Financial Services Providers

Transaction Banking Viewpoints Blog

  • May 21, 2013

    Banking is under pressure – fee caps limit revenues, low rates compress spreads and new regulations are driving up costs from everything from know your customer to back end process controls.  In response, many banks are undertaking cost-cutting efforts.

  • May 10, 2013

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    Coming on the heels of JPMorgan’s acquisition of Bloomspot, JPMorgan and Visa recently announced a partnership that essentially claws out a closed-loop merchant services proposition, “Chase Merchant Services.” The structure for this arrangement looks similar to the AMEX model in that Chase merchant terminals will treat transactions initiated on JPMorgan-issued Visa cards in a differentiated and more flexible manner.

  • Apr 26, 2013

    One of the hot topics at the recent NACHA conference was the question of same-day ACH: should the US adopt a solution framework similar to “Faster Payments in the UK”? Under such a solution, banks would offer ACH credits (and possibly debits) that would settle on a same-day basis.

The global financial landscape is changing. Economic and regulatory pressures are mounting. Competitive dynamics are in flux. Buyer behavior is shifting business economics. Today’s decisions are more complex.

Financial service providers that develop sound strategies to respond to change will do more than stay even — they’ll win share.

Treasury Strategies’ Financial Services Practice offers experienced guidance to banks, non-bank financial service providers and technology vendors serving the corporate treasury marketplace, as well as industry regulators and associations. We help these organizations analyze opportunity; shape strategy and implement solutions that position them to confidently take advantage of changing conditions.

We enable our clients to maximize profits by capturing new markets, increasing revenue, reducing risk and driving out costs.

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