A partnership delivering innovation, efficiency, and trust in AI-enabled treasury

When Hemant Godhwani joined Mews as Head of Corporate Finance and Treasury, he saw an opportunity to transform how the company managed its cash infrastructure. Mews is no ordinary business. With over 1,300 employees, operations in 85 countries, more than 12,500 customers, and unicorn status fueled by annual growth exceeding 50%, the company powers some of the world’s most dynamic hospitality brands. This scale and pace create unique challenges—managing global cash flows, navigating complex foreign exchange, and delivering strategic insight across borders—all while staying nimble and responsible.

Like many fast-growing, multinational organizations, Hemant and his team faced a familiar challenge: too much time spent on repetitive, manual tasks, and not enough on strategic decision-making.

Seeking a solution, Mews joined Kyriba’s TAI (Trusted Agentic AI) co-innovation program. “When Kyriba offered us to participate in the co-innovation scheme, it was a great opportunity to see how we can integrate AI into the treasury workflows,” Hemant recalls. The program brought together innovative organizations to directly influence the development and introduction of TAI, ensuring the real challenges of daily treasury operations are being addressed.

The collaboration has already helped Mews and Kyriba identify and prioritize the automation of time-consuming tasks like cash reconciliation and currency risk management, capabilities the team is eager to realize as the solution matures.

As Mews explores the possibilities of AI, trust and data security remain top priorities. “The reason why we chose Kyriba was because Kyriba keeps our data secure within its app environment. That is super, super valuable and important for us,” Hemant emphasizes. Unlike many competitors that rely on external or third-party AI platforms, TAI is natively embedded within its secure ecosystem. This means sensitive financial data never leaves the protected Kyriba environment, dramatically reducing risk and ensuring compliance with the strictest privacy standards. For Mews, Kyriba’s unwavering commitment to data privacy is a critical enabler, giving them the confidence to participate and plan for future AI-driven solutions across their treasury function.

The partnership is also fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration. “Everybody should be spending time on AI. Everybody should be thinking about how they can use AI to do away with the most manual, repetitive tasks and become more productive at a department level and company as a whole,” says Hemant.

Looking ahead, Mews is excited about the future of AI in treasury. “I would really like the AI agents to become smarter and assist us with decision making on some of these strategic topics,” Hemant says.

By investing in AI and working alongside Kyriba, Mews is helping shape the next generation of treasury management. While adoption is planned for the near future, the foundation is being laid today for smarter, more strategic treasury operations in the years to come.