Throughout the year, Bottomline's Banking Experts publish articles in various industry publications. Below are short summaries of each article along with links to the article itself.
SWIFT E-invoicing: Yet Another Reason for Corporates to Adopt SWIFT
With cash management and SWIFT integration, electronic invoicing (e-invoicing) is an exciting tool that can help organisations to achieve the benefits of true order-to-pay (O2P) automation.
SWIFT for Corporates 2020
Where have we been and where are we going in regards to SWIFT bliss? This article covers many of the critical success factors to achieve true “success” by 2020.
SWIFT Making It Easier to Drive E-invoicing Adoption
Corporate SWIFT adoption has been growing steadily but not as quickly as the industry hoped. Will e-invoicing create new motivation for corporates to finally embrace it?
Supply Chain on SWIFT – Q2 2011
Bottomline is now one of the first SWIFT partners to be certified for sending electronic invoices over the network to non-SWIFT members. Learn about the e-invoicing initiative in this quarterly newsletter.
Accelerating E-payment Adoption with O2P Platforms
As banks look for new ways to derive value from their corporate banking relationships, ensuring that existing revenue streams are not cannibalized is hugely important. Innovative electronic payment (e-payment) and invoicing (e-invoicing) services are one way to compensate for the loss of check processing revenue.
Banking on the Financial Supply Chain
This article explores how large electronic payment and invoicing networks make it easier for corporates and banks to capture the benefits of supply chain finance, more quickly and at a lower total cost of ownership.
Reducing Risk Through Bank-assisted Open Account
Companies are increasingly conducting cross-border trade through direct open account, exposing them to new risks. This article discusses how companies can reduce supplier performance and fraud risk as well as how suppliers can reduce credit risk.
Best Practice in Financial Supply Chain Automation
Even though technology solutions have been available for more than a decade, the adoption of financial supply chain (FSC) automation has been slow. Why are there still billions of paper invoices being processed annually within the European Union and the US alone?
Taking on New Dimenisons
Tomorrow’s treasurers will need a global outlook, a strategic mind-set, an analytical approach, broader shoulders, a team spirit and agile technology that can increase visibility and control.
Desperately Seeking Innovation
I was part of the first generation of corporate cash management. By 1979, most banks offered simplistic TTY cash management services directly to their clients but it wasn't until the introduction of the IBM XT, in 1983, when things started to get intresting.
Charting the Correct Course Through Today's Corporate 'Cashscape'
As globalisation of trade and financial supply chains continues to increase, organisations are facing new difficulties when it comes to managing cash and optimising working capital across multiple domestic and international banks. Learn from this article what tools and best practices can be employed to handle these challenges.
Bottomline Launches Treasury Solution, Partners with Deutsche Bank on Outsourcing Payments
GT News covers the launch of Bottomline's new C-Series solution set and partnership with Deutsche Bank to serve as the technology provider for the bank's new Web-based outsourced check generation initiative.
Bottomline Platform Helps Banks Deliver 'Greener' Approach to Global Cash Management
GT News reports on the green benefits associated with Bottomline's WebSeries Global Cash Management platform and the introduction of dynamic reporting capabilities.
Demystifying Alliance Lite for Banks
SWIFT's Alliance Lite, touted as 'SWIFT access on a USB stick,' is often thought of as a low-cost, low-tech solution for corporates, but banks of all sizes can also leverage this technology. This article highlights the reasons why banks might deploy Lite to improve communications capabilities and benefit by replacing costly legacy host-to-host systems.
Letting Your Imagination Loose
Corporate treasurers are demanding that banks exercise more imagination when it comes to building customised solutions for their cash management needs. Increasingly, bank ownership of the user experience is a critical factor in winning cash management clients. Learn why in this article.
Winning Cash Management Business in Asia-Pacific: Considerations for Banks
As the title of this article indicates, winning business in Asia-Pacific requires a strong understanding of business considerations local to the region. This article provides some how-to guidance on successfully expanding into Asia-Pacific.