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Trade uncertainty pulls treasury deeper into supply chain decisions
Competitive advantage for corporates is becoming led by capability rather than location.
Fragmented data threatens treasury’s agentic AI ambitions - Weekly roundup: 8 September
Overseas payments from US midsize firms withstand tariffs; Canadian exporters diversify; Siemens tests Swift ledger for cross-bank treasury payment.
Cash management becomes the test of finance transformation
Finance leaders are being asked to modernise at speed while tightening their grip on cash.
Swift delays ISO 20022 structured address deadline - Weekly roundup: 1 September
Embedded FX set to double despite automation barriers; Australian firms accelerate real-time payments planning.
Insights/Tips
Fewer Regulations: Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting Reduced by FinCEN
FinCEN has eliminated BOI reporting for U.S. companies and individuals, significantly narrowing requirements to certain foreign entities.
Fake Receipts Taken over by Generative AI
AI-generated fake receipts surged from 0% to 70.8% in 14 months, driving low-value expense fraud and increasing demand for AI fraud detection.
Payment Readiness: Three Dates to Know for Every Company
Companies must meet new ACH compliance rules and ISO 20022 structured payment data requirements affecting global payment processing.
Working Capital Foundations: Measurement of Efficiency
The Cash Conversion Cycle measures working capital efficiency by tracking how quickly cash moves through operations.
Working Capital Foundations: Measure of Capital Use in the CCC
The treasury definition of working capital measures cash tied up in the cash conversion cycle, targeting optimization rather than extremes.
Working Capital Foundations: Measure of Solvency
Working capital, calculated as current assets minus current liabilities, is a high-level measure to evaluate a company.
How to craft compelling treasury and payments content in the age of AI
Treasury and payments experts and content creators can use these tips to create engaging AI-era content that informs, adds value, and stands out.
Rethinking payments fraud: Why it’s a coordination problem, not a control failure
Payments fraud persists not because controls are lacking, but because coordination falls short. Without aligned response, even robust controls fail.
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6 Advantages to Outsourcing Customer Service During a Core Conversion
Outsourcing customer service during a core conversion, allows bank management to increase its focus on key business functions.
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Examining The Treasury Recruitment Company’s Global Treasury Salary Survey Webinar
In this webinar, we will discuss the highlights of the most recent Global Treasury Salary Survey results.
Direct forecasting and indirect forecasting: what’s the difference?
Cash flow forecasting is a way to learn where a company stands in terms of its financial position, there are two categories of cash flow forecasting.
ChatGPT for treasury: the good, the bad, and the scary.
ChatGPT, the experimental chatbot dominating the headlines, has some interesting—and, in some cases, dangerous—implications for treasury management.
Tradeweb Completes Acquisition of ICD
The $785M deal adds corporate treasury clients, expanding Tradeweb’s reach and market opportunities.
Survey says: Treasurers want more accurate cash forecasting
Industry wants faster forecasting and real-time global cash positioning, a growing appetite for emerging AI/ML tech, and plans for heavy spending
What cash flow forecasting is really all about
Nicholas Christian, Cashforce’s Founder and CEO, and Jack Large discuss the essence of cash flow forecasting
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Trade uncertainty pulls treasury deeper into supply chain decisions
Competitive advantage for corporates is becoming led by capability rather than location.
Cash management becomes the test of finance transformation
Finance leaders are being asked to modernise at speed while tightening their grip on cash.
Global growth proves resilient as inflation signals diverge
New economic data shows a more resilient picture of global growth than the geopolitical backdrop might suggest.
Europe’s payment mix widens as mobile acceptance surges
Companies across the euro area are adding payment methods faster than they are removing them, leaving finance teams to manage a broader mix at POS.
European CFOs turn defensive as uncertainty deepens
European CFO confidence has deteriorated sharply as geopolitical risk, energy costs, and margin pressures take hold.
Idle cash exposes the current limits of real-time treasury
Treasury teams want immediate liquidity availability but systems, investment structures and banking relationships can hamper this.
July’s economic data puts forecasts back under pressure
The global economy regained some momentum at the start of the third quarter, while giving treasurers more moving parts to build into their forecasts.
Swift tackles hidden delays in cross-border payments
A new research paper has put numbers on one of the industry’s most persistent problems.