CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

stock indexes gained after a volatile trading session that was marked by a selloff in technology stocks and increasing hawkishness from global central banks. The Bank of England on Thursday raised its key interest rate for a second consecutive meeting , while the European Central Bank President. Futures for major U.S.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

labor market boosted investors’ expectations that central banks will begin steadily raising interest rates to fight inflation. The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, which helps set borrowing costs on everything from mortgages to corporate loans, settled at 1.930%, its highest close since December 2019. Christine Lagarde.

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CFO News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The decision left the target range for the benchmark federal funds rate unchanged at 5.25% to 5.5%, the highest since 2001, as part of a strategy to slow the pace of rate increases as the central bank nears the end of its tightening campaign.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

We have deep dives into treasury application programming interfaces (APIs) and buy now, pay later (BNPL), as well as a report on Robinhood ’s trading app outage that occurred earlier this week. HSBC on the Next Phase of Treasury APIs (B2B API Tracker). Trackers and Reports. In a feature story, Diane S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The head of the country’s only licensed and publicly traded cryptocurrency broker says tighter regulation and exponentially higher yields are causing corporate treasury and cash management accounts to seriously consider this alternative asset class. With the treasury market for S&P 500 companies valued at $2.3 The Pandemic Pop.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Global markets have been volatile in recent weeks as the Federal Reserve has prepared to raise interest rates for the first since 2018, and other major Western central banks have also become more hawkish. In the bond market, the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield declined to 1.903%, according to Tradeweb.

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Strategic Treasurer

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Principles and Options for Bank Fee Management. Managing bank fees through active monitoring of your analysis statements is typically on the to-do list, but it rarely gets checked off as complete. The post Webinar: Principles and Options for Bank Fee Management | November 17 appeared first on Strategic Treasurer.

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Strategic Treasurer

JUNE 6, 2022

Principles and Options for Bank Fee Management. Managing bank fees through active monitoring of your analysis statements is typically on the to-do list, but it rarely gets checked off as complete. The post Webinar: Principles and Options for Bank Fee Management | July 13 appeared first on Strategic Treasurer. Register Now. ?Managing

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Strategic Treasurer

MARCH 16, 2022

Principles and Options for Bank Fee Management. Managing bank fees through active monitoring of your analysis statements is typically on the to-do list, but it rarely gets checked off as complete. The post Webinar: Principles and Options for Bank Fee Management | April 5 appeared first on Strategic Treasurer. Register Now. ?Managing

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Strategic Treasurer

JANUARY 28, 2022

Principles and Options for Bank Fee Management. Managing bank fees through active monitoring of your analysis statements is typically on the to-do list, but it rarely gets checked off as complete. The post Webinar: Principles and Options for Bank Fee Management | February 23 appeared first on Strategic Treasurer.

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Strategic Treasurer

JANUARY 12, 2022

Principles and Options for Bank Fee Management. Managing bank fees through active monitoring of your analysis statements is typically on the to-do list, but it rarely gets checked off as complete. The post Webinar: Principles and Options for Bank Fee Management | January 26 appeared first on Strategic Treasurer. Eager to learn?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

The digital transformation of corporate treasury is not a destination; it’s a journey. Rangachari said everyone wants to be in that “upper-right quadrant” of the graph, as bigger, older, global firms tend to have relative stability — but embracing the digital age is trickier in the age of open banking and increased regulations.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The bank also processed record-breaking online and mobile payment transactions on Cyber Monday, up nearly 25 percent over 2019. Our Payment Optimization Framework provides a data-driven approach to continuously monitoring, benchmarking and optimizing payment acceptance,” Smith said. . Morgan, said in a blog post on Friday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

New research from Asset Benchmark Research suggests ties with regulators and even reputation are not the number one priority for corporate treasurers looking for a cash management provider. We don’t want the bank coming to me in a year’s time and saying this product that we’ve offered you is unprofitable,” one U.S.-based

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

Take mobile banking , for instance. According to Tom Durkin, Bank of America ‘s head of digital channels, financial institutions have a new opportunity to embrace this development. ” A 2017 survey from Bank of America found a 14 percent increase in the number of consumers using mobile banking apps compared to 2015. .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

The Treasury yields also rose, and, for example, the yield on the 10-Year stood at just under 80 basis points, up from sub 50 basis point nadirs earlier in the week. The bank added: “No more new Stash accounts means no increase in cost to Xinja and means we can protect the interest rate for people already with a Stash account.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

JPMorgan has announced the launch of its E-Customs Payment Solution, making it the first foreign bank in China to fully digitize and automate cross-border payments of goods. In fact, the bank spends more than $11.5 billion on technology annually, with a significant portion invested in new technologies.

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PWC UK

JANUARY 26, 2021

by Christopher Raftopoulos Director, Treasury Advisory and Assurance. LIBOR transition has been a hot topic for the corporate treasury community for at least the past year. Especially as the banks increase their outreach efforts. by Christopher Raftopoulos Director, Treasury Advisory and Assurance.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Stocks were down Monday, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. note Treasury traded near its lowest point ever, according to the Wall Street Journal. Global investors were busy looking into safe-haven options. They lowered their expectations after Monday’s shift.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

to prepare for Brexit by bolstering their cash flows, analyzing their current supply chains, and speaking with their banks about how to protect themselves post-EU exit, particularly amid growing concerns that U.K. banks will face a credit shortage following Brexit, leaving small businesses without access to capital.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

The $10 million recently raised for Indonesia-based BukuKas will help the small business Software-as-a-Service company expand its product offering with an ultimate goal of launching a small business digital bank. Modern Treasury.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2017

The bank said Thursday (Mar. 2) that results from its Risk Management analysis , provided by its Citi Treasury Diagnostics benchmarking solution, suggest corporate treasurers’ approach to FX risk mitigation have remained largely unchanged “despite unprecedented recent market conditions.”. “It Yet, status quo prevails.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has set up a steering committee to oversee an industry-wide interest rate benchmark transition from the Singapore dollar (SGD) Swap Offer Rate (SOR) to the Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA), in response to the discontinuation of the use of Libor (London Inter-bank Offered Rate) in Dec 2021. .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

FirstCaribbean International Bank is planning to raise $100 million through its initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S., The financial institution currently targets the Caribbean with its banking services and, according to analysts, its financials remain strong despite natural disasters in the region. The bank is 91.7

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company connects into small businesses’ bank accounts and credit card transaction data to automate data collection and analytics, providing firms with real-time visibility into their finances. Modern Treasury. based Modern Treasury will continue to bolster its treasury and corporate finance solutions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

The Trackers use a number of creative methodologies and frameworks that measure and benchmark an ever-changing landscape. Digital-First Banking. This report looked at what treasury leaders and financial executives must know about the shifting dynamics of digital commerce — and how they can make the most of these emerging opportunities.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

According to Reuters , the rise of risk premiums on investment-grade corporate bonds over comparable Treasuries, which have been increasing since February, is one factor that has analysts worried. central bank may raise overnight borrowing costs twice more this year – and analysts will be watching to see how the corporate bond market reacts.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

The Federal Reserve, said Tuesday that it cut its federal funds rate — which typically is used as a “benchmark” rate by lenders, who take that rate and layer on a premium — by 50 basis points. Banks, of course, will see an uptick in mortgage related activity and revenues.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Treasuries prices were mixed. Justice Department’s demand for $14 billion from Deutsche Bank concerning claims related to sales of mortgage-backed securities. central bank is targeting 2 percent inflation, which has remained at 1.6 The core CPI increased 2.3 percent in the 12 months through August after rising 2.2

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Palmer did for their “P-card Benchmark Survey,” which surveyed purchasing card (p-card) program administrators about their firms’ commercial card adoption. To recognize progress, sometimes it’s necessary to look back. That’s what researchers Dr. Mahendra Gupta and Richard J.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 26, 2022

He previously worked at a financial planning firm in Bethesda, Maryland, and as a journalist covering the banking and insurance industries. stocks (which have a lengthy track record of outperforming inflation over long time horizons) and Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS). Team Kitces.

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Global Finance

MAY 8, 2024

In the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region last year—as in 2022—net interest margin (NIM) dynamics were optimal for banks in Southeast Asia, Australasia, Hong Kong and India. Lending rates followed central bank tightening moves, while deposit rates lagged; and across the region, there were some record profits.

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Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 29, 2023

They create the benchmark. So when there’s a major turnover like that that happens, you always have the option, “Hey, can you do it exactly on the time that it enters the benchmark? And 87% of our active fixed income funds have outperformed their benchmarks on a three year basis against their benchmarks.

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Global Finance

JULY 24, 2024

Africa— Rand Merchant Bank On the African continent, Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) strives to exceed the expectations of its clients by combining high levels of service with an exceptional technological platform to deliver effective sub-custody solutions covering all elements of trade transactions, as well as reporting and analytics.

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Global Finance

JULY 24, 2024

Africa— Rand Merchant Bank On the African continent, Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) strives to exceed the expectations of its clients by combining high levels of service with an exceptional technological platform to deliver effective sub-custody solutions covering all elements of trade transactions, as well as reporting and analytics.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

With Fraedom, that means integrating those expense management and reporting capabilities into other areas of corporate finance and banking. “Through APIs, you can then connect this app into treasury workstations, connect it into other forms of reporting.”

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This was the era, 2005, 2006, all of my friends were looking to get banking roles. And so we, we get this contract written and I go off to grad school assuming I would go work at a big bank doing sales and trading in some quant role. A lot of them went to big banks. And I just sort of grew and evolved from there.

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