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The rapidly growing Chinese market offers significant expansion opportunities for foreign corporates, but also substantial risks for treasury managers, unaware of China’s unique circumstances. Michael Nelson and Sarah Zhou of J.P. Morgan Treasury Services highlight the key pitfalls to avoid, and suggest strategies to optimize a corporate’s liquidity management in this challenging emerging market.
How best can banks support their clients in expansion mode? Do banks build, buy or ally to align with client needs and ambitions? J.P. Morgan gathered leading bankers to debate the drivers, challenges and best practice behind financial institution partnerships.
With multiple strategies at their disposal for managing foreign exchange (FX) risks, what works best for businesses? John Chen of J.P. Morgan Treasury Services explores key approaches to managing FX risk and examines the objectives behind each approach.
In a post-recessionary environment, the growth of international trade means that increasing exposure to foreign exchange (FX) risk has to be managed against a background of an increased pressure to realise returns, at the same time as the overall risk appetite is substantially reduced.
To many treasuries, pan-Asian receivables management is a complex and evolving issue; a combination of inconsistent remittance information, payment behavior and multiple clearing systems reduce straight-through processing (STP) rates and inhibit visibility. Fortunately, as Jennifer Barker of J.P. Morgan Treasury Services explains, this need not be an insurmountable challenge.
2011 AFP Payments Fraud Survey shows B2B payments fraud high with checks remaining an easy target.
Learn about current trends and the drive to paperless receivables in this interview with Craig Vaream, Product Executive for receivables in J.P. Morgan Treasury Services
The concept of Shared Services Organizations (SSOs) – one part of an organization providing a service to other parts of the organization – is proving increasingly attractive to companies seeking the benefits of standardized processes, better-aligned resources and a culture of excellence as they expand globally. When properly designed and deployed, Financial Shared Services Organizations (FSSOs) can significantly reduce the costs associated with treasury management and help optimize working capital.
Treasurers are key to the success of mergers and acquisitions. With strong signs of economic recovery emerging and M&A activity on the rise, a review of best practices for treasurers could help ensure the successful closing and the efficient post-close integration of treasury operations
When a multinational manufacturer with operations in 20 countries wanted to improve working capital management, it sought to extend payment terms with its suppliers. Rather than impose new conditions on its vendors, the company created a Single-Use Accounts program that benefits both parties.
Purchasing Card spend in North America is expected to reach $218 billion by 2012. Find out how companies are extending the reach of their purchasing card programs – and realizing significant benefits.
Managing multiple bank accounts around the globe needn’t be complicated. Learn how electronic bank account management (eBAM) can help streamline processes and increase transparency.
When a multinational mining company centralized its treasury operation, it saved more than $9 million a year.
Find out how your organization’s Travel & Entertainment (T&E) spend compares to more than 800 corporations and non-profits that use cards for T&E spend in Corporate T&E Spend Benchmarks: Spend Metrics That Highlight Winning Performance, a new publication by J.P. Morgan Treasury Services.
According to "The centre takes the lead," an article by J.P. Morgan's Andy Ponsford, which appeared in Euromoney's 2010 Guide to Technology in Treasury Management, with the financial and economic crisis easing, corporates are, once again, focused on streamlining treasury operations.
An effective working capital strategy can help you maximize revenues, free up cash for investments and keep costs down. In this first in a series of articles on working capital optimization, learn how companies are benefiting from an increased focus on Days Payable Outstanding (DPO).
Single-Use Accounts (SUA) can eliminate checks, improve efficiencies and provide a potential revenue stream. In short, they can transform the middle ground of your company’s payments operations. Learn how some companies have reaped some rich rewards in a new report from J.P. Morgan Treasury Services.
A "green" treasury operation is good for the environment - and makes good business sense. Learn how J.P. Morgan and other leading public and private organizations built successful business cases for building "green" treasury operations in "Sustainable Treasury Management: It's Easier Than You Think," a new report from J.P. Morgan Treasury Services.
Treasurers looking for additional ways to optimize efficiency and minimize costs by automating processes may be finding reduced technology budgets are making this goal particularly challenging.
The Internet presents a world of opportunity — and computers are the doorway to that world, providing entryway for the bad, as well as the good, among us. Today, a network of cunning, organized criminals are engaging in cyber crime, netting millions from unsuspecting consumers and corporations alike. The threats are global in nature, very sophisticated and often difficult to prosecute. Often, these cyber criminals are in countries where the levels of security are not as stringent as they are in the United States or Europe , but their operations are as organized as any modern global business. In essence, a criminal “supply chain” has developed with participants providing stolen information, development of crimeware, marketplaces for software and stolen data, and direct attackers.
Businesses can now use lockbox remote capture technology to capture and transmit remittance data and images of receivables transactions directly from their desktop with a single receivables scanning device that accepts checks, full-size documents, coupons and envelopes.
A new payment format — MT202COV — was introduced by SWIFT as part of their 2009 Standards Release, and J.P. Morgan is using it for all currencies and in all jurisdictions in which we clear cover payments.
Many multinational corporations and regional firms are continuing to migrate to regional or global travel and entertainment (T&E) card programs. While this movement has been gathering speed for several years, it is achieving real momentum as the credit crisis increases economic pressure on businesses to review their procure-to-pay processes and establish better controls.
Companies view receivables management as an area of tremendous challenge and opportunity. Historically, solutions like lockbox have improved funds availability and enhanced working capital efficiency. But have they gone far enough?
Jim Nelson, Senior Product Consulting Manager for J.P. Morgan Commercial Card Solutions, recently sat down with purchasing card coordinators from three very diverse industries to learn what tactics users are taking to increase their PCard volume and adoption rate.
In the constant push to improve financial performance, treasurers are seeking a new plateau from which they can strategically manage the entire receivables process. Driven by design requirements outlined by its clients, J.P. Morgan has employed the latest technologies in its quest to achieve this ambitious plateau.
How can you wring out more operational efficiencies after years of focusing on efficiency gains? Which areas afford the best opportunity for further enhancing working capital?
As crisis events in our industry continually demonstrate, a good risk management process at origination of any trade finance deal is the best way to minimize loss when problems arise.
All schools have tight operating budgets these days, and you need to ensure your school spends every dollar properly. No matter the size of your school or the amount of your budget, a purchasing card program could fit with your procurement goals and — moreover — help you achieve the bigger benefits of time and cost savings.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded a patent to J.P. Morgan's Global Clearing operation for technology that uses artificial intelligence to process larger volumes of payments with fewer required staff repairs.
Thanks to the efficiency of our global financial infrastructure, clearing services are these days viewed as a commodity business. In other words, all treasurers expect flawless settlement of high value, cross-border treasury and commercial payment instructions every time, by all their financial institutions.
