In Africa, significant shift has taken place towards digital rather than physical channels over the past decade. Recent developments within Africa’s digital ecosystem such as API are attracting clients away from the branch network and toward digitisation opportunities.

Treasury organisations and finance shared service centres in Central & Eastern Europe are changing: robots are taking over many of the manual tasks once performed by humans. At the same time, Big Data and predictive analytics are becoming more commonplace. But is treasury at risk of being sidelined in the rush to digitise corporate business models?

The national treasury associations of the CEE region met at the beginning of October in Brno, Czech Republic, to exchange ideas and educate eachother about current market trends and innovations in treasury technology.

Mexico now boasts one of the strongest fintech ecosystems in Latin America and is rapidly being recognised as a hotbed of digital innovation. A recent HSBC event highlighted how this is opening up new opportunities for digital-savvy treasurers.

Africa is a continent of vast opportunity. But leveraging the African success story requires genuine insight into the disruptive trends that are helping to shape Africa’s transformation. A recent Citi roundtable highlighted how treasury is evolving on both sides of the continent, and how treasurers can play a role in putting Africa firmly on the corporate map.