PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The accelerated growth of USDC over the course of this year is the result of our active work to establish an open standard for fiat digital currency on the internet,” Puth said in a statement. Cuy Sheffield , head of the crypto at Visa, said this is the first business card that will make the balance of USDC available for spending.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Offshore investments become a hedge against currency volatility. High inflation, currency volatility, and foreign exchange scarcity have eroded wealth and significantly contributed to a decline in net worth for many people. Wealth preservation and growth in Africa are highly challenging.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Long-term guaranteed fixed rates allow corporate treasuries to enhance financial stability, optimize liquidity, and align cash management practices with overall corporate strategy. BofA launched Guaranteed FX Rates beyond a 24-hour period eight years ago, supporting over 200 currency pairs.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is warning financial institutions of a “high-profile” new scam exploiting Twitter accounts to try and scam convertible virtual currency (CVC) out of individuals, according to a Thursday (July 16) press release.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

GTreasury , a treasury management system provider, is working with Goldman Sachs on a new solution to offer easier, more transparent B2B payments both at home and internationally, according to a press release. Terry Beadle , GTreasury’s global head of Corporate Development, said the combination would prove valuable.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The majority of the national debt is issued in the form of government bonds, known as Treasuries. Some worry that excessive government debt levels can impact economic stability with ramifications for the strength of the currency in trade, economic growth, and unemployment. GDP Is Hard to Measure Accurately.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2022

Treasury said Tuesday (Jan. Treasury said in a statement. Kardashian, boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and NBA Hall of Famer Paul Pierce were among those who were sued in a class-action lawsuit for promoting the digital currency. The Treasury said the tougher rules will be phased in over six months once they’re finalized.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

One financial technology firm currently navigating the process of securing a bank charter is Avanti Financial Group , and as it approaches market launch, Founder and CEO Caitlin Long said the firm is focusing on another area of financial services that has struggled to manage complex regulatory challenges: digital assets. As a whole, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In a panel discussion with Karen Webster, six payments, banking and FinTech executives weighed in on the very nature of change that is transforming treasury banking and corporate clients in real time. Morgan Chase ; and Brad Windbigler , head of treasury and investor relations at Western Union. Setting the Stage.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) disclosed it was hacked in September, reported The Wall Street Journal last week. The OCC said that, once it found the data breach, it referred the case to the Treasury Department’s Inspector General’s office. The incident occurred in Nov.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

But Kellerman and other security experts advocated at the hearing for legislative measures, such as modernizing anti-money laundering (AML) and forfeiture rules and moving the Secret Service to the Treasury Department, to help combat the threat. However, he noted that the move could negatively impact morale at DHS.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Mosier succeeds Jamal El-Hindi, who will serve as the interim chief data officer (CDO) for the Department of the Treasury. In that role, El-Hindi will apply his FinCEN experience to “help lead the vision, design and development of the Treasury’s agency-wide data and information management strategies,” per an announcement. “As

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CS Lucas

JANUARY 20, 2021

Digital landscapes make dealing with payments, across multiple currencies and banking relationships easier to visualize and quicker to execute. In this webinar, CEO of CS Lucas, CS Tan – makes the case for Treasury Management Systems and showcases our new free TMS solution: CS Lucas Essentials. .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

When PayPal announced recently that its 350 million users can deposit bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in their accounts and spend it at 26 million merchants next year, it was characterized as the inevitable advance of digital currency. Privacy And Security.

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Global Finance

JULY 26, 2024

A fragmented regulatory environment, uneven access to financial services, a shallow pool of readily available funds, and currency controls and limitations in some African markets can lead to trapped cash. A specialist banking partner will help provide and support an effective treasury model to help make the most of the opportunities.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

In the drive to modernize treasury operations, mind the gap — o r gaps. As it turns out, there may be a disconnect between what treasury professionals need in their day-to-day endeavor of cash management and what their service providers think they need. Right now, the focus is on plumbing, said Bateman, and that is as it should be. “If

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Treasury Cash Management Securities Prioritization 55

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The complaint claims that the defendants dishonestly claimed to actual and possible clients that their company had “master traders” with a long history of trading digital currency and harnessed “cutting edge trading robots” to trade bitcoin at all hours of the day for clients. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing.

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Strategic Treasurer

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Global Payments Survey Shows Fraud Concern and Security Investment Plans. Results show the top challenges and areas of planned investment among companies of all sizes, with fraud and security as consistent themes. The second highest challenge for all firms overall was security fraud management at 49%.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The provider’s new Money Transfer API supports fund transfers directly into overseas bank accounts, while another API supports money settlement in local currencies to spare recipients from the frictions of handling conversions. The API system enables FIs to quickly and securely provide necessary data, saving time for all parties.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Bank of America (BofA) is introducing a cross-border payment tracker and expanding SWIFT gpi to support more than 140 currencies, accessible through the integrated CashPro platform. Commercial clients using SWIFT gpi for corporates can also get alerts about inbound and outbound payment status directly to their treasury management system.

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Foreign Exchange Banking Treasury Compliance 104

PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

The digital transformation of corporate treasury is not a destination; it’s a journey. It stands to reason that firms that have been around for decades, with far-flung operations and payments done across multiple currencies, have a range of legacy systems in place with less-than-efficient processes entrenched in back-office functions.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The feature can connect to more than 11,000 financial institutions (FIs) and retains security through multifactor authentication and tokenization, Acumatica explained.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2018

Treasury management firm BELLIN is expanding its offerings through a new partnership with Kantox , reports in bobsguide said this week. By teaming up with Kantox, we can now complement our TaaS [Treasury-as-a-Service] offering with FX management and hedging ,” said BELLIN Founder and CEO Martin Bellin in a statement.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 27, 2021

In this post, I will take a look at these other markets, starting with a way of dividing investments into assets, commodities, currencies and collectibles that I find useful in thinking about what I can (and cannot) do in those markets, and then reviewing how these markets performed during 2020. Currencies : A currency serves three functions.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Between the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency clearing the way for financial institutions (FIs) to embrace stablecoin, and The Clearing House's latest real-time payments (RTP) push, new payment rails continue to gain traction. BELLIN Secures SWIFT gpi Label. According to Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian P.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A key part of this effort is cross-border payments, which are vital to keeping supply chains running smoothly and securely in the more than 100 countries in which GE operates. The average global company works with at least six banks and 40 percent of them make payments in at least six currencies.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Treasury Department is researching use cases for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), as well as drafting regulatory proposals for private stablecoins, U.K. Peirce defended the slow pace for many securities regulations, but not when they limit new technologies from being used.

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The Finance Weekly

APRIL 25, 2022

In this environment, CFOs should be alert to strategies such as paying a premium to become a preferred customer and securing the supply of certain products with high margins (and thus relatively low production quantity). That puts the onus on the CFO to manage treasury risks and closely monitor the company’s international contracts.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The currency is well-known for its massive value fluctuations, as a single bitcoin cost just 9 cents in 2010, $313.92 Department of the Treasury, announced in November 2019 that it would begin strictly enforcing the “travel rule” for cryptocurrency exchanges. billion in 2019 and is projected to reach $1.4

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 11, 2024

trillion in extended credit and new capital for its consumer and institutional clients while moving $10 trillion in over 120 currencies daily. The transaction netted JPMorgan approximately $173 billion in loans, $92 billion in deposits, and $30 billion in securities. Throughout 2023, JPMorgan Chase raised $2.3

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

MicroStrategy was reportedly the first public firm to invest most of its treasury in the cryptocurrency in the summer, according to Bloomberg. The firm has roughly half a billion dollars primarily kept in short-term federal government securities prior to the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2017

Fundamentally, our approach to innovation is to deliver accurate and absolute visibility into an organization’s liquidity and provide the ability to securely deploy cash anywhere in the world. As a product feature, Kyriba was the first and only company to integrate supply chain finance (SCF) into the treasury workflow.

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Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Supply chain disruptions, Asia’s rising middle-income population and the rapid digitalization of financial services have led to a fundamental shift in consumer behavior and the way corporates approach treasury, liquidity and supply chain management.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Speaking with PYMNTS, Fides Treasury Services Head Client Relations Simon Kaufmann explored how some of the biggest opportunities to modernize the treasury function are adding new pressures to finance teams as they navigate the pandemic. ” Challenge Turned Opportunity. . ” Challenge Turned Opportunity. ”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

To that end, gold or, in this specific case, the activities of gold mining and marketing — the production and procurement of the yellow metal that has been coveted and used as currency for centuries — is also finding a niche via blockchain. New Use Cases.

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Bramasol

APRIL 15, 2024

Key improvements over current FP&A functionality will include: The ability to leverage real time information, such as dynamically changing market conditions, customer behaviors, supply chain disruptions, currency fluctuations, etc. to drive financial models. As with Scenario One, unified and consistent data will be key.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Alternatively, an investor could trade sizable amounts of investments on a usual basis, have more than two years of experience at a financial organization or hold over $74,400 in securities to meet the requirement. As it stands, Russia has ratified legislation regarding digital securities issuance.

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