The Association of Financial Professionals just published research on short-term credit access for corporates. The survey was originally conducted in early September and was supplemented by a shorter survey conducted in last week to reflect evolving market...
My previous post on Wells Fargo's mobile banking for corporates was very popular, so I imagine Forte Blog readers will be interested in these recent updates to WF's CEO Mobile service: Wires: CEO Mobile users now can initiate and approve wires from...
A couple articles of interest at GTNews this week: Payments in Need of StandardisationJonathan Williams, Experian PaymentsCorporate treasurers are facing pressures to consolidate and standardise their processes - how can they balance these requirements?SEPA...
The June CFO Magazine advises corporate treasurers on how to manage cash during difficult times. One specific suggestion is to keep a close eye on receivables:Encourage quicker payment of accounts receivables by (1) not compensating salespeople until an order is...
[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...
Last night the San Francisco Treasury Management Association (TMA), the Silicon Valley TMA, and the Peninsula TMA (all local affiliates of the Association for Financial Professionals, or AFP) hosted Peter Crane, of Crane Data at our annual dinner meeting. Over...
This week GTNews has cobbled together a somewhat disjointed collection of articles relevant to corporate treasury and payments. Topics include liquidity management, e-trading developments, portal technology, payments STP, TMS trends, the credit crunch and its...
Five new articles at GTNews this week explore how the Corporate-Bank relationship is evolving: The Changing Nature of Today's Corporate-to-Bank RelationshipSuzanne Hurt, Bottomline TechnologiesHow can banks balance meeting the needs of clients with charting...
Each year Global Finance magazine ranks the best treasury/cash management banks by region and by service category. The March 2008 issue arrived on Friday (just in time to land on the top of my weekend reading pile) and here are the highlights: Bank Rankings CITI...
Cash processing is not only time consuming but fraught with security challenges (and associated high costs of dual custody, surveillance, etc.). The astounding success of remote deposit capture of checks has prompted interest in remote CASH deposit services....
