Future of Treasury
A strategic planning framework for Corporate Treasury to remain pragmatic as well as forward-looking, to capture key drivers of innovation and growth in the years to come

Future of Treasury
A strategic planning framework for Corporate Treasury to remain pragmatic as well as forward-looking, to capture key drivers of innovation and growth in the years to come

Treasury Transformation Journey
In recent years, the treasury management landscape has experienced significant innovation and disruption. The initial wave of automation tools has driven digital transformation and enhanced strategic capabilities. However, the upcoming wave of intelligent technologies, along with changes in the risk landscape and market infrastructure, holds the potential for exponential transformation. These developments, both organic and evolutionary, are poised to fundamentally reshape the operation and management of treasuries in the future. This report explores the most significant shifts in treasury management, with a focus on technology, risk intelligence, payment modernization, and in-house banking.
Key Focus Areas

Technology Transformation
Strengthen the platform layer, invest more in data lakes, and re-imagine core treasury functions with data tools, low code applications, and AI agents at work.

Risk
Intelligence
Proactively identify threats, detect weak controls, and suggest the next plan of action by leveraging data and embedded solutions.

Payment
Modernization
Modernize the payment infrastructure to support treasury and business payment needs, prioritizing not only speed and cost optimization but also an enhanced user experience.

In-House
Banking
Implement solutions that deliver a higher degree of automation, visibility, and control over global liquidity and payments.
Key Focus Areas

Technology Transformation
Strengthen the platform layer, invest more in data lakes, and re-imagine core treasury functions with data tools, low code applications, and AI agents at work.

Risk
Intelligence
Proactively identify threats, detect weak controls, and suggest the next plan of action by leveraging data and embedded solutions.

Payment
Modernization
Modernize the payment infrastructure to support treasury and business payment needs, prioritizing not only speed and cost optimization but also an enhanced user experience.

In-House
Banking
Implement solutions that deliver a higher degree of automation, visibility, and control over global liquidity and payments.
Technology Transformation
Rise of Agents
AI is evolving toward autonomy through five key stages (BPM, RPA, Low code applications, AI and Agentic AI), each enhancing efficiency and decision-making.
By 2028, 33% of enterprise software application expected to include agentic AI 1.
With future platforms moving to agentic AI architecture, treasuries can expect to see higher automation levels to perform daily operations and transitioning to hands-free execution.
Journey to Data Lake
With 73% of enterprise data remaining untapped for analytics, the adoption of data lakes is set to accelerate, with increased involvement from treasury teams2.
Cloud ERP and TMS rollout
70% of enterprises will use industry cloud platforms by 2027 to accelerate their business initiatives3.
Upskill Treasury team
Only 2% of treasury teams ready for AI; urgent upskilling needed to harness future technologies4.
Note: 1 Gartner – Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2025; 2 Roadblocks to AI Implementation in Treasury and Finance - AFP survey 2023; 3Gartner Article -What Are Industry Cloud Platforms?; 4 NetSuite Report – 60 Critical ERP Statistics

Technology Transformation
Rise of Agents
AI is evolving toward autonomy through five key stages (BPM, RPA, Low code applications, AI and Agentic AI), each enhancing efficiency and decision-making.
By 2028, 33% of enterprise software application expected to include agentic AI1.
With future platforms moving to agentic AI architecture, treasuries can expect to see higher automation levels to perform daily operations and transitioning to hands-free execution.
Journey to Data Lake
With 73% of enterprise data remaining untapped for analytics, the adoption of data lakes is set to accelerate, with increased involvement from treasury teams2.
Cloud ERP and TMS rollout
70% of enterprises will use industry cloud platforms by 2027 to accelerate their business initiatives3.
Upskill Treasury team
Only 2% of treasury teams ready for AI; urgent upskilling needed to harness future technologies4.
Note: 1 Gartner – Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2025; 2 Roadblocks to AI Implementation in Treasury and Finance - AFP survey 2023;
3Gartner Article -What Are Industry Cloud Platforms?; 4 NetSuite Report – 60 Critical ERP Statistics

Risk Intelligence
Visibility, Control and Planning
~$35T lost due to disruptions since 2001 underscores urgent need for proactive risk management5.
Geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions, and cybersecurity threats are the top three factors contributing to uncertainty for treasuries.
With 60% disruptions allowing under a week to respond; Operational agility and robust BCP plan becomes crucial to global treasury strategy5.
Companies with a distributed operating model, real-time visibility and control over global cash demonstrated ability to recover faster during times of crisis.
Blueprint for treasury resiliency
Amidst escalating threat vectors such as geopolitical uncertainty, cybersecurity, and market risks, treasuries are likely to experience a paradigm shift in the sophistication and investment levels necessary to construct and sustain an effective risk management infrastructure.
This entails prioritizing comprehensive resiliency planning, implementing cutting-edge risk monitoring systems, and defining a clear recovery and execution strategy.
Note: 5J.P. Morgan Payment Advisory Research & Analytics

Risk Intelligence
Visibility, Control and Planning
~$35T lost due to disruptions since 2001 underscores urgent need for proactive risk management5.
Geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions, and cybersecurity threats are the top three factors contributing to uncertainty for treasuries.
With 60% disruptions allowing under a week to respond; Operational agility and robust BCP plan becomes crucial to global treasury strategy5.
Companies with a distributed operating model, real-time visibility and control over global cash demonstrated ability to recover faster during times of crisis.
Blueprint for treasury resiliency
Amidst escalating threat vectors such as geopolitical uncertainty, cybersecurity, and market risks, treasuries are likely to experience a paradigm shift in the sophistication and investment levels necessary to construct and sustain an effective risk management infrastructure.
This entails prioritizing comprehensive resiliency planning, implementing cutting-edge risk monitoring systems, and defining a clear recovery and execution strategy.
Note: 5J.P. Morgan Payment Advisory Research & Analytics

Payments Modernization
Payment Landscape
Complex payment ecosystem with ~300+ methods to pay across multiple regions require payment strategy adaptation6.
Growth of D2C strategies, ecommerce and marketplace platforms, fueling the demand for seamless omnichannel experience.
Evolution beyond traditional payment rails
Digital payments (include account-to-account (A2A), BNPL, cryptocurrencies and digital wallets) with higher RTP adoption & wallets may account for $8.6T (~79% of online spend by 2030)7.
Eye on Regulation
With numerous financial regulations on the horizon, treasuries require proactive planning and impact assessment to be compliant and drive strategic financial resilience, thereby future-proofing their operations.
The downstream implications of these regulatory changes may necessitate treasuries to carry out policy refinements, system updates, and process-level changes.
Note: 6The Global Payments Report 2025 - Worldpay Report ; 7 PayU – Global Payments Article

Payments Modernization
Payment Landscape
Complex payment ecosystem with ~300+ methods to pay across multiple regions require payment strategy adaptation6.
Growth of D2C strategies, ecommerce and marketplace platforms, fueling the demand for seamless omnichannel experience.
Evolution beyond traditional payment rails
Digital payments (include account-to-account (A2A), BNPL, cryptocurrencies and digital wallets) with higher RTP adoption & wallets may account for $8.6T (~79% of online spend by 2030)7.
Eye on Regulation
With numerous financial regulations on the horizon, treasuries require proactive planning and impact assessment to be compliant and drive strategic financial resilience, thereby future-proofing their operations.
The downstream implications of these regulatory changes may necessitate treasuries to carry out policy refinements, system updates, and process-level changes.
Note: 6The Global Payments Report 2025 - Worldpay Report ; 7 PayU – Global Payments Article

In-House Banking
Evolving treasury operating models
Companies increasingly moving to In-House Bank (IHB) structures to achieve global liquidity consolidation and treasury modernization.
Modern treasuries focusing on Payment centralization, with
~18% companies moving to On-behalf of payment structures8
~25% of clients leverage notional pooling8
In-House bank journey
In-house bank technology infrastructure to take center stage in driving TMS selection and treasury operating model.
Native integration of banking solutions into TMS and ERPs will further drive treasury efficiencies.
Note: 8J.P. Morgan Payment Advisory Research & Analytics

In-House Banking
Evolving treasury operating models
Companies increasingly moving to In-House Bank (IHB) structures to achieve global liquidity consolidation and treasury modernization.
Modern treasuries focusing on Payment centralization, with
~18% companies moving to On-behalf of payment structures8
~25% of clients leverage notional pooling8
In-House bank journey
In-house bank technology infrastructure to take center stage in driving TMS selection and treasury operating model.
Native integration of banking solutions into TMS and ERPs will further drive treasury efficiencies.
Note: 8J.P. Morgan Payment Advisory Research & Analytics

Essential Takeaways

Technology Transformation
- Prioritize data lake initiatives
- Invest in Agentic AI capabilities
- Engage early on ERP cloud migration
- Upskill treasury team

Risk
Intelligence
- Modernize risk intelligence
- Leverage distributed operations and advanced automation
- Enhance resiliency frameworks

Payment
Modernization
- -Leverage emerging digital channels
- Adopt new payment technologies
- Monitor regulations
- Rationalize providers to reduce complexity

In-House
Banking
- Simplify processes
- Optimize liquidity management
- Establish in-house bank
- Implement sophisticated banking solutions
- Collaborate with tax, accounting, and technology teams
Essential Takeaways

Technology Transformation
- Prioritize data lake initiatives
- Invest in Agentic AI capabilities
- Engage early on ERP cloud migration
- Upskill treasury team

Risk
Intelligence
- Modernize risk intelligence
- Leverage distributed operations and advanced automation
- Enhance resiliency frameworks

Payment
Modernization
- -Leverage emerging digital channels
- Adopt new payment technologies
- Monitor regulations
- Rationalize providers to reduce complexity

In-House
Banking
- Simplify processes
- Optimize liquidity management
- Establish in-house bank
- Implement sophisticated banking solutions
- Collaborate with tax, accounting, and technology teams
