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Welcome to TreasuryCast, the podcast series brought to you by Treasury Management International, a well-respected and independent voice in the treasury world. TreasuryCast showcases topical, pragmatic solutions and strategic insights providing valuable material for all practitioners, from experienced treasurers and CFOs to those new to the profession.

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Yesterday · 13 min
Live from Treasury 360° Europe: The Case for Smarter Guarantee Management
Bank guarantees remain a surprisingly manual part of corporate treasury, with fragmented bank portals, spreadsheets and inconsistent processes making it difficult to maintain oversight across multiple entities. In this special TreasuryCast, recorded live at Treasury 360° Europe in Luxembourg, Eleanor Hill asks Achraf Abourida (Surecomp) to outline how greater visibility can help treasurers challenge bank performance, strengthen controls and bring guarantee management closer to the more data-driven approach used in FX and cash management.
Yesterday · 15 min
It's Time to Choose the Future of Trade Finance
An industry expert discusses whether trade finance will survive if nations fail to embrace digital innovation. All stakeholders must change their mindsets, he urges, and 'emerge from this archaic world'.
Thursday · 10 min
Live from Treasury 360° Europe: Are We Getting Treasury Transformation Wrong?
Does treasury transformation mean something beyond technology adoption? Eleanor Hill (TMI) sat down with Zoetis' Michel Verholen in Luxembourg at the recent Treasury 360° Europe conference to challenge the idea that transformation starts and ends with a new technology stack. Verholen reflects on what it takes to build a function that can continuously evolve, from laying the right foundations for future capabilities to recognising the human cost of a major programme. With AI adding another tier of uncertainty, he considers where it can genuinely add value and argues why taking small, considered steps may be more effective than trying to design the perfect fucntion from the outset.
Thursday · 13 min
From T+1 to Real-Time Liquidity Management
How BNP Paribas and Ant International co-created a blockchain-based solution for moving funds that offers real-time treasury capabilities while reducing risk and cost – all within the regulated banking system.
Wednesday · 12 min
Live from Treasury 360° Europe: Just Because AI Can, Doesn't Mean Treasury Should
With AI dominating much of the treasury conversation, Evaldas Balkys took a different approach when designing the agenda for the Baltic Treasury Conference, choosing not to feature it as a standalone topic. Speaking live from the event floor at Treasury 360° Europe in Luxembourg, Eleanor Hill (TMI) explores his perspective on how treasurers should be approaching the technology. Discussing both the opportunities and challenges AI presents, Balkys explains where human judgement and business context remain essential, why responsibility for treasury policy should remain with those who understand the organisation best, and how treasurers can begin experimenting with AI through practical analytical use cases. He also examines the risks associated with AI agents, security concerns and increasingly sophisticated AI-driven workflows, highlighting why understanding the technology is becoming just as important as using it.
Tuesday · 15 min
Live from Treasury 360° Europe: The Treasurer's New Apprentice
With AI rapidly changing the way treasury works, finding the right talent is becoming increasingly difficult, and the next generation is having to learn the profession in a fundamentally different way. Recorded live from the floor of the recent Treasury 360° Conference in Luxembourg, Eleanor Hill (TMI) asks Marianna Polykrati, Group Treasurer at Cooke Hellas whether the traditional treasury career ladder still works in 2026, and questions how senior leaders can prepare the next generation of treasurers for what comes next.
Tuesday · 21 min
Engineering a Bright Future in Treasury
Barış Gökalp, Treasury Director, Şişecam, tells TMI how, throughout his career, he has recognised the need to continue evolving to deliver the best results.
October 2 · 36 min
Redefining Treasury: The New Rails for Real-Time Treasury
TMI's Eleanor Hill welcomes Kelvin Li (Ant International), alongside HSBC's Selene Chong and Lewis Sun, to look beyond the theory of tokenised deposits, exploring practical applications to solve real corporate treasury challenges. Our guests uncover how Ant International is putting tokenised deposits into practice, becoming the first HSBC corporate client to adopt their Tokenised Deposit Service to move funds instantly between group entities. This case study reveals what Ant has learned from bringing tokenised commercial-bank deposits into its day-to-day liquidity management, offering a glimpse of what real-time liquidity can look like.
October 1 · 15 min
Live from Treasury 360° Europe: Is Treasury Ready for What Comes Next?
Recorded live from the conference floor at Treasury 360° Europe in Luxembourg, Eleanor Hill invites Tariq Kazi, Group Treasurer at Peabody, current ACT President and trustee of the New Economics Foundation, to reflect on his career across banking, treasury, social housing and the not-for-profit sector. Exploring how treasury can become a more strategic commercial partner to the CFO and CEO, Kazi candidly identifies why soft skills and human insights will remain critical in an increasingly automated profession, and reveals how the next generation of treasurers can prepare themselves for the changing demands of the industry.
September 30 · 9 min
Live from Treasury 360° Europe: The Year-End Liquidity Opportunity
In this special edition of TreasuryCast, recorded live from the conference floor at Treasury 360° Europe in Luxembourg, Eleanor Hill (TMI) asks Ralf Kesten (cflox) where, with year end approaching, treasury can release cash from the business. Our guest examines how treasury can look beyond traditional funding options to unlock trapped capital, covering receivables and supplier payment terms to treasury-led solutions. Kesten also considers the importance of collaboration with procurement and wider finance, and shares practical examples of how companies can make meaningful improvements before year end, without simply whilst and retaining momentum going into the new year.
September 23 · 37 min
Redefining Treasury: Blueprint for a Truly Connected Treasury Function
What does a truly connected treasury look like, and how can organisations build one? In this episode of Redefining Treasury, HSBC's Amber Henderson-Smart and Peter Crawley explore how evolving client expectations are reshaping connectivity, from choosing the right banking channels to embedding services directly into ERP and TMS workflows. Drawing on practical examples, they examine how real-time information can improve receivables, free up customer credit and support sales, and why robust connectivity is essential for AI-enabled treasury. The conversation also considers the controls needed as agent-to-agent interaction develops, alongside practical first steps for treasurers seeking better integration without a costly, wholesale transformation. Listen now to hear how connected treasury can support better decisions.
September 22 · 24 min
Present Tense, Future Perfect: Redefining Treasury for the Strategic Era
What does it take for treasury to shape business strategy when uncertainty is a constant? In the opening episode of HSBC's Redefining Treasury podcast series, Manish Kohli, Head of Global Payments Solutions, HSBC and Vivek Ramachandran, Head of Global Trade Solutions, HSBC explore how geopolitical change, shifting trade corridors and technological advances are reshaping treasury's mandate. Tune in to discover what it takes to lead treasury into its next era.
September 7 · 11 min
Building a Treasury Fit for Growth After a De-merger
CoreX reveals how, together with ING, it treated the creation of a new, future-ready treasury as an opportunity to design an operating model around the evolving needs of its global business.
September 7 · 19 min
Inside the Factory
Societe Generale explains how an in-house bank/payment factory structure can reduce costs by making optimum use of available liquidity. Better control leads to better decisions - and increased efficiency.
September 7 · 22 min
A Glass Act - Bringing Visibility and Clarity to Hoya's Cash
Faced with the complex task of setting up a treasury from scratch, its architect decided the key to success was simplicity. She focused first on notional cash pooling and then on deploying a TMS.
September 4 · 17 min
How LianLian Is Simplifying Cross-Border Payment and Remittances for Overseas Workers in Hong Kong
Tune in to this audible corporate case study to discover how LianLian and Standard Chartered, alongside Payso and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, are creating a more accessible salary and remittance journey for overseas Filipino workers in Hong Kong. TMI's Eleanor Hill sits down with Bryan Jiang (LianLian) and Arlene Gan (Standard Chartered) to explore how the solution is empowering overseas workers with tools to better manage their income and domestic spending, while simplifying and safeguarding remittances. This candid discussion examines the myriad challenges of creating a seamless and compliant payment journey, and highlights how this model could assist in shaping the future of cross-border payments.
August 17 · 26 min
Beyond Format Migration: Unlocking the Full Value of ISO 20022 at Inchcape
Eleanor Hill sits down with Hannisel Obedicen, Suki Teh (Inchcape) and Jessica Fon (Standard Chartered) to explore how corporates can turn the transition to ISO 20022 into a strategic advantage. Our guests explore why ISO 20022 is far more than a payments messaging upgrade, how it is enabling organisations to unlock richer data, streamline reconciliation, strengthen automation, and gain greater visibility over cash flows. In this candid discussion, they share practical insights from the front line, revealing how forward-looking treasurers are using the migration to enhance efficiency, improve reporting, and create lasting value across the finance function.
August 5 · 19 min
Treasury Priorities in India and China
As regulations evolve and business models become more complex, treasury teams are under increasing pressure to deliver predictability, control and resilience. Drawing on perspectives from India and China, Sanchay Agrawal and Guo Lin (Bank of America) explore how treasury priorities are shifting across Asia's largest markets, and identify what treasury leaders can learn from these changes.
August 4 · 21 min
Home from Home: My Treasury Life Within an International Hotel Group
After 35 years at Radisson Hotel Group, Piet Waterloos, the firm's Senior Director, Group Cash Management, remains as enthused as ever. What enables a treasurer to feel so at ease in one company for so long?
July 31 · 29 min
Brewing Growth from Within: Royal Swinkels Turns Working Capital into an Expansion Lever (Part 2)
In the follow up to our podcast covering Swinkels working capital transformation, Eleanor takes a deeper dive into the project, recruiting Group Treasurer Mathieu Ummelen to explain what seamlessly balancing liquidity, resilience, and supplier relationships looks like in practice. Joined by BNP Paribas' Anastasia Batyshkina, Mel Yucel and Nagan Nguyễn-Hansen, the conversation explores why working capital is no longer just about unlocking trapped cash, but fortifying resilience. Our guests discuss the ways in which treasury teams are responding to an increasingly uncertain operating environment, rethinking traditional trade finance, and using more accurate visibility to make smarter liquidity decisions.

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