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On 5th February 2024, the magazine Treasury Management International announced the winners of the 2023 TMI Awards. Societe Generale is proud to have won the awards Best Bank for Cash & Liquidity Management and Best Bank for Trade & Supply Chain for the regions Middle East and Africa.

Societe Generale named Best International Trade Finance Provider by Global Finance, for the Western Europe region as well as in Algeria, France, Romania and Senegal.

Instant Payments are continuing to gain ground among corporates. Yet, the scheme is facing some technical and usage constraints, what are the reasons? How can it be resolved and what are the key actions for treasurers to begin leveraging real time payments within their companies?

The results of the Euromoney 2023 survey have just been published and are at the highest level in all geographies, testifying to our clients' renewed confidence in Societe Generale's Cash Management teams.

Having launched almost six years ago, the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) is starting to hit its stride with an increased transaction limit helping to encourage usage. For corporates operating in the SEPA zone, the scheme is not without flaws, but initiatives from regulators and banks point to a more functional and secure future.

Raw commodities are some of the most carbon-intensive products traded. Aware of the risks associated with their supply chain, sustainability-driven commodity merchants have already integrated ESG factors into their business strategies in order to reduce risks, improve financial returns and meet the expectations of their various stakeholders.

Virtual accounts are not merely a solution to replace existing bank accounts; they offer far more than that. By deploying virtual accounts, treasurers can open up a world of cash management efficiencies, drive a multitude of cost savings, and take control of cash organisation wide. Rail technology firm Wabtec has done just that.

International food company Andros is totally rethinking its cash management strategy with the roll-out of a payment factory and virtual accounts. Let’s have some feedback on the experience from Mickaël Djafarpour (Director of Financing, Cash Management and Credit Management at Andros), Elise Hoyet (Head of Virtual Accounts and Payment Factory) and Laure...

3 questions to Valerie Zerlini, Head of Global Transaction Banking, Societe Generale in Switzerland

After two years of uncertainty and turmoil in the transaction banking industry, we asked our experts about the challenges facing treasurers in the months and years ahead.

How Treasurers are Making the Most of Instant Payments

The SWIFT gpi initiative needs no introduction. Launched a few years ago, gpi has delivered on all its promises: to transform the international payment experience through greater speed, fluidity, transparency and security.

For the 10th consecutive year, the Global Transaction Banking businesses have been highly recognised by EMEA Finance, once again winning a record number of awards in all seven Treasury Services Awards categories.

While the main challenge for bankers at the beginning of the century was to differentiate themselves from their competitors, it has evolved much further ever since. Today, they are expected to remain by their clients’ side in all circumstances, to support them on a daily basis.

In many respects, the European Union, underpinned by a common currency, is a grand political project with the aim of fostering peace and stability. In other ways it is an eminently practical one, designed to help the European industry compete in an increasingly tough global marketplace.

Within the Innovators 2022, Societe Generale stood out thanks to Sustainability-linked Trade Finance and Global Treasury powered by Kyriba.

CAF, the Spanish multinational leader in the design and implementation of comprehensive mobility systems, has recently entrusted Societe Generale to act as fronting and issuing bank of a 107.9 million euros green guarantee facility to be utilized for the supply of electric trains in the scope of an interurban passenger rail transport project with zero direct...