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Call for Papers - Developments in cash and liquidity management
A Special Issue of Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems:
Gerard Hartsink, Editor, Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems
Submission deadline: 14 August 2025
Introduction
Private and public organisations need to balance their incoming and outgoing payments and fund their positions on time in order to ensure they can meet their organisation’s obligations. With the emergence of 24x7 and real time payments, this cash and liquidity management function (cash balance management and fund management) in organisations is becoming an intraday challenge involving realtime cash flow management of – in some cases -- several different currencies. In larger organisations treasurers cooperate with business function managers to try and reduce, as much as possible, the cost and risks of these processes.
Call for Papers
This special issue of the Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems (JPSS) on Developments in cash and liquidity management plans to deliver thought-provoking contributions and in-depth advice for all market participants in the payments industry. The papers of this special issue are also intended to promote the exchange of ideas in the subject areas covered by JPSS.
Submissions covering any of the following topics for this special issue will be considered, but additional suggestions for papers are also welcomed.
Treasury developments and payments challenges for:
- Treasuries of (global) corporates that are mainly involved in B2B transactions with multiple incoming and outgoing currency flows
- Treasuries of (global) merchants of consumer goods and services
- Treasuries of public transport companies
- Treasuries of large banks or other financial institutions (insurance companies, pension funds)
- Treasuries of government agencies responsible for collecting taxes, distribution of welfare contributions, government procurement, government bond issuance, etc.
- Treasuries of Central Banks
Specific treasury topics that require support of the payments industry, including:
- Identification and authentication standards of payers (customers) and payees (suppliers) relevant for the treasury function (and adjacent corporate functions such as invoicing and procurement functions)
- Currency management of payment flows (for international supply chains or international capital market transactions)
- Payments legislation that impacts treasury functions
- Payment infrastructure development requirements to best support the 24x7 realtime cross-border and cross-currency developments in a sustainable way
Submission Guidelines:
The deadline for the submission of articles to this special issue is 14th August 2025.
The following types of papers will be considered for publication:
Practice articles: Thought leadership pieces, regulatory updates, briefings, and other contributions on developments in cash and liquidity management written by practitioners. Articles should be 2,000 to 5,000 words in length.
Research papers: Contributions which explore new models, theories and research on cash and liquidity management. The principal management implications of the submission should be included. Articles should be a maximum 6,000 words in length.
Author guidelines, sample articles and other relevant information about the journal can be found here.
Authors are advised to send in proposals for papers as soon as possible.
Questions and proposals for papers should be directed to the Editor, Gerard Hartsink, at gerard.hartsink@identifierstandards.org and Julie Kerry, the Publisher, at julie@hspublications.co.uk.
About the Journal
Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems publishes peer-reviewed articles and case studies analysing best practice, regulation, emerging issues and new thinking for the payments industry. It examines major issues facing the corporate, wholesale and retail payments industry from a business, risk and operational perspective. As a peer-reviewed professional publication, the Journal is read by senior payments executives based at banks, credit card issuers, regulators, other financial institutions, service providers, vendors, consultants and treasurers. Typically readers are departmental heads, VPs, SVPs, EVPs, Directors and Senior Managers in payments, product management, payments operations, transaction banking and cash management.