The Treasury Update Podcast

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.

This week on the TUP Coffee Break Sessions we continue our conversation on Global Financial Risk. Listen in as Alexa Cook and Stephanie Villatoro take closer look at Natural Hedging, Commodity Risk and the changes we've seen through 2020.

On this special episode of the Treasury Update Podcast, Strategic Treasurer features its panel discussion on payments from the 2020 AFP Virtual Conference. Moderator Dave Robertson, Managing Director of Deluxe Corporation, interviews Doug Cranston of Bottomline Technologies, Sylvia Rodee of Fifth Third Bank, Leigh Moore of Visa, and Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer on new payment channels and types across the world. Listen in to this lively panel discussion and debate on technology developments, issues, and predictions around payments.

On this episode of the Stories from the Front series, Host Craig Jeffery meets with Joe Dodi, Vice President and Treasurer at Health Partners Plans, to discuss the implications of the Federal Reserve's actions for investing and borrowing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics of discussion center around operational and financial changes with a focus on short-term investments, market shifts and bank agreements. Listen in to this insightful conversation to find out more.

What is global financial risk? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook catches up with Stephanie Villatoro, Senior Consultant at Strategic Treasurer, to discuss global financial risk. They discuss what global financial risk can look like, giving insight into what treasurers can expect to see. Listen in and learn a little bit about global financial risk.

On this special episode of the Treasury Update Podcast, Strategic Treasurer features its 2020 Fintech Hotseat Security Panel discussion from the AFP Virtual Conference. Moderator Doug Hartsema, Managing Partner of the Hartsema Group, interviews Chris Gerda, Risk and Fraud Prevention Officer of Bottomline; Scott Lambert, Treasury Managing Director of Cigna; Mohammed Al-Zraiqat, Sr. Financial Crime and Fraud Manager of Bottomline; and Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer. The questions they explore include the following: What is causing the greatest amount of concern now, and what will supplant that in the future? What mindset changes and activity shifts are required? What are the right security roles, and how can they properly collaborate? What steps must treasury take to continually improve payment security? Listen in to this important conversation on protecting the payments process.

On this episode of the Stories from the Front series, Host Craig Jeffery speaks with Dr. Kathy King-Griswold, Associate Treasurer and Director of Treasury Operations & Compliance at the University of Rochester, on her personal journey navigating treasury challenges and opportunities amid the COVID-19 crisis. They explore the importance of relationships during disruptive events, the management of capital when income sources are severely impacted, challenges around remote work and technology, and more. Listen in to this insightful conversation.