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Cash-Flow Forecasting remains KING

Simply Treasury

“If you have to forecast, forecast often” (Edgar R. Need for reliable forecasts. Nobody could deny the importance of having accurate and reliable Cash-Flow Forecasts (CFF). Often, we heard “ cash is king”. However, knowing if you will get cash and how much is even more important.

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Best Cash Management Solutions for Businesses

The Finance Weekly

Here’s what modern cash management systems typically offer: Real-Time Bank Account Integration - The ability to link various bank accounts into a single platform allows businesses to view all their financial data in one place, reducing manual work and improving accuracy.

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EACT SURVEY 2021

Simply Treasury

Major priorities over the next one to two years: We are not surprised that Cash-Flow Forecasting comes out on top when the COVID crisis has been hitting us for the past year. The uncertainties surrounding the economy explain the difficulty in producing reliable and accurate forecasts.

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The Essentials of Treasury Management in Modern Businesses

CFO Talks

You’ve got big orders, but if clients take too long to pay, you might not have enough cash to buy materials, causing delays. Practical Tip: Create a cash flow forecast that looks at least a year ahead. For example, imagine you’re running a manufacturing company. Update it regularly.

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JPMorgan On Corporate Treasurers And Their ‘Digitization Journey’

PYMNTS

However, those data attributes are critical when it comes to automatically reconciling incoming and outgoing payments, and for supporting cash flow forecasting. Larger, more established firms may have specific pain points to address, such as foreign exchange (FX) mismatches across several accounts.

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How cloud accounting made me enjoy the finance industry again

Creative CFP

When you pay the foreign supplier or receive money from a foreign client, Xero calculates the foreign exchange profit and loss and posts the journals automatically. Instead, I can look ahead in business and focus on cash flow forecasts and company targets and help business owners prepare for what is coming.

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Best Financial Innovations 2024

Global Finance

With the first customers activated at the end of 2023, the program includes the first and only notional cash pooling in Italy, optimizing corporate treasury management for groups of companies with international multicurrency operations, including foreign exchange (FX) and liquidity management.