Biography
Alenka has over 20 years of consulting and research experience in the banking industry with deep expertise in payments, transaction banking, and commercial banking.
Her research focus is on innovation in treasury management services, trade finance, working capital finance, and the implications for customer journeys across segments, including small business. As part of her research, she tracks the digitization of the financial supply chain and the rise of fintechs and new business and revenue models.
Ms. Grealish has advised top banks on their business and technology strategies. Her consulting work has included the development of a growth strategy for the treasury management business of a leading North American bank, examination of cross-border growth opportunities in treasury management for a top European bank, and the identification and evaluation of opportunities to enable small to medium-sized businesses to automate their payment processes.
Ms. Grealish has been widely quoted in the media including Bloomberg News, Financial Times, and the Associated Press. She has given presentations at numerous conferences including Bank Administration Institute events, the NACHA Payments Conference, and the Association of Financial Professionals events.
Prior to rejoining Celent, Ms. Grealish worked for The Boston Consulting Group, where she was the global segment manager for transaction banking and payments. She started her career as an associate economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Ms. Grealish earned her MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, graduating Beta Gamma Sigma. She received her BA from Northwestern University and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with superior honors in economics.
Latest insights
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7 October 2020
If you had 20 months to build a transaction banking offering and a team of 400 and were not resource constrained, what would you, could you do? … -
30 September 2020
At least $17 trillion is trapped in accounts payable worldwide. This big number represents a huge opportunity in working capital financing. Wher… -
17 August 2020
The repercussions of COVID-19 have catapulted working capital optimization to the top of the priority list at banks’ commercial customers. As pa… -
7 August 2020
Based on Apple’s occasional big splashes in payments, incremental is the answer but a telling incremental. Apple is playing a long game in payme…
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27 - 30 October 2019
The Venetian, Las Vegas, United StatesMoney20/20 US is 2019’s Payments and FinTech event. It’s where the Payments, Commerce and Financial Technology ecosystem unites to create and re… -
23 - 26 September 2019
ExCeL London, United KingdomJoin Patricia Hines, Gareth Lodge, and Alenka Grealish at Sibos, the annual conference, exhibition, and networking event organised by SWIFT for… -
26 February 2019
Webinar: 9:00 AM San Francisco | 12:00 PM New York | 5:00 PM LondonThe bar for customer engagement is constantly being elevated by a variety of players. How can banks stay in front of the customer and engage thr… -
22 - 25 October 2018
Sydney, AustraliaSibos brings financial leaders together to network, collaborate and find solutions to industry challenges. The theme for 2018 is “Enabling the d…
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