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APRIL 1, 2016

Corporations have been chastised in recent years as floods of new data reveal the ongoing prevalence of paper checks in B2B payments. But if the financial services sector is going to actually service its corporate clients, then it must acknowledge that checks will remain in the mix — at least for the foreseeable future. “It

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Some B2B payments players have predicted that, on the accounts payable side of the transaction, higher interest rates will lead companies to extend their payment terms and to seek out AP technologies that offer integrated supplier financing solutions to help with that cash flow crunch on the supplier side.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

As enterprise digitization initiatives permeate beyond IT departments and into corporate finance functions, executives are exploring new approaches to modernizing the ways they manage money. With its close ties to payments and cash management, the AR function can drive revenue growth and cost savings.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

When it comes to payroll, it may not seem that a steady, consistently timed outflow of cash to employees plays a prominent role in overall cash flow strategy. But the payroll landscape is evolving rapidly, with potentially significant implications for corporate finances.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Financial services firm ION is introducing the industry’s first treasury management solution for cash forecasting, powered by machine learning, the company announced on Thursday (Feb. “By using historical data, the solution has the potential to create cash forecasts more quickly.

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MARCH 6, 2019

Yet, corporate finance especially is “operating, more or less, the same [way] it has for 20 years prior. Within that ambition, he said, “the only way to create real-time cash management or trading is to allow all parties to see the same pool of validated data.”.

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MARCH 14, 2019

“There is clearly a lot that corporate treasurers are worrying about and focusing on.” ” Corporate cash managers may not be able to control many of those challenges, like ongoing geopolitical instability resulting in trade tensions and financial market volatility, or the rising threat of cyberattacks.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Corporates may not be adopting faster and real-time payments technologies as fast as consumers, but that doesn’t mean the acceleration of payments isn’t impacting corporate finance.

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APRIL 3, 2019

Large corporates across Asia are driving digital transformation of banking and treasury management in the region, according to new analysis from Greenwich Associates. Greenwich Associates managing director and report co-author, in another statement.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

As the corporate treasurer takes on a more strategic role in the enterprise, treasury and cash management technologies can often be stuck in the past, failing to keep up with financial execs’ needs. financial services space, data security will also come into focus for corporate finance executives even more than today.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Corporate finance executives seem to be readying for real-time payments, preparing to adopt faster payment capabilities and bracing for changes to their cash flow management strategies as a result.

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AUGUST 3, 2017

” The bank posted a 5 percent increase in its loan book, reports said, mostly driven by corporate finance, trade finance and mortgages. Revenues climbed 3 percent to $7.2 billion, though operating expenses also increased by 7 percent to $4.9

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

12) said Solomon spoke at a Florida conference hosted by Credit Suisse, and delved into Goldman’s plans to expand its corporate services, including cash management, and diversify its customer base. Reports in Reuters Tuesday (Feb. Part of that effort means expanding in the middle-market community.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The stakes are high for businesses of all sizes, and the latest data on corporates in America makes that abundantly clear. Small businesses are anxious, and there is evidence that large corporates’ cash management and investment strategies are also being shaped by political uncertainty.

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JUNE 1, 2016

corporations, and with new management, comes demand for younger (read: cheaper) talent. That’s according to Jerry Mills, professional CFO and founder of B2B CFO. Automated accounting and cash management technologies are a force to be reckoned with among today’s financial professionals, he said.

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MAY 22, 2017

Wells said Friday (May 19) that it is adding features to Receivables Manager, an accounts receivable service for its corporate treasury clients. The tools aim to reduce paper in corporate finance operations, Wells explained, and nix manual remittance and data entry.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

The rivalry between banks and FinTechs seems to be morphing into a B2B ecosystem of collaboration , but the latest joint initiative between KeyBank and Billtrust goes a step further: In addition to launching a partnership, KeyBank has also revealed news that it made a strategic investment in the accounts receivable FinTech.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

“Corporate control processes are now geared to this, and so, each needs to reconcile if and what this means,” explained Association of Corporate Treasurers Associate Policy and Technical Director Stephen Baseby. The banking climate in Europe is causing problems in other ways, too.

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

Over the next four or five years, we expect the experience of corporate payment users to differ in three key ways compared with today,” Nordea’s Head of Cash Management Customer Solutions Claus Richter said in a statement at the time. First, payments will be faster and often real-time.

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JUNE 6, 2016

New data on the struggles facing small business borrowers — from frustration surrounding the rejection of a bank loan to unexpected, sky-high APRs linked to alternative financing — means banks have a long way to go to fill in the gaps for entrepreneurs when it comes to their cash management, payments and expansion needs.

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MAY 16, 2018

Along with MUFG Bank, Krungsri and Standard Chartered, Mitsubishi is exploring blockchain with a number of applications in corporate finance, including cash management and payments visibility.

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MAY 22, 2018

According to reports in Global Finance , an estimated 1,100 corporate treasurers from across the U.K. Among the speakers was Graham Taylor, Vodafone’s assistant treasurer, who emphasized the potential for PSD2 regulations to have a profound impact on corporate cash management and payments.

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APRIL 18, 2018

Treasury management system provider GTreasury announced it reached a deal to acquire risk management and compliance software company Visual Risk , reports in Mondo Visione said Tuesday (April 17). The companies will combine their risk analytics and hedge accounting software as well, they said. “We

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JUNE 13, 2016

Misconduct involving corporate finances, however, almost always resulted in termination. Researchers examined instances of questionable — not illegal — behavior from CEOs based on news media reports between 2000 and 2015. HBR reported that these actions tend to result in inconsistent punishment on the CEO.

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JULY 13, 2016

Researchers found that 90 percent of treasurers and corporate finance professionals cite their relationship with the bank as the top factor behind their decision to choose where to invest corporate funds. The findings were detailed in the latest 2016 AFP Liquidity Survey , underwritten by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA).

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JUNE 29, 2016

company executives to travel to and from Cuba, taking their corporate finances with them. It’s also a move that could have significant impacts on the ability for corporate travelers to operate in Cuba (and stay in hotels there), in more ways than one. . . brand, Four Points by Sheraton, since 1959. ” .

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JULY 25, 2018

Banks using Oracle’s solution can use a virtual account identifier to manage different rules for each of its corporate clients, including unique payment routing rules based on what business customers need.

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JUNE 21, 2016

It may not appear to be the most groundbreaking development, considering the corporate finance space is now blooming with blockchain-based solutions and sophisticated data analytics technologies. Anybill recently announced that data from its accounts payable services integrates into the accounting platform of QuickBooks.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In this week’s Data Digest, we take a trip around the world to uncover the evolving habits of business payments and cash management.

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JULY 23, 2018

Hackett analysts found that top performers are widening the gap between typical firms when it comes to cash management: Those top performers are now three-times faster than the average corporate at converting working capital into cash. Meanwhile, days sales outstanding (DSO) increased by 4.4 percent, reaching 39.5

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JUNE 21, 2016

.” Already, the Chamber of Commerce found, businesses are looking anywhere and everywhere to access finance.

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