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May 2, 2022 • 11min

Treasury owns working capital: Leading Practices in Corporate Treasury

Pushpendra Mehta sits down with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, to discuss key insights from the eighth topic and ninth article in a series on leading practices in corporate treasury published on CTMfile. This article and their discussion today cover the topic, “Treasury owns working capital.” Leading practices part 8: Treasury owns working capital - https://ctmfile.com/story/treasury-owns-working-capital-leading-practices-part-8
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Apr 29, 2022 • 15min

Blockchain Is Being Adopted by Major Firms (TREASURY NEWS)

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the IMF predicting global economic slowdown, China cutting the reserve requirement ratio to boost economy, European corporates gaining from hedging, Wall Street banks embracing blockchain, and Mexico planning to launch CBDC by 2025. 1:20 - IMF forecasts a substantial slowdown in the world economy https://ctmfile.com/story/crypto-payments-industry-roundup-april-20 3:40 - China cuts banks’ foreign reserve requirement ratio to support yuan https://ctmfile.com/story/china-supports-covid-hit-yuan-industry-roundup-twenty-sixth-april 5:44 - European corporates “gain €3.8bn from commodities hedging” https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-twenty-first-april 7:38 - Shift towards blockchain adoption by major financial firms https://ctmfile.com/story/crypto-payments-industry-roundup-april-20 10:49 - Mexico aims for CBDC by 2025 https://ctmfile.com/story/china-supports-covid-hit-yuan-industry-roundup-twenty-sixth-april
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Apr 22, 2022 • 16min

Doubling Interest Rates & Payment Rings (TREASURY NEWS)

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the Bank of Canada’s interest rate hike, Brazil and Iran gearing up for CBDC pilots, Quontic Bank launching a wearable payment device, and Finastra partnering with Microsoft to offer embedded finance to SMEs.   1:13 - Bank of Canada – Tightens. Rate hike to 1% https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-fourteenth-april 2:55 - CBDC Pilots: Are they becoming “Real/Rial” or not: Brazil and Iran https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-nineteenth-april https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-18-april 7:36 - Payment Ring https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-13-april-2022 10:27 - Embedded Financing: MS Dynamics and Finastra https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-13-april-2022
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Apr 18, 2022 • 29min

Risk Management: Leading Practices in Corporate Treasury

Pushpendra Mehta sits down with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, to discuss key insights from the eighth article in a series on leading practices in corporate treasury published on CTMfile. This article and their discussion today cover the topic of “risk management.”   Leading practices part 7: Risk management - https://ctmfile.com/story/leading-practices-part-7-risk-management
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Apr 15, 2022 • 20min

Moody’s assesses Ukraine war, global recession coming, NatWest taps Bottomline to reduce APP fraud, IBM on-chip AI to reduce fraud, BofA pushes Zelle (TREASURY NEWS)

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include Moody’s assessment of the global economic impact of the Russian invasion, the world nearing recession, NatWest Group partnering with Bottomline Technologies to reduce payment fraud, IBM putting AI on a chip to improve fraud detection, and Wells Fargo and Bank of America pushing Zelle for online retail payments. 1:31 - Moody’s assesses global economic impact of Ukraine war https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-seventh-april 4:34 - The world may be heading into a recession https://ctmfile.com/story/the-world-may-be-heading-into-a-recession 10:31 - NatWest Group to reduce APP fraud via Bottomline technology solution https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-06-april-2022 12:53 - IBM adds AI to a chip to boost payment fraud detection https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-seventh-april 14:55 - Open banking competition arises as Wells Fargo, Bank of America & other major banks aim to enable Zelle for retail https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-8-april-2022  
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Apr 8, 2022 • 16min

India’s 30% crypto tax, Russia’s crypto push, US stopping Russian debt payments, war leading to global food crisis, Citi’s 2022 Digital Money Index. (TREASURY NEWS)

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include India’s 30% cryptocurrency tax, Russia’s push into cryptocurrency, the US Treasury halting Russian dollar debt payments, the Ukraine war threatening to create the biggest global food crisis since WWII, and Citi launching its latest Digital Money Index.     1:19 - India to impose a 30% tax on profits from cryptocurrencies and digital assets, effective April 1st https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-30-march-2022   3:36 - Sberbank, locked out of the world’s financial markets, launches cryptocurrency https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-04-april   5:39 - Treasury halts Russian government dollar debt payments https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-fifth-april   7:64 - Ukraine war has brought the world to the brink of a food crisis https://ctmfile.com/story/ukraine-war-has-brought-the-world-to-the-brink-of-a-food-crisis   10:22 - Citi launched 2022’s Digital Money Index https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-1-april-2022
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Apr 4, 2022 • 32min

Staff development (part B): Leading practices in corporate treasury

Pushpendra Mehta sits down with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, to discuss key insights from the seventh article in a series on leading practices in corporate treasury published on CTMfile. This article is divided into two parts (we discussed the first part in an earlier podcast – listen here: https://ctmfile.com/story/staff-development-part-a-leading-practices-in-corporate-treasury), and the discussion today covers the second part of the “staff development” topic.
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Apr 1, 2022 • 19min

US Fed lists 4 requirements for CBDC, Apple’s open banking acquisition, the erosion of dollar dominance, rising fraud, and supply chain cyberattacks

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion centre around the US Fed outlining their four qualifications for a US CBDC, Apple’s open banking fintech acquisition to boost their payments business, the IMF noting a decline in US dollar dominance, and rising fraud and supply chain cybersecurity issues.     1:11 - The US Fed lists four CBDC credentials for a US CBDC, according to Chair Powell https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-25-march-2022   3:31 - Apple's open banking acquisition could help boost payments https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-25-march-2022   5:32 - IMF states US dollar’s global position as a major reserve currency is losing its position against the yuan and others https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-28-march-2022   7:45 - 39 seconds, rising fraud and supply chain cybersecurity https://ctmfile.com/story/39-seconds-rising-fraud-and-supply-chain-cybersecurity
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Mar 25, 2022 • 16min

Probability of US recession, Bank of England’s interest rate hike, CFOs to fast-track payments digitization, LIBOR transition making progress

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion centre around rising forecasts of a US recession, the Bank of England’s hike in interest rates to combat inflation, CFOs planning to fast-track business payments digitization, and the transition from LIBOR making progress.   1:21 - Forecasters raise the probability of a US recession as Fed set to hike interest rates by 25 basis points https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-16-march-2022   5:12 - Bank of England raises interest rates again to combat inflation https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-18-march-2022   6:36 - Business payments digitization to be fast-tracked by most CFOs https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-16-march-2022   12:21 - Transition from Libor ‘making progress’ https://ctmfile.com/story/industry-roundup-twenty-second-march
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Mar 21, 2022 • 12min

Staff Development (Part A): Leading Practices in Corporate Treasury

Pushpendra Mehta sits down with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, to discuss key insights from the sixth article in a series on leading practices in corporate treasury published on CTMfile. This article and their discussion today cover the topic, “Staff development.” Leading practices part 6A: Staff development -https://ctmfile.com/story/leading-practices-part-6a-staff-development

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