About
Through its agribusiness, fertilizer and food products divisions, this corporate giant has established a global presence in the farm-to-consumer food chain. The company is among the world’s largest oilseed and vegetable oil processors, as well as one of the most important suppliers of fertilizers across the globe.
At a glance
- J.P. Morgan is the company’s main bank in Mexico, playing an important role in its treasury operations
- The company relies on J.P. Morgan to support liquidity management and facilitate all payment processes
- Mexican peso (MXN) surplus balances in Mexico contributed to reducing the firm’s transactional costs in the U.S. through the implementation of both global and local ECR
The challenge
The company required a cash management zero balance structure to improve its liquidity management, using surplus balance accounts to fund deficit accounts as well as allowing them to process payments.
An additional objective was to reduce transactional fees in Mexico and the U.S. by taking advantage of liquidity flows in Mexico.
The J.P. Morgan solution
- J.P. Morgan developed a liquidity management and electronic payment solution for cash management that uses a zero balance structure to consolidate all of the company’s receivables flows in one master account (MA). As part of the solution, J.P. Morgan implemented an overdraft line in the MA to facilitate the company’s payment processes. As complementary services, J.P. Morgan also implemented virtual references and reference deposits (over-the-counter payments*) to improve the firm’s reconciliation processes.
- This structure enables the company to:
- Centralize liquidity management within a single bank
- Use the consolidated funds to improve liquidity management
- Enhance visibility and control
- Reduce transactional costs (fees) in Mexico and the US as a benefit for the implementation of a global and local ECR model
J.P. Morgan Access® provides visibility and reporting for the cash concentration structure, receivables and e-banking payments.
A leader in agribusiness, food products and fertilizer
The impact
- The solution positioned J.P. Morgan Mexico as the company’s main payment and cash concentration bank. J.P. Morgan Mexico manages most of the company’s cash flows, leaving other services like over-the-counter collections, customs and local taxes with local retail banks.
- The surplus balances in Mexico offset total local transactional fees and contribute to reducing the firm’s transactional cost in the U.S. through the implementation of the Global ECR.
- The solution improved liquidity management in the Mexico branch and facilitated the company’s payment processes.
Mexico liquidity services
J.P. Morgan offers a wide range of products and solutions for corporations to improve their local cash management operation, including:
- Liquidity Portal/Intercompany Report
- Multi-level physical cash concentration
- Intraday and End-of-Day Sweeping services/ZBA structures
- Cross-border/multicurrency sweeping services
- Global and Local ECR
References
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