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But the executive insights in the pages that follow offer a bit of roadmap for cashmanagers to see more restful nights. Connecting those supply chains across borders also means executives must think about payments in a different way, especially when managing transactions across time zones and currencies.
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” Corporate cashmanagers 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. . “We live in times of great uncertainty and great change,” said Kohli. ”
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Real-time payment capabilities enable businesses to take advantage of faster currency conversions and real-time FX rate management. Citing data from Euromoney , Deutsche Bank noted that about two-thirds of executives report being interested in adopting automated, 24/7 currency conversions based on real-time FX rates.
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PE Hub noted that among GPS Capital Markets’ direct competitors is Cambridge Global Payments, another foreign exchange management and cross-border B2B payments company that was acquired by FLEETCOR in 2017 for about $690 million. “We Recent analysis from Kyriba revealed that U.S. corporates lost a combined $23.39
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But market conditions have also made it more difficult than ever to understand how much money a firm has, where it is, who it’s going to and what form of currency it’s in. This week’s B2B Data Digest focuses on the flux and flow of managingcash. 3 billion has been at risk to cyberthieves from U.S.
With barriers to globalization coming down and new opportunities for growth discovered, corporate treasurers and CFOs are stepping into unfamiliar territory with their cashmanagement operations. ” Challenge Turned Opportunity.
The complexities of corporate cashmanagement — particularly across borders and currencies — means that a broad range of treasury and CFO functions are getting the high-tech, outsourced treatment. For enterprises, the lure is there to streamline B2B payments, or offer preferred payments in a given market (to name one example).
In corporate accounting, accounts payable and B2B payments, traditional FIs are slowing down innovation that could one day bring these areas up to speed with corporate payments, the executive explained. Beanworks wasn’t the only B2B payments and FinTech company this week to land fresh funding. Workforce Management.
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Joining in that disruption, Onymy Infocomm recently announced news that it has just launched PayBee , a platform that supports B2B payments for both buyers and suppliers, as well as invoice management and transparency into transactions that, according to the firm, can support enhanced cashmanagement for SMEs.
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