The advice of both organisations is regularly sought by the EU Commission and the European Central Bank. The agreement acknowledges the complementary nature of each organisation's role and both organisations agree to consult and challenge their respective points of view and coordinate positions, whenever possible.
CAST includes projects to encourage greater standardisation and process automation in bank-to-corporate and corporate-to-corporate communications across the whole financial supply chain. CAST is looking specifically at business models, best practices and standardization in the area of remittance information (and e-reconciliation), digital identity and e-invoicing. The objective is to define end-user requirements in these areas, compare them with any existing standards to detect shortcomings and identify 'best of breed' solutions whenever a single solution is not practical or feasible. In addition, CAST addresses the specific issue of interoperability between EBPP operators and Certification Authorities in Europe.
TWIST is focused on the innovation and standardisation of the processes to deliver the requirements of corporates. Tom Buschman, Chairman of TWIST, commented: "Individual members of the EACT and the national treasury associations have provided a significant contribution to the development of TWIST standards for supply chain and treasury automation. We are very pleased with formalising the relationship with the EACT, acknowledging the importance of the EACT in representing the view of corporate treasurers in Europe. Within the context of SEPA, this collaboration allows the two organisations to accelerate their aligned efforts in supporting a corporate-driven implementation of SEPA in the coming years."
Pierre Poncet, the EACT Chairman commented on this important development: "The EACT is happy to sign this MoU with TWIST to establish increased cooperation for CAST and SEPA. We believe the agreements will give the market a strong message of unity and reinforce the EACT approach. The EACT is keen to ensure that, through this MoU, activities in areas to be standardised will be increasingly driven by the requirements of corporates. The CAST projects, which will provide strong support for SEPA implementation in European corporates, will offer the opportunity to compare business models, user requirements, data and message formats of existing standards, share information and exchange points of views on all major issues."
For further information visit the following website :
www.twiststandards.org
NOTES TO EDITORS
About the EACT
The EACT (European Associations of Corporate Treasurers) represents 8,000 treasurers and financial professionals in over 4,500 corporates based in 16 EU countries. The EACT's purpose is:
to develop and strengthen relations with European authorities and institutions;
to share experiences, express common points of views, undertake joint actions on financial and treasury matters as well as developing relationships with financial partners
to carry out and publish educational surveys and working papers
About TWIST
TWIST Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team (TWIST Process Innovations Limited) is a cross discipline, not-for profit organisation, whose primary aim is to develop user-driven, non-proprietary standards to connect the financial supply chain to the physical supply chain, to release the enormous value currently locked up in paper-based processes and disjointed automation.
Source : http://www.eact-group.com
CAST includes projects to encourage greater standardisation and process automation in bank-to-corporate and corporate-to-corporate communications across the whole financial supply chain. CAST is looking specifically at business models, best practices and standardization in the area of remittance information (and e-reconciliation), digital identity and e-invoicing. The objective is to define end-user requirements in these areas, compare them with any existing standards to detect shortcomings and identify 'best of breed' solutions whenever a single solution is not practical or feasible. In addition, CAST addresses the specific issue of interoperability between EBPP operators and Certification Authorities in Europe.
TWIST is focused on the innovation and standardisation of the processes to deliver the requirements of corporates. Tom Buschman, Chairman of TWIST, commented: "Individual members of the EACT and the national treasury associations have provided a significant contribution to the development of TWIST standards for supply chain and treasury automation. We are very pleased with formalising the relationship with the EACT, acknowledging the importance of the EACT in representing the view of corporate treasurers in Europe. Within the context of SEPA, this collaboration allows the two organisations to accelerate their aligned efforts in supporting a corporate-driven implementation of SEPA in the coming years."
Pierre Poncet, the EACT Chairman commented on this important development: "The EACT is happy to sign this MoU with TWIST to establish increased cooperation for CAST and SEPA. We believe the agreements will give the market a strong message of unity and reinforce the EACT approach. The EACT is keen to ensure that, through this MoU, activities in areas to be standardised will be increasingly driven by the requirements of corporates. The CAST projects, which will provide strong support for SEPA implementation in European corporates, will offer the opportunity to compare business models, user requirements, data and message formats of existing standards, share information and exchange points of views on all major issues."
For further information visit the following website :
www.twiststandards.org
NOTES TO EDITORS
About the EACT
The EACT (European Associations of Corporate Treasurers) represents 8,000 treasurers and financial professionals in over 4,500 corporates based in 16 EU countries. The EACT's purpose is:
to develop and strengthen relations with European authorities and institutions;
to share experiences, express common points of views, undertake joint actions on financial and treasury matters as well as developing relationships with financial partners
to carry out and publish educational surveys and working papers
About TWIST
TWIST Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team (TWIST Process Innovations Limited) is a cross discipline, not-for profit organisation, whose primary aim is to develop user-driven, non-proprietary standards to connect the financial supply chain to the physical supply chain, to release the enormous value currently locked up in paper-based processes and disjointed automation.
Source : http://www.eact-group.com