Ahead of Sibos: Who Controls Value in an AI Economy?

Finextra will host an online webinar ahead of Sibos to examine how artificial intelligence, tokenisation and real-time cross-border payments are changing corporate treasury and affecting who captures value in payments and liquidity flows.

The session brings together payments and treasury specialists: Deepa Sinha, SVP and Head of Payments and Financial Crimes at BAFT; Ed Barrie, co-founder and chief product officer at Treasury 4, Inc; and Suzhen Zheng, senior product manager for global payments solutions at HSBC. Scott Hamilton, global payments and liquidity expert, will moderate the discussion.

Panelists will address interoperability between banks, corporates and fintechs, the emergence of programmable money and the operational and governance challenges that arise when payments move faster and settlement models change. The discussion will cover how remittance information and settlement timing affect treasury processes.

Organisations are re-evaluating treasury roles as economic uncertainty, geopolitical shifts and customer demand for instant services change business priorities. Treasury teams that historically focused on cash management are being asked to support growth, resilience and faster decision-making for both local and cross-border operations while maintaining oversight of liquidity and exposures.

The rollout of real-time payment rails is prompting firms to revise assumptions about transaction speed, channel choice and liquidity management. Many US treasuries remain cautious about instant payments because of perceived risks to cash control. Experience in the UK and Europe shows a broader and more varied pattern of adoption. The panel will examine how transaction processing, reporting and governance need to change when funds settle instantly and remittance details travel with payments.

Efforts to improve cross-border settlement and interoperability are creating new methods for moving funds across markets, networks and jurisdictions. Tokenisation and programmable money introduce alternative settlement and execution models that could change treasury workflows, counterparty relationships and how firms capture value from payments and working capital.

APIs and data feeds are expanding access to near real-time account and transaction information. Advances in artificial intelligence are being applied to forecasting, liquidity planning and risk management. Treasury functions are being used to test intelligent automation and predictive analytics for cash forecasting, intraday liquidity decisions and fraud detection.

Boards are raising operational resilience, cybersecurity, fraud prevention and third-party dependency management to board-level risk topics. The webinar will cover governance frameworks, accountability structures and resilience measures needed when machine-driven models and automated payment flows are embedded in financial operations.

Speakers will outline practical steps treasury teams can take to integrate new technologies while maintaining oversight and compliance and aligning strategy, technology and risk management so treasury contributes measurable value to the enterprise. Finextra will provide registration details for the webinar ahead of Sibos.