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    Rethinking international payments

    Published on 2012-02-19 14:52


    The global financial crisis and recent turmoil in the eurozone have dictated that financial institutions and corporates continue to manage their international payments activity in an atmosphere of uncertainty. In this environment, treasurers are under pressure to optimise the efficiency of their liquidity management and to reinforce the risk management sitting around this process. In a volatile economic climate, issues of security and liquidity remain crucial. Are companies holding their cash somewhere safe? And can they access these cash balances promptly when required? Moreover, cash optimisation becomes particularly important. Some companies have accumulated significant piles of cash – and in the current low interest rate environment it is valuable to optimise yield on cash balances at acceptable levels of risk.

    This article has been published with the courtesy of Financial Services Research .

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