Countdown to Sibos: Navigating Value in an AI-Driven Economy

The role of treasury is evolving rapidly, driven by economic uncertainty, geopolitical volatility, and rising expectations for real-time services. As a result, treasury teams must adapt to support growth, resilience, and better decision-making in a changing financial landscape.

The Impact of AI on Treasury

The arrival of real-time payments is forcing organisations to rethink their assumptions about transaction choice, speed, and liquidity. While some US treasury teams view instant payments as a sparingly used method with risk to cash control, experience from markets such as the UK and Europe suggests a more nuanced reality. Technology is also transforming the treasury landscape, with APIs delivering unprecedented access to real-time financial data and advances in artificial intelligence creating new opportunities for forecasting, liquidity planning, and risk management.

Balancing Innovation with Resilience

As demands on treasury continue to expand, operational resilience, cybersecurity, fraud avoidance, third-party dependencies, and supply chain disruption have become board-level concerns. Organisations must balance innovation with trust and control, providing the visibility and oversight needed to navigate uncertainty, support business continuity, and manage risk in an always-on environment. The focus is shifting from simply collecting information to generating actionable insights that improve decision-making and strengthen organisational agility.

Preparing for the Future of Treasury

Success in corporate finance will depend on combining technology, strategy, and risk management to create a treasury function that is not only efficient but also a source of competitive advantage for the future. The upcoming Sibos conference will feature a webinar discussing the opportunities and challenges of operating in a real-time, cross-border payments ecosystem. A panel of experts, including Deepa Sinha, Ed Barrie, Suzhen Zheng, and Scott Hamilton, will explore the role of interoperability, tokenisation, and programmable money in connecting banks, corporates, and fintechs through traditional and emerging financial infrastructures.

The webinar will provide insights into how treasury teams can best support growth, resilience, and better decision-making as new forms of value emerge through digital finance, AI-driven business models, and increasingly interconnected financial ecosystems. It will also examine how treasury leaders can expand their horizons beyond traditional cash management to play a more influential role across the local and cross-border enterprise. By attending this webinar, treasurers can gain a deeper understanding of the opportunities and challenges of operating in a real-time, cross-border payments ecosystem and prepare their organisations for the future of treasury.