Internal payment transactions
Efficient management of your own cash flows
23.09.2026 in ONLINE
Basics
1 day
EUR 1.790,- plus VAT.
Edgard Neifeldt
Senior Consultant
Schwabe, Ley & Greiner
Content
Our seminar offers you a comprehensive insight into the design options for internal payment transactions and how to increase efficiency. You will learn how to realize cost benefits and establish sustainable liquidity management through the strategic design of payment transactions. From basic concepts to specific challenges in day-to-day business, we will prepare you to optimally manage internal payment flows.
Main topics
Basics
- What are the tasks of the cash manager in the company?
- What are the minimum standards to be taken into account in the organizational structure & process organization?
- What are the differences in the accounting or treasury perspective? Which business management approaches do you need to understand?
- What are the requirements vis-à-vis banks?
- What are the current trends in cash management for large and small companies?
Introduction to internal payment transactions
- Importance and role of internal payment transactions in the company
- Differentiation: external vs. internal payment transactions
- Overview of typical cash flows and their strategic relevance
Challenges and opportunities
- Objectives: Cost reduction, increased efficiency and liquidity management
- Typical challenges: Complexity, lack of transparency and manual processes
- Opportunities through digitalization and process automation
Techniques and processes in internal payment transactions
- Cash pooling: Notional pooling vs. zero balancing and their advantages
- Netting: Bilateral and multilateral approaches to payment optimization
- Intercompany financing: internal loans and credit structures as an alternative to external financing
Legal and tax aspects
- Compliance requirements and legal framework conditions
- Transfer pricing: Significance and challenges in the group
- Documentation and verification obligations in payment transactions
Organization, standardization and risk management
- Advantages of standardizing payment processes and economies of scale
- Best practices for efficient organization and regulations
- Integration of currency risks into internal payment transaction processes
Technology and digitalization in payment transactions
- Automation and digitalization as drivers of efficiency
- Use of in-house banks: structure, benefits and examples
- Future developments: Trends such as AI, blockchain and ISO 20022
Conclusion and practical implementation
- Summary of the most important findings
- Discussion: Challenges and solutions from practice
- Feedback and individual questions
Group of participants
The seminar is aimed at employees and managers from the Treasury, Finance and Accounting and Controlling departments who want to deepen their knowledge of internal payment transactions and apply it strategically. It is also suitable for corporate customer advisors in banks who want to better understand the internal payment processes of their corporate customers.
Targets
At the end of the seminar, you will have mastered the key methods for optimizing internal payment transactions and be familiar with the legal and tax framework. You will be able to manage payment processes efficiently, minimize risks and set yourself up for the future with the help of digital technologies.
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