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Best Credit Crisis Coverage

At Forte Financial Glenbrook Partners we’ve been gripped by the credit crisis, yet drowning in news and data. We suspect that you, too, would appreciate a guide to the gems of insight and plainspoken verbiage that explain, question, and illuminate these unprecedented times. So we’ve selected the best of the coverage – an admittedly subjective […]

Current Events

Are you the CEO of your Thanksgiving?

Today's NYTimes has a funny piece on Thanksgiving, urging readers to be CEO – define a vision, and delegate most of the work. It's tongue-in-cheek but has some kernels of truth. But beware, the "organizing to execute" style of management can be exhausting, though, and runs the risk of everyone talking for years to come […]

Treasury & Cash Management

Managing Cash at the University of California - webinar today

Last week at the monthly SF Treasury Management Association luncheon I heard a great presentation from the University of California, Office of the President (UCOP). Its banking/treasury services cover 10 campuses, 5 medical centers, 200 bank accounts and a budget of over $18 billion. Each campus is like a city with thousands of incoming and […]

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If GE is spooked, what are the implications for less solid companies?

Over at Information Arbitrage, Roger Ehrenberg has the following reflection on the predicament facing many blue chip companies in the midst of the financial crisis: Does GE really perceive themselves to be AAA if they are motivated to raise money on the terms proposed by Mr. Buffett? Something is grossly wrong with this picture. Either […]

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GTNews: Credit Crisis Spotlight

Timely articles at GTNews: Europe's Response to the Market MeltdownSanjima DeZoysa, Editor, gtnewsIn Europe, it's every country for itself as the continent reacts to the credit crunch. Depositor guarantees and state intervention are the key talking points right now, but what does this mean for the future of Europe's banks and financial institutions? Effective Risk […]

B2B

GTNews: Corporate Payments

A recent round up of payments articles on GTNews features a couple good items on corporate payments:How Corporates Should Tackle the Credit CrunchMalcolm Taylor, AccuityThis article looks at the basic steps corporates can take to simplify their business operations, reduce risk and optimise performance.Today's Cash Management Systems: Meeting Clients' Needs?Mike Vigue, Bottomline Technologies In order […]

Security

Debating the Effectiveness of Authentication and Identification Systems

Chris Skinner contemplates payments risk and fraud prevention in anticipation of his Oxford Society style debate at the Financial Services Club (London). In preparation, he's posted the text of a speech on risk management. After the debate he'll post more (His post-debate write up is here). For now, here's an excerpt: I would claim that, […]

Banking BI and Performance Management Conferences & Meetings Strategy

How To Turn Your Online Bill Pay Expense into a Revenue Stream [NACHA Payments]

[This is just one of my series of posts from the NACHA Payments 2008 conference in Las Vegas.] How To Turn Your Online Bill Pay Expense into a Revenue Stream [NACHA Payments] Peter Gordon Partner, eCom Advisors Synopsis from Conference Program For a decade, banks' rapidly increasing expenditures on EBP have been justified on concepts […]

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Corporate Mobile Banking: Separating Hype from Reality [NACHA Payments]

[This is just one of my series of posts from the NACHA Payments 2008 conference in Las Vegas.] Corporate Mobile Banking: Separating Hype from Reality [NACHA Payments] Jacob JegherSenior Analyst, Celent Amy L. JohnsonVice President, Wells Fargo Synopsis from Conference Program Mobile banking is generating a wave of excitement in the North American marketplace. While […]

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Economist Special Report on the Future of Banking

I was so preoccupied with NACHA Payments 2008 that I almost missed this special report from The Economist on the future of banking. The emphasis is investment banking and the credit crisis, rather than payments, but it is very interesting nonetheless. [excerpt from The Economist, emphasis mine:] Modern finance is under attack. Yet the banking […]

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International Payments - The Changing Landscape [NACHA Payments]

[This is just one of my series of posts from the NACHA Payments 2008 conference in Las Vegas.] International Payments – The Changing Landscape [NACHA Payments] Ralph Dangelmaier President, Americas, ACI Worldwide Debbie Smart CTP Senior Product Consultant, ACI WorldwideJohn A. JayeFirst Vice President, Channel Technology, Bank of America Synopsis from Conference Program International trade […]

ACH Conferences & Meetings Guest Post Jim Salters NACHA Writings

Report from NACHA 2008 - Day One General Session

by Jim Salters Glenbrook’s Allen Weinberg and Jim Salters are attending this week’s Payments 2008 conference in Las Vegas. Here’s Jim’s report on the day one general session.

Economic Outlook

SF Fed Reserve President Yellen on Credit, Housing, Commodities, and the Economy

SF Federal Reserve President & CEO Janet Yellen addressed the CFA Annual Conference in Vancouver today. Her remarks addressed credit, housing, commodities, and her economic outlook. Excerpt (emphasis mine): Financial Markets and the Credit Crunch […] This benign view [of underlying risks] may well have been linked, in part, to rapid transformations taking place in […]

Careers Management

Tips to Ensure Your CFO Sticks Around

It's tough being a CFO – the responsibilities are increasing, the work is getting harder, and the personal liability risks have grown – it's no wonder that CFO turnover is up. The average tenure for a CFO is less than three years (down from five years). Both voluntary and forced departures have increased, but voluntary […]

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Live Blogging from Finovate Startup - Afternoon Session

I am live blogging from Finovate Startup in San Francisco. Jim Bruene and his team at NetBanker have gathered 40 startups, rebrandings, and company debuts in online banking and finance. Each participant has a brief 5 minutes to demo their product so I’ll be typing as fast as I can. (Please forgive typos!) AFTERNOON SESSION […]