Cash netting in international Treasury

Why is netting important? Permjit Singh Treasury Consultant finds out

The previous post said it is hard enough for a business to making money, without wasting it on unnecessary bank charges so any process that can reduce a company's bank charges is welcome by a corporate treasurer.  Payment netting is one such process.
 
In essence, money paid out of bank accounts held at a company's subsidiaries can be netted off so the number of payments is smaller, or there might be no payment to make on a net basis. 

Netting enables a company to reduce its number of payments and so reduce its bank payment charges, which saves money and so increases cashflow and profits.

With a multinational company making tens of thousands of transfers to and from its dozens of subsidiaries across the globe, the savings for a Treasurer from netting those domestic and international cash transfers can run to the £millions per annum. 

There will also be a substantial saving of time from the reduced number of payments.  Of course, care needs to be taken to comply with tax, accounting, and local rules governing netting of cross-border payments, and transactions should be conducted on commercial terms between subsidiaries.

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