPS
24 Jun 2010

Managing Liquidity and Working Capital in Payment Processes
Joe Cornelius, KeyBank - 09 Oct 2009

Treasury Trends in Security and Identity
Karen Wendel, IdenTrust - 08 Oct 2009

Trends in Payment Processes
Craig Vaream, JP Morgan - 07 Oct 2009

How Corporate Treasurers Can Protect Themselves from the Crisis
Rajesh Mehta, Citi - 14 Sep 2009

What are the Roadblocks to Payment Systems Convergence?
Jerry Norton, Logica - 14 Sep 2009

Payment Developments and Market Standards in Asia
Patrick de Courcy, SWIFT - 14 Sep 2009

Liquidity, Trade Services and Global Payments
Eric Kamback, BNY Mellon - 20 Oct 2008

Corporate Access to SWIFT
Luc Meurant, SWIFT - 18 Sep 2008

Challenges Facing Corporate Treasurers
Olivier Brissaud, The European Association of Corporate Treasurers (EACT) - 17 Sep 2008

Coporate Access to SWIFT: A Treasurer's Perspective
Ed Barrie, Microsoft - 16 Sep 2008

SEPA's Impact on Corporates
Robert Heisterborg, ING - 16 Sep 2008

The Impact of SEPA and PSD
Rajesh Mehta, Citi - 16 Sep 2008

How Can Banks Extend the Value of SWIFT Connectivity for Corporates?
Marilyn Spearing, Deutsche Bank - 16 Sep 2008

E-invoicing for Corporates and the Role of Banks
Bo Harald, Tieto - 15 Sep 2008

Improving the Visibility of Travel Spend Data
Marcie Verdin, MasterCard Worldwide - 23 Oct 2007

Growing Electronic Payments Market and Mobile Banking in US
Danny Peltz, Wells Fargo & Company - 22 Oct 2007

Challenges Facing the Payments Industry
Dub Newman, Bank of America Global Treasury Services - 22 Oct 2007

Payments Survey Results

Payments Survey 2010: Future is Bright as SEPA and SWIFT Bring Standardisation and Multi-bank Access to Corporates
15 Feb 2011

Payment Systems Usage Survey
09 Oct 2006

What Can XML Do for Your Business?
07 Mar 2006

Payments Commentaries

No Tipping Point Yet for E-invoicing in Asia
Richard Hartung, gtnews - 20 Oct 2011

SIA Expo 2011 Tackles SEPA and Beyond
Joy Macknight, gtnews - 18 Oct 2011

Battling Complacency: A Paradigm Shift in Transaction Services
Joy Macknight, gtnews - 29 Mar 2011

Payments Reach an Inflection Point
Richard Hartung, gtnews - 17 Mar 2011

2010 in Review: Mounting Challenges for Treasurers
21 Dec 2010

The Prepaid Card: Asia's New Corporate Payment Tool
Richard Hartung, gtnews - 18 Nov 2010

Expanding Payments Markets for Non-bank Providers in Asia
Richard Hartung, gtnews - 16 Sep 2010

Contactless Payments Speed Ahead
Richard Hartung, gtnews - 15 Jul 2010

Debunking the SWIFT Myth
Joy Macknight, gtnews - 06 Jul 2010

EBADay 2010: SEPA Fatigue Sets In
Joy Macknight, gtnews - 08 Jun 2010

Intraday Liquidity - How Much is it Worth?
Joy Macknight, gtnews - 16 Mar 2010

2009: Treasury Management Under an Economic Shadow
22 Dec 2009

SEPA and PSD Loom Large at Sibos Hong Kong
Joy Macknight, gtnews - 29 Sep 2009

Taking a Fresh Approach to Payments?
14 Jul 2009

Preparing for Sibos 2009 in Hong Kong
Joy Macknight, gtnews - 16 Jun 2009

Optimising Business Value in the New Financial Landscape
Joy Macknight, gtnews - 19 May 2009

SEPA: Lost in Transposition?
Joy Macknight, gtnews - 27 Jan 2009

Improving the Efficiency of Collecting Payments by Card
Jack Large, J&W Associates - 30 Sep 2008

Waltz This Way - Sibos Preview
Joy Macknight, gtnews - 09 Sep 2008

Corporates Still Not Sold on SEPA
Joy Macknight, gtnews - 08 Jul 2008

Payments: Making the Right Strategic Choice
17 Jun 2008

Treasury in Latin America: Diversity and Growth
10 Jun 2008

The Rise of Pre-paid, Purchase and T&E Cards
Jack Large, J&W Associates - 29 Jan 2008

Gaining Momentum at Sibos 2007
18 Oct 2007

Five Trends in the Payment Card Industry
Jack Large, J&W Associates - 13 Sep 2007

Corporate Access to SWIFT: Living Up to Expectations?
11 Jul 2007

Introduction to Integrated Travel Management
09 May 2007

Developments in the Payment Cards Industry
26 Mar 2007

Payments Blogs

The Treasury Insider
30 Mar 2010

gtnews at Sibos 2009: Editorial Blog
Joy Macknight, gtnews - 14 Sep 2009

Sibos 2008
16 Sep 2008

The Treasury Insider
05 Aug 2008

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Commentary

2010 in Review: Mounting Challenges for Treasurers - 21 Dec 2010
This year has seen treasurers face challenges on several fronts. This review of 2010 examines industry trends and reveals the top 10 most read topics on gtnews this year.

Commentary

The Prepaid Card: Asia's New Corporate Payment Tool - 18 Nov 2010
Prepaid cards, long flying below the radar, are gaining prominence in the Asia-Pacific region as a tool for business. While many may think of gift cards when they hear the word 'prepaid', travel and salary are among the top uses for prepaid cards in Asia.

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AFP 2011: Interview with Matt Cammer, SVP and National Sales Manager, KeyBank Global Treasury Management - 09 Nov 2011
Matt Cammer, senior vice president (SVP) and national sales manager, KeyBank Global Treasury Management, highlights one of the main themes of the conference: the need to drive efficiencies throughout the treasury.

Video

AFP 2011: Interview with Colleen Taylor, EVP, Head of Treasury Management and Merchant Services, Capital One - 07 Nov 2011
Colleen Taylor, executive vice president (EVP), head of treasury management and merchant services, Capital One, explains how mobile technology will impact merchant services by helping to drive customer volumes.

Video

Sibos 2010: Interview with Simon Newstead, RBS - 01 Nov 2010
Simon Newstead, head of financial institutions advisory group, global transaction services at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), talks about corporate uptake of SEPA and also has the last word from the conference floor.

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Commentary

SIA Expo 2011 Tackles SEPA and Beyond - 18 Oct 2011
More than 600 payments industry players participated in SIA's sixth annual international payments summit in Milan. Rebranded as SIA Expo, the conference covered topics such as SEPA 3.0, the future of electronic payments (e-payments) and electronic services (e-services) as the next frontier for innovation.

Commentary

No Tipping Point Yet for E-invoicing in Asia - 20 Oct 2011
Recent research shows that payment approvals went from 23 days to five days when companies started using electronic invoicing (e-invoicing). What could gradually speed up the adoption of e-invoicing in Asia?

Video

Sibos 2011: Interview with Stacy Rosenthal and Matt Monaco, SWIFT - 27 Sep 2011
SWIFT's Stacy Rosenthal, head of corporate and payments strategy Americas, and Matt Monaco, head of corporate sales in North America, discuss cash management and how SWIFT is helping improve the processes surrounding it.

Commentary

Battling Complacency: A Paradigm Shift in Transaction Services - 29 Mar 2011
The International Payments Summit (IPS) attracted over 250 participants around the theme of 'strategies for growth'. Innovation was the key word for the incumbent transaction banking players, who will need to battle against complacency in order to compete with new entrants.

Survey Results

Payments Survey 2010: Future is Bright as SEPA and SWIFT Bring Standardisation and Multi-bank Access to Corporates - 15 Feb 2011
Overall, the Payments Survey 2010 found that market developments - from SEPA reforms to new technologies and easier SWIFT connectivity for corporates - are channelling companies towards more efficient payments, greater control and transparency.

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Commentary

Payments Reach an Inflection Point - 17 Mar 2011
At a recent conference in Singapore, panellists from a number of different backgrounds agreed that payments technology is set for a major overhaul.

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