flow analyses and explains how market trends shape our client industries and covers: corporate cash management/treasury; institutional cash management; trade finance and lending; trust and securities services; as well as sustainable finance, technology, regulation and other macroeconomic and geopolitical issues.
By working with market experts and researchers and covering key industry developments, flow provides unique insights into today’s international business landscape
Cash management
Cash management
How can banks become traffic controllers for payments? How can banks become traffic controllers for payments?
Instant payments, digital assets and richer data are changing what clients expect from their banks. The challenge is no longer simply to move money, but to decide which route it should take – and develop a new business model around it. flow shares reflections from EBAday 2026 in Copenhagen
Cash management, Trust and securities services
Project Agorá and cross-border payments Project Agorá and cross-border payments
Can tokenisation unlock the next chapter of correspondent banking? With Project Agorá, the Bank for International Settlements, seven central banks and more than 40 financial institutions are putting that question to the test. flow reports on the progress — and the road ahead
Cash Management, Technology
Tech in corporate treasury: AI is not the whole story Tech in corporate treasury: AI is not the whole story
Across key treasury functions, artificial intelligence is moving from experimentation to active deployment. Drawing on his latest treasury survey, Dr Tobias Miarka of Crisil Coalition Greenwich explains where AI is adding most value – and why some companies are focusing on the wrong priorities
Trade finance and lending
Trade finance and lending
Meeting the Middle East’s taste for British cheese Meeting the Middle East’s taste for British cheese
With the UK-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) free trade agreement signed, British exporters have a fresh route into fast-growing Middle East markets. But what support can its exporters call upon for those products that have a long gestation period? flow’s Clarissa Dann finds out at GTR UK 2026
Trade finance and lending, Macro and markets
Commodities 2026: the Hormuz factor Commodities 2026: the Hormuz factor
The commodity finance community gathered at TXF Amsterdam 2026 to examine how recent events in the Middle East have impacted the trading, producing and financing of key commodities. flow’s Clarissa Dann reveals how traders are diversifying their funding sources and strategically utilising their facilities
flow case studies, Trade finance and lending
Guinea’s wealth creation manifesto Guinea’s wealth creation manifesto
flow’s Clarissa Dann reports on how The Republic of Guinea’s government chose the UK Export Finance and Deutsche Bank partnership to develop the Koloma Administrative City to house multiple ministries under one roof, improving efficiency and transparency and delivering long-term cost savings to the treasury
Trust and securities services
Cash management, Trust and securities services
Project Agorá and cross-border payments Project Agorá and cross-border payments
Can tokenisation unlock the next chapter of correspondent banking? With Project Agorá, the Bank for International Settlements, seven central banks and more than 40 financial institutions are putting that question to the test. flow reports on the progress — and the road ahead
Trust and securities services
Custody in an age of fragmentation Custody in an age of fragmentation
How are global custodians navigating the fragmented geopolitical landscape? And what’s their take on digital assets and artificial intelligence? flow shares insights from BBH, Clearstream, JP Morgan and State Street
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Trust and securities services
Shifting gears Shifting gears
A tipping point for the tokenisation of structured products and securities, enabled by issuer and investor services, might finally be upon us predicts Deutsche Bank’s Paul Maley. Speaking to Janet Du Chenne, he makes clear that client voices and market shifts are pushing the industry toward a more unified model
flow case studies
Inside PayPal’s treasury transformation
flow case studies, Cash management
Inside PayPal’s treasury transformation
Moving money is in PayPal’s DNA – which presents specific challenges for the treasury department. PayPal’s Group Treasurer Can Balcioglu tells flow’s Desirée Buchholz how his team modernised treasury infrastructure, applied AI and explored stablecoins
Fewer accounts, faster payments: ABB’s path to a more efficient treasury
flow case studies, Cash management
Fewer accounts, faster payments: ABB’s path to a more efficient treasury
Supporting ABB’s purpose of enabling sustainability and resource efficiency also requires internal functions to operate with greater efficiency. ABB’s Corporate Treasury team, for instance, is using virtual bank accounts to run a leaner and optimised operation. flow’s Will Monroe finds out more
Allseas: Pioneering offshore construction
flow case studies, Cash management
Allseas: Pioneering offshore construction
When Dutch-Swiss global offshore energy contractor Allseas expanded operations into Brazil, its treasury team faced new challenges around onshore/offshore conversion, funding alignment and documentation frameworks. flow’s Clarissa Dann reports on how Deutsche Bank helped to provide an integrated solution
Macro and markets
Macro outlook: when AI meets geopolitics
Macro and markets, Trade finance and lending
Macro outlook: when AI meets geopolitics
Artificial intelligence (AI) and the fallout from the Middle East conflict are the two forces currently defining the global economy. Drawing on Deutsche Bank Research’s mid-year outlook, flow reports on how this is impacting GDP growth in different regions
Commodities 2026: the Hormuz factor
Trade finance and lending, Macro and markets
Commodities 2026: the Hormuz factor
The commodity finance community gathered at TXF Amsterdam 2026 to examine how recent events in the Middle East have impacted the trading, producing and financing of key commodities. flow’s Clarissa Dann reveals how traders are diversifying their funding sources and strategically utilising their facilities
What next for global energy?
Trade finance and lending, Macro and markets
What next for global energy?
With a negotiated settlement to end the war in Iran not as yet confirmed, what does this mean for global trade with energy prices at current levels? flow’s Clarissa Dann examines insights from Deutsche Bank Research and key international agencies and reflects on what this means for trade finance demand
Technology
Trust and securities services
Ready for take-off: scaling digital assets Ready for take-off: scaling digital assets
As digital assets move from proof of concept to application, banks face a number of operational and regulatory challenges. Sabih Behzad, Head of Digital Assets and Currencies Transformation at Deutsche Bank, shares what it takes to scale digital assets responsibly
Cash management, Technology
AI in corporate treasury: what are the barriers to adoption? AI in corporate treasury: what are the barriers to adoption?
Data issues and slow integration/adoption are preventing artificial intelligence’s full potential from being realised in corporate treasury. Dr Tobias Miarka of Crisil Coalition Greenwich examines what this means for businesses and treasurers
Cash management, Technology
How fintechs are reshaping payments: lessons for corporate treasury How fintechs are reshaping payments: lessons for corporate treasury
As real-time payments, APIs, and digital assets transform how money moves, corporates have to keep up. Reporting from EuroFinance 2025, flow explores how fintech companies SumUp and Bitpanda demonstrate treasury’s power as both enabler and catalyst of this transformation
Sustainable and Transition Finance
How AI is reshaping the energy transition
Sustainable finance, Technology
How AI is reshaping the energy transition
As artificial intelligence (AI) drives innovation across sectors, it’s not only fuelling technological progress, but also significantly increasing electricity demand. Deutsche Bank’s Lavinia Bauerochse describes how this development is transforming the global energy transition – and why investments in grid expansion and transition finance are taking centre stage
Discover the world of finance
Community
Discover the world of finance
Since its launch in 2020, the broadcast channel ExpeditionFinance has been exploring the future of the financial industry. Deutsche Bank host Jürgen Schmitt reflects on a journey which has taken him from Australia to Turkey, to Singapore and the US – and one which is far from over
The price of CO₂
Sustainable finance
The price of CO₂
Carbon pricing is essential to combat climate change as it incentivises companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. flow’s Desirée Buchholz looks at how regulatory initiatives in the EU could impact global investment flows – and the role voluntary carbon markets play in reaching net-zero commitments
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