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Payments - Receipts

Poor integration = poor solution

by Jack Large

FIS and Tieto show how vital integration is as payment factories are being merged with cash and liquidity management solutions

Operations

Is tax an opportunity to drive growth?

by Bija Knowles

Four-fifths of mid-sized businesses see tax as 'an opportunity to drive growth' according to KPMG, while more than half said that growth and investment was the main motivator in tax affairs

Fraud Prevention

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

Operations

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

Payments - Disbursements

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?

Environment, Social, Governance

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

Working Capital Management

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

Connectivity

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

Cash & Liquidity Management

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