Corporate Finance

Liquidity is the lifeblood of any organization. As more and more companies embrace an “always-on” treasury ecosystem, Treasury teams will be under increasing pressure to manage cash more efficiently. Implementing real-time liquidity management that accelerates the velocity of existing treasury processes will be imperative. This article discusses the importance of supporting real-time treasury with real-time liquidity, including the exploration of use cases, and key considerations for any Treasurer looking to adopt real-time liquidity solutions.

This edition of Citi Perspectives for the Public Sector celebrates progress and highlights opportunities for improvement.

Open banking is growing globally and is poised to take off in the United Kingdom and United States. This report outlines how and why Treasury and Payments teams should prepare to leverage the opportunities presented by account-to-account (A2A) payments via open banking.

In climate finance, there has historically been a mismatch between the risk appetite of capital and the risk profile of projects. At the heart of the issue is creating bankable projects. The best way to deal with this challenge is to build capacity, education, understanding.

Following pandemic-related disruptions, supply chains are in a state of transition. To avoid future backlogs and disruptions, many solutions are being explored including a switch from just-in-time inventory to just-in-case, as well as near-shoring and on-shoring.

Trade flows are a fundamental driver of global economic growth and commerce, mitigating pressures and inflationary challenges, with social and environmental benefits intrinsically linked to that growth. Trade accounts for 52% of global GDP, according to the World Bank.

Thinking about what the future will look like post-pandemic begs the question could some of the economic pain have been avoided? Could we have predicted the amount of economic loss or which sectors would be most affected by COVID-19 prior to it becoming a pandemic?