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Treasury and payment news and analysis from CTMfile, your source for up-to-date cash management insights and information.
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Nov 22, 2024 • 26min
Key technologies shaping corporate treasury and their influence on TMSs - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Paul Galloway, Senior Director, Advisory Services at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: 1:35 Key technologies shaping corporate treasury and their influence on TMSs 10:02 Swift’s 10 takeaways from Sibos 2024 15:46 Global economy forecast for solid growth in 2025 despite trade uncertainty 18:41 Digital wallets and open banking set to dominate payments in 2025 24:08 Top story Other Resources: Treasury Technology Analyst Report - Strategic Treasurer 10 takeaways from Swift at Sibos 2024 - Swift Macro Outlook 2025: Tailwinds (Probably) Trump Tariffs - Goldman Sachs Research (GSR)

Nov 9, 2024 • 28min
Cross-Border, Real-Time, and Digital Payments: Shaping the Future of Payments - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Dean M. Leavitt, Founder & CEO of Boost Payment Solutions, Inc., to review the latest payments and treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: 1:35 Cross-Border, Real-Time, and Digital Payments: Shaping the Future of Payments 10:56 A2A Payments to hit 186 billion transactions globally by 2029 15:16 4 Ways to Strategically Manage Cash Flow 20:53 Combatting payments fraud: Key insights every treasurer and CFO must know 25:29 Top Story Other Resources: 2024 Prime Time for Real-Time - ACI Worldwide with GlobalData Consumer A2A Payments - Juniper Research

Oct 25, 2024 • 28min
93% of treasurers say forecasting inaccuracies led to avoidable losses over the past two years - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Ben Poole, Writer at CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: 1:41 93% of treasurers say forecasting inaccuracies led to avoidable losses over the past two years 8:21 Citi and Mastercard look to transform global cross-border payments 14:11 Swift to launch AI-powered fraud defence for cross-border payments 18:17 KYC streamlining and payments fraud protection: Keys to stronger corporate-bank ties 23:30 Top Story: Sibos and AFP conferences

Oct 11, 2024 • 33min
Record-high US national debt: A ticking time bomb likely to spark a debt crisis - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Paul Galloway, Senior Director, Advisory Services at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: Three critical aspects facing treasurers, CFOs, and CEOs – Now and Beyond The three critical aspects discussed in the above article are appended below. These have been covered as separate topics in the podcast. 2:13 Record-high US national debt: A ticking time bomb likely to spark a debt crisis 10:46 Key focus areas for treasury and finance in the coming years: Technology, payments, payments security, and risk management 19:17 Fed cut rates, yet corporate America faces higher interest expenses 26:10 Global banks to use Swift to trial live digital asset transactions from 2025 Other Resources: Federal Debt Data - FiscalData Interest Rates – The Economist

Sep 27, 2024 • 15min
6 tips for crafting compelling treasury and payments content - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta, Writer at CTMfile, reviews the latest treasury stories and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: Six tips for crafting compelling treasury and payments content More consecutive Fed rate cuts expected Clearwater Analytics launches corporate treasury benchmarking tool Banks believe they're eight months behind financial criminals Other Resources: Financial Crime Detection: What holds banks back? - RedCompass Labs

Sep 13, 2024 • 28min
Treasurers expect technology to consume most of their time in the coming years - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: Treasurers expect technology to consume most of their time in the coming years Ecommerce merchants subjected to more payment fraud attacks than in previous years Global companies navigating from ‘China plus one’ to a ‘China plus many’ world GTreasury acquires CashAnalytics Resources: The Business of Treasury 2024 - ACT 2024 Global eCommerce Payments & Fraud Report – MRC, Visa, & Verifi The Geopolitics of Supply Chains - Lazard 2023 Treasury Technology Analyst Report – Strategic Treasurer

Aug 30, 2024 • 26min
Probability of recession now 35% - J.P. Morgan - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Paul Galloway, Senior Director, Advisory Services at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: Human error drives surge in ransomware-related financial claims Probability of recession now 35% - J.P. Morgan Digital innovation is slowly transforming corporate FX trading Oil prices rise following Israeli strikes on Lebanon Fight back against fraud: https://securetreasury.com/

Aug 16, 2024 • 21min
Where treasurers have influence, companies enjoy revenue growth and financial stability - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Ben Poole, Writer at CTMfile, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: Where treasurers have influence, companies enjoy revenue growth and financial stability Why the UK pound is unlikely to regain its pre-Brexit levels Fund managers concern for US election’s impact on FX markets European payment fraud hit €6.3bn over 18 months

Aug 2, 2024 • 22min
Payments Fraud Detection: Predictive AI vs. Generative AI - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: Payments Fraud Detection: Predictive AI vs. Generative AI Payment fears putting businesses off overseas growth Global economy tipped for soft landing BofA adds intelligent transaction search to banking platform

Jul 19, 2024 • 28min
Treasury plan to boost working capital effectiveness and organizational resilience - (TREASURY NEWS)
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Paul Galloway, Senior Director, Advisory Services at Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following: Treasury plan to boost working capital effectiveness and organizational resilience US inflation data primes markets for September rate cut Eight Japanese chipmakers plan US$30 billion investment in semiconductors Saudi Aramco begins issuing US dollar-denominated bonds