The Treasury Update Podcast

On this episode of the Becoming a Treasurer series, Craig Jeffery continues the Learning from Literature sub-series, showcasing Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Farmer Boy. This illustration covers creative ways to use momentum and challenge linear thinking with view to treasury processes and general life lessons. Listen in and enjoy the entire series.

Host Craig Jeffery sits down with Tom Gregory, Senior Vice President and Head of Treasury Management Sales at TD Bank, to discuss the findings from the 2020 Treasury Perspectives survey. For the third year running, this annual study polls treasury and finance professionals on their views regarding the economy, technology, industry innovation, and regulation to better understand top challenges and opportunities in the marketplace. Listen in to this insightful conversation to learn more.

What is a payment hub? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook catches up with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, to discuss what treasurers need to know about payment hubs. They cover what payment hubs are, how they differ from other technologies, and some of the ways treasury can benefit from using them. Listen in and learn a little bit about payment hubs.

On this episode of the podcast, Host Craig Jeffery joins Brian Greehan, Senior Vice President of Channel and Network Success at Bottomline Technologies, to examine survey results around shifting technologies, strategies, and practices used by organizations across the Business-to-Business (B2B) payments landscape.   They discuss the overall payments complexity and challenges being experienced by practitioners within the treasury and finance environment, and unique solutions and tactics employed by organizations to optimize payment processes and maximize efficiency. Listen in to the discussion to find out more.

On this special episode of the Treasury Update Podcast, Strategic Treasurer features its panel discussion on technology from the 2020 AFP Virtual Conference. Moderator Tom Gregory of TD Bank interviews Todd Yoder of Fluor Corporation, James Lock of J.P. Morgan Chase, Dr. Wolfgang Kalthoff of Coupa, and Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer on the value of new technology and its potential future place in treasury management. Listen in to this lively panel discussion on how modern-day technology is transforming the way treasury and finance organizations do business.

On this episode of the Treasury Update Podcast, Special Host Meredith Zonsius interviews Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, on the 2020 year in review. As the new year approaches, they take a look back on treasury topics and trends amid the COVID-19 pandemic. They discuss the implications of activities to combat the virus that wreaked havoc earlier in the year for most areas of the economy and cover some elements of recovery while looking ahead to 2021. Listen in to the discussion to find out more.

What is benchmarking? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook catches up with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner at Strategic Treasurer, to discuss benchmarking. They discuss what benchmarking is, who uses benchmarking and how it is applied to treasury’s. Listen in and learn a little bit about benchmarking.

To view the charts and graphics please download the digital Ebook here: https://strategictreasurer.com/payment-fraud-ebook/ On this special episode of the Treasury Update Podcast, Host Craig Jeffery narrates from Strategic Treasurer’s executive guide eBook, underwritten by Bellin, on Payment Fraud. With fraud on the rise and payment processes scattered throughout different departments, a treasurer must function as the ‘superintendent’ of payment security, overseeing the policies, controls, and practices others are putting into action. This eBook is intended to help treasury understand and fill that role most effectively by covering the current situation, the threat levels of various types of fraud, common areas of vulnerability, and frameworks and tactics for constructing a solid defense. Listen in to find out more.

On this episode of the Stories from the Front series, Host Craig Jeffery sits down with Ron Vodicka, Corporate FX Dealer at XE, and Steve Johnson, CFO at PMI Foods, to discuss the changing expectations in foreign exchange amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics of discussion include market volatility through foreign exchange and hedging, supply chain and operational disruptions, currency exposure and risk management, and the vitality of adaptability and relationships. Listen in to the discussion to find out more.

Craig Jeffery and Alexa Cook of Strategic Treasurer explore period seventeen’s results from the COVID-19 impact and response survey. This new data reveals surprising shifts in voluntary staff departures and a three-way tie in top concerns including staff safety protocols, access to adequate liquidity, and direct financial impact to businesses. Listen in on the latest economic and health outlook updates reported by the treasury and finance community.