Furloughs, layoffs, and recovering from covid-19

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Jim Reid, Luke Templeman

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Although the exit from lockdown is on the horizon, there are signs that the return of consumer demand may be slow. As such, many corporates face a staffing conundrum more difficult than that seen during the financial crisis. How long should corporates wait before furloughs become layoffs? Just how important are staff? [more]

The Future of Payments Series 2 - Part I. Post Covid-19: What Executives Are Thinking and Doing

January 13, 2021

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Covid-19 disruption to business has reshuffled priorities for CFOs and treasurers. They must address how to: maintain access to liquidity /credit; implement back-up procedures; create visibility to total cash in global locations; determine cash requirements in the short and medium term; and assess current exposures. [more]

Can big companies survive localisation?

October 19, 2020

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Economic and european policy

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Jim Reid, Luke Templeman

The trend towards 'localisation' leaves few easy options for large companies. Their huge advantage from global supply chains and businesses, built up during the last few decades of globalisation, may unwind unless they adapt to local- or multi-local business models. The urgency to adapt has been turbocharged by covid-19. [more]

Blockchain and Corporates: Transparency is the New Marketing

October 12, 2020

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Like the Internet in the 1990s, distributed ledger technology (DLT) and blockchain are set to transform the economy. Yet, two-thirds of senior executives still don’t know what DLT is, and those who do tend to ignore its uses outside of some simple financial applications. [more]

The Future of Payments - Part III. Digital Currencies: the Ultimate Hard Power Tool

January 27, 2020

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This piece is the third in a series of three pieces that examines the past, present, and future of the payments industry. We analyse the unexpected results of our proprietary survey of 3,600 customers across the US, UK, China, Germany, France and Italy and forecast trends in cash, online, mobile, crypto, and blockchain. The implications for customers and business are important; the potential macro and geopolitical consequences are profound. [more]

The Future of Payments - Part II. Moving to Digital Wallets and the Extinction of Plastic Cards

January 23, 2020

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This piece is the second in a series of three pieces that examines the past, present, and future of the payments industry. We analyse the unexpected results of our proprietary survey of 3,600 customers across the US, UK, China, Germany, France and Italy and forecast trends in cash, online, mobile, crypto, and blockchain. The implications for customers and business are important; the potential macro and geopolitical consequences are profound. [more]

The Future of Payments - Part I. Cash: the Dinosaur Will Survive ... For Now

January 21, 2020

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When people discuss the future of payments they tend to predict the end of cash. Our view is different. Not only do we think cash will be around for a long time, we see the transition to digital payments as having the potential to do no less than rebalance global economic power. [more]

2020: An inflection point in global corporate tax?

November 14, 2019

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Jim Reid, Luke Templeman