E-signatures boosting business productivity
by Bija Knowles
Software as a service (SaaS) is making the implementation of e-signatures faster to deploy, while the use of e-signatures is reducing errors, improving productivity and reducing staff hours
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Is tax compliance creating cash flow delays?
by Bija Knowles
Financial professionals often say they feel overwhelmed by their compliance workload – but companies are actually spending less time on tax compliance
WEBchat insights: Four steps in developing your payment strategy
by Jack Large
Dan Blumen and Jack Large discuss the key questions for corporates on payment systems and his methodology in developing a payment strategy
Cancerous late payment behaviour continues
by Jack Large
Staff at Kantar, WPP, have been encouraged to wait until next year to pay outstanding invoices. Do you prefer exploiting SMEs too?
How are European corporates reporting on climate change?
by Bija Knowles
The CDP's 2017 Climate Change Report looks at how Europe's biggest companies are disclosing relevant climate change data – but 26% are still not setting emissions reduction targets
Optimizing the Cash Forecasting process series: 2 – Understand your cash flow drivers
by Nicolas Christiaen , CEO & Founder, Cashforce
Demonstration of how the Cashforce system carries out the second step in Effective cash flow forecasting: “Understand your cashflow drivers”
53% of companies would change a third-party relationship if risk was too high
by Bija Knowles
High-profile cyberattacks and new cybersecurity-related regulations are changing the way companies are viewing not only their own cybersecurity risks, but also those of third parties
18% of multinationals ‘highly confident’ of GDPR compliance
by Bija Knowles
Just 18 per cent of companies are ‘highly confident’ they will be able to comply fully with GDPR by the May 2018 deadline and many organisations may be at risk of non-compliance
Five key steps to optimise your working capital
by Jack Large
GrantThornton WCM study shows only 3% of companies improved their cash-to-cash cycle in 2017 and that £8.8bn net can be released from UK companies balance sheets
UK Finance sets out ambitious FTA framework for financial services post Brexit
by Bija Knowles
Even on WTO rules, the EU and UK banking and capital markets could remain accessible to customers across Europe after the UK leaves the European Union
How ISO 20022 is unifying fintech
by Bija Knowles
A discussion paper by SWIFT looks at how the financial messaging standard ISO 20022 is unifying the use of financial technology globally
“Automatically updates as changes occur across the globe” = peace of mind?
by Jack Large
Digital tools are delivering for corporate treasury as latest from Thomson Reuters, and BofA Merrill show
Actions for next week: Four steps to develop an effective payments strategy
by Dan Blumen , Founding Partner, Treasury Alliance Group
A cogent, coordinated analysis to review your current strategy and processes to identify ways to improve them
Treasures must face the challenges of AI, robotics and blockchain
by Bija Knowles
Only 11 per cent of finance and treasury professionals think their companies are prepared for the changes that artificial intelligence, blockchain and robotics will bring
Urgent payments in USA - now there are SEVEN options
by Jack Large
RealTimePayments has just launched, but are you using the other six options?
Data security and privacy is major reporting challenge, say CFOs
by Bija Knowles
Security and privacy of data are two of the main reporting challenges for CFOs according to a report by EY
“Large-scale quantum computing could render current cybersecurity systems futile”
by Jack Large
Quantum computing is requiring an overhaul of our cryptographic tools, claims ISARA, nevertheless discipline to avoid self-inflicted fraud still needed
Same Day ACH payments up 140% in US
by Bija Knowles
The volume of Same Day ACH payments more than doubled over the past two months to 10 million in October 2017, compared to a transaction volume of 4.1 million in August
EBA CLEARING’s RT1 system for SCT Inst processing goes live in ONE WEEK
by Jack Large
IBERPAY and EBA CLEARING announced today that the Spanish retail payment system is ready to provide Europe-wide instant payment connectivity to Spanish banks
Corporates uneasy as insolvencies increase
by Bija Knowles
A growing number of UK companies are considering performance improvement and turnaround strategies, as the number of firms facing insolvency edges up, according to analysis by KPMG
How confident is your bank on preventing fraud?
by Bija Knowles
The 2017 Faces of Fraud Survey, conducted by iSMG in collaboration with Vasco, suggests that the majority of banks (87 per cent) don't identify fraud in real time
Big data and the corporate treasurer
by Bija Knowles
How can big data be meaningful for corporate treasury? This is one of the questions addressed in Journeys to Treasury, the 2017 report from BNP Paribas. PwC, the EACT and SAP
Optimising the cash forecasting process: 1 - Understand your working capital drivers
by Nicolas Christiaen , CEO & Founder, Cashforce
Demonstration of how the Cashforce system carries out the first step in Effective cash flow forecasting: “Understand your working capital drivers”
E-commerce to rise to $708 billion in US sales by 2021
by Bija Knowles
US consumers are rapidly adopting mobile and online methods of buying goods and services, with 60 per cent of those aged 18-44 making a mobile purchase in the past 90 days