October 2008

Cash management for financial institutions: uncertainty breeds competition

Cash management for financial institutions is broadly similar in terms of the kinds of products provided by banks to corporates. Moreover, product development is usually combined in a centralized group that takes input from both FIs and corporates so that new products generate maximum value, although, of course, some solutions are developed for different markets, albeit often using the same underlying technology.


Cash management poll 2008: ResultsCash management: Cash captains see their ship come inCiti: the $6.5 billion start-upThird-party provision finally takes offEmerging markets: challenges remain However, there are two crucial differences between cash management for FIs and corporates. The first is that as many FIs are banks they will often require products to re-sell to their own clients. "We operate almost a wholesale model when working with FIs," says Paul...


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