The shift to real-time in treasury and capital markets

As the world grows impatient for real-time payment services, real-time market intel and shorter securities settlement cycles, treasurers should verify that their systems are ready for the era. 

Real-time processing can offer many benefits for bank treasuries, including improved accuracy, faster decision-making, enhanced liquidity management and improved customer service, with faster transaction processing and real-time visibility into customer account balances. By focusing on certain key functions, it can be assessed which are real benefits to treasury processes, and which may require industry consensus and for further investment to become worthwhile. The industry must agree a way forward, weighing cost against benefit.