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...
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 conditions....
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 wherever...
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 Security -...
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 paid...
[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...
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 steak...
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 impact...
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 the...
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 Best...
