Traditional collection and payment methods have long been plagued with high cost, limited choice, inefficiencies, manual processes, and delayed settlement. The rebound in air travel since 2020 has coincided with a digital transformation in the way airlines pay and get paid by their customers.  Passengers are increasingly seeking a modern, digital experience when purchasing tickets and being reimbursed for hardships that is streamlined, real-time, 24 x 7, and replete with options.  Not only does this drive customer experience and brand loyalty, but it also reduces cost, streamlines operating models, improves working capital, and maximizes growth potential.  Please join us as we discuss these innovations which are transforming the airline industry and offer parallels to other consumer-facing industries as well. 

Session Room Number: Room 106 ABC

Treasury and Finance teams are prime targets for Business Email Compromise (BEC) and other social engineering attacks.  During this session, we’ll employ an interactive cyber war game and panel discussion for finance and treasury leaders. We will discuss the current trends in cyber-crime and how hackers are targeting banks, corporate treasury and payments teams. This session will help leaders understand what tools are available to train their staff to recognize cyber-enabled fraud attempts and prepare them to respond effectively when an event and how to effectively respond when during possible cyber-attacks. 

Session Room Number: Room 207 ABCD

Just when Treasurers thought they had mastered the art of managing their In-house Bank (IHB) and settled into a high level of treasury efficiency and effectiveness, the recent introduction of Real-time treasury (RTT) threatens to disrupt the structural stability and organizational balance of IHBs. While an IHB sweeps cash on a batch basis at the end of each day, RTT deals with individual transactions throughout the day (24/7) via Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and instant payments. IHBs are tried and tested treasury best practices that many companies have relentlessly pursued whereas leading-edge companies have in recent years started exploring APIs and instant payments to assess if there are practical applications within treasury. Can Treasurers find synergies and commonalities for IHB and RTT to co-exist? Or does it mean choosing one over the other? 

Session Room Number: Grand Ballroom A1

Global ecommerce and tech companies are in the express lane of driving growth and Treasury organizations are in the driver’s seat of innovation to manage the speed and risk that comes with that.  During this session, you’ll hear how our panelists are supercharging their path to optimizing and automating their centralized treasury operations and banking structures, improving data-driven techniques and systems to fuel their decision making, and automating allocation and execution into money funds, foreign deposits, early discounts, and other innovative structures to increase yield while also managing risks in better ways.  Now that’s financial productivity. 

Session Room Number: Room 207 ABCD