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European Central Bank Picks Treasury Management Tech Provider

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Last year , OpenLink Vice President of Commodities & Treasury Solutions Mark O’Toole spoke with FX-MM about the intersection of Big Data and treasury management, noting that managing data for real-time risk mitigation is “a bigger challenger than you would imagine.”

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Reval’s Treasury Tools Find A Buyer

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Reval offers treasury management solutions that have now become the target of an acquisition. “The acquisition of Reval substantially increases our footprint in treasury cloud services and enriches our product portfolio with leading functionality in risk and hedge accounting,” said ION CEO and Founder Andrea Pignataro.

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Turning Currency Volatility Into A Global FX Strategy

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Yet, understanding and developing a clear strategy for FX risk mitigation can be elusive, even for the largest firms. Studies also show that most executives agree their top challenge is market volatility and the struggle to determine when — and how — to hedge currency risk.

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Treasurers Trust Big Data For Real-Time Risk Assessment

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But Big Data lands new capabilities in the hands of corporate treasurers and other executives that yields active, real-time assessments of risks from multiple angles, from counterparties to compliance. Effective counterparty management hinges upon setting and actively managing a core set of counterparty metrics.

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Why Banks Need FinTech To Address Their Own Complicated Treasuries

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As banks look to pair with FinTechs to meet the treasury needs of their corporate customers, they’re also looking towards such innovators to integrate some of those same solutions in-house. Managing Risk. One technology Beaulande cited as especially helpful to banks’ treasury departments is the API.

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Bloomberg, Shell Design Treasury Tool To Centralize FX Management

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The tool interconnects Shell’s central treasury office to its 718 operating units to manage foreign exchange (FX) risk and volatility with its more than 200 bank partners. “Now, we can more efficiently route market requests from regional centers around the world to our central treasury. .

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Treasury Departments' Data Strategy For Future-Proofing The Enterprise

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In addition to steering their organizations through the murky and rocky waters of an economic downturn, treasury departments are securing a place at the decision-makers' table to offer higher-level guidance. Some may say, 'data is the next oil,' but it can't be if the company doesn't have the platform to optimize its use.".