Summer Treasury Impulses 2025
Six ideas for the Treasury Roadmap
Six two-hour online sessions between 24.07.2025 and 28.08.2025 every Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Each individual session EUR 390,- plus VAT.
Discount for teams (see prices & booking )
Content
With our Summer Treasury Impulses 2025, we invite you to prepare your treasury for the challenges of the second half of the year and develop a customized roadmap for Q3/Q4. Whether volatile supply chains, changing currency markets, cyber threats, regulatory deadlines, AI-supported work or real-time payments - we will address the most pressing topics in six online sessions. Each session combines the latest market and regulatory developments with hands-on case studies, group exercises and Q&A sessions. Each module provides you with immediately implementable roadmap elements that you can incorporate directly into your day-to-day business.
- Technical depth & practical relevance: Each session provides market analyses, best-practice tools and checklists that you can use immediately.
- Flexibility thanks to summertime: book individual sessions or the complete package - different colleagues can take part in each session depending on their specialization
- Interaction & exchange: Small groups, live demos and Q&A sessions ensure that individual questions are not neglected.
All six sessions take place on a weekly basis, always on Thursdays from 11:00 to 13:00 as an online session. Each session combines a compact technical lecture with interactive case studies or exercises and ends with a Q&A session in which you can ask your individual questions.
Sessions
Here you will find all the detailed content and dates of our summer treasury sessions:
Introduction and regulatory framework
- Background and goals of the EU strategy (Green Deal, Paris Climate Agreement, etc.)
- Banks as drivers of economic change (EBA guidelines, ESG in the lending process, EU taxonomy for the financial sector, etc.)
Supply chain finance as an opportunity in a tense supply chain environment
24.07.2025 | ONLINE | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Supply chains will continue to be volatile in 2025 following pandemic and geopolitical disruptions, and capital tied up in working capital will increase steadily. At the same time, new supply chain finance solutions are constantly appearing to release tied-up liquidity at short notice. For treasury teams, this means checking the supply chain now for applicable SCF instruments and adding them to the roadmap in order to optimize liquidity buffers.
Market overview & trends
We give you an insight into the development of the SCF market: How have factoring and co. developed and what growth rates are evident? What role do SCF instruments play in the economy and which trends are gaining in importance?
A comparison of SCF models
Compare the functions of factoring, ABS, reverse factoring, dynamic discounting and inventory finance in a practical way and recognize which instrument - depending on the circumstances for the company - represents the greatest leverage for your working capital.
Approach & case study
Understand and develop a step-by-step roadmap for selecting and implementing your optimal SCF instrument and discuss the financial impact of possible SCF instruments with us using a case study.
Q&A
Our SCF experts will be available to answer all your questions at the end - from the ERP connection and success criteria to regulatory and compliance aspects.
Speaker: Leon Walter
Is your FX risk management fit for the current market conditions?
31.07.2025 | ONLINE | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The devaluation of the USD, volatile emerging market currencies and the ECB's interest rate moves pose challenges for treasury teams. In this module, you will learn how to make your FX risk management fit for the current market conditions.
Current challenges: USD devaluation & outlook
Presentation of the current challenges in managing currency risks.
Fundamentals of FX risk management
Identification of currency risks in the company and assessment of the basic position.
Risk quantification
What influence do volatilities have and how does risk quantification react to changes? How can extreme events be taken into account in the risk calculation?
Risk management: the role of the yield differential in hedging
What role does the interest rate differential play in hedging and can you benefit from it?
Q&A
Afterwards, our experts will be available to answer all your questions - from model parameters and internal approval processes to best practices for your reporting.
Speaker: Christof Kornfeld
Cyber Risk & Fraud Prevention in Treasury: Digital Protection in Times of Increased Cyber Attacks
07.08.2025 | ONLINE | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Targeted cyber attacks on companies and financial institutions will continue to increase in 2025 - from sophisticated CEO fraud and fake invoices to encrypting ransomware. In parallel, AI-generated deepfakes and automated phishing campaigns are opening up new threat vectors that are difficult to detect. In this session, treasury teams will learn how to fend off classic attacks and recognize suspicious transactions right from the start.
State of the Art Cyber-Threat Landscape 2025
Get a detailed insight into the current threat statistics of the financial sector: We present the latest figures on phishing emails, BEC incidents and ransomware attacks and show how AI-driven deepfake attacks are increasingly infiltrating decision-making processes.
Best Practices for Fraud Prevention
Learn how to implement payment and treasury fraud filters and establish dual-approval workflows to effectively stop unauthorized payments. We explain how AI-based anomaly detection models analyze live payment flows to drastically reduce false positives.
Case study: Analysis of a real BEC attack
Using an anonymized CEO fraud story, we reconstruct the course of the attack and identify the key vulnerabilities. Draw concrete lessons learned for your internal processes and escalation paths.
Contingency plans to help in worst-case scenarios
Take a look ahead at possible crisis scenarios - from CFO fraud to large-scale ransomware attacks - and learn about initial, immediately implementable options for action so that you can always react correctly at critical moments.
Q&A
In a live dialog, our speaker will answer your individual questions on technical solutions, process design, regulatory requirements and the targeted use of AI in cyber risk management.
Speaker: Jan-Frederic Wernet
The underestimated ISO 20022 migration: deadlines, scope and practical challenges
14.08.2025 | ONLINE | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
The changeover to ISO 20022 in interbank transactions should be completed by November 2025 - the changeover initiated by SWIFT for cross-border payments and account statements will thus be completed. In addition, the payment formats currently used for SEPA payments and direct debits are on the verge of a version change and EBICS 3.0 is being supported by more and more banks. Many treasury teams underestimate the effort involved: the migration not only involves new XML format versions, but also IT interfaces, bank connectors, processing mechanisms and extensive testing. In this module, you will learn how to keep to schedules, avoid risks and convert your system securely.
Deadlines & milestones
Get a clear roadmap: We explain the lifecycles of SEPA Credit Transfers and SEPA Direct Debits, the SWIFT-MX roadmap for international payments and national transition deadlines in Germany, Austria and Switzerland - so you don't miss any deadlines.
Project scope & sub-projects
Learn which workstreams you absolutely must plan for: from the IT integration of your TMS/ERP and EBICS conversions at banks to mapping tables for bank statement information and change management. This will help you keep your budget, resources and schedule under control.
Technical pitfalls
Recognize typical stumbling blocks: We show the differences between Pain.001.001.03 and Pain.001.001.09, explain the challenges of converting from MT 940 to Camt.053 and give practical tips on how to reliably solve typical mapping problems.
Roles & responsibilities
Define clear responsibilities: Who manages the overall project, what technical input is provided by the treasury team, what tasks are taken on by IT, accounting and the banks themselves to ensure that nothing is forgotten.
Q&A
At the end, we will be available to answer your questions - from project planning and go-live strategies to best practices.
Speaker: Jan-Frederic Wernet
Smart prompting: Efficient requests for treasury use cases
21.08.2025 | ONLINE | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Artificial intelligence has been firmly established in everyday treasury work since ChatGPT at the latest. The quality of your results depends largely on asking the right questions. In this module, you will learn how to use targeted input ("prompts") to obtain fast, precise and high-quality answers for typical treasury scenarios - from cash flow forecasting to dashboard creation.
Prompting basics & best practices
Learn the principles behind successful prompts: How do you structure your input to position the model as a "treasury analyst" and avoid misunderstandings? We present best practices that you can implement immediately in any AI application.
Language models in daily business
How to use ChatGPT, Gemini & Co. to create simple guidelines and the targeted search and preparation of information - from internal regulations to credit agreements.
Robotics & Bot Development
How RPA bots can be used to automate repetitive treasury tasks with AI support and integrate them seamlessly into your processes.
Prompts for reporting & dashboard development
Develop query templates that AI models use to transform raw data into meaningful graphical reports - including descriptions of the necessary data sources and visualization types.
Q&A
In the last section, our AI and treasury experts are available to answer your questions - from data protection aspects to prompt optimization and integration into your system environment.
Speaker: Peter Schmid
Treasury in real time: opportunities & challenges in the age of instant payments
28.08.2025 | ONLINE | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Until now, instant payments have only been used sporadically - held back by limited coverage, high costs and strict amount limits. But 2025 marks a turning point: SEPA Instant will become the standard solution across Europe. In addition, national and commercial payment channels will increase the range of real-time payments. Find out how your treasury can benefit strategically from these developments and successfully implement them operationally.
The state of play
We give you an overview of SEPA Instant and other solutions for national and international real-time payment transactions. Who can do what and which trends will determine the future?
Use cases & added value
We identify treasury-relevant use cases - from customer and supplier payments to salary runs and liquidity pooling - and explain the scenarios in which real-time payments offer real added value.
Strategic & operational impact
Together we will discuss how real-time payments affect your process landscape and what changes will result...
Requirements for the system landscape
Discuss a checklist for your IT architecture with us: from established ERP/TMS connections and APIs to the processing of ISO 20022 MX messages - this is how you ensure the technical basis for smooth real-time transactions.
Q&A
Our expert will answer your questions and give you practical recommendations for starting or expanding your real-time payments business.
Speaker: Sonja Bauer
Costs & Booking
- Complete package (6 sessions): EUR 1,590 for the entire series
- Single session: EUR 390,- per session
- Team discounts: 15% discount on session or package price for the 2nd registration of the same company, 30% discount from the 3rd registration of the same company
Book individual topics flexibly or secure the full Summer Treasury Impulse 2025 package – ideal for sharing your expertise with different colleagues (or dialing in from the comfort of your hotel pool).
Target group
Our "Summer Treasury Impulses 2025" are aimed at everyone who wants to implement a robust treasury roadmap this fall – regardless of whether you are a decision-maker (CFO, CFO, management, or head of treasury) setting strategic course or an operational implementer (from the treasury team to controlling, accounting, payment transactions or SCF specialist, IT/ERP manager, project manager for ISO 20022, cybersecurity or AI projects) adapting processes on a daily basis.
Innovation and transformation teams in finance and controlling departments also benefit from our practical impulses to make liquidity, risk management and reporting fit for the second half of the year. Whether on a large scale or in detail - the "Summer Treasury Impulses 2025" provide you with the building blocks for your individual fall roadmap.
Do you have any questions?
Marc Baumgärtner
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