The Treasury Update Podcast

In this Episode Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer talks with George Strobel on the subject of reducing tax liabilities and exhibiting corporate social responsibility.

A frequent source of headache for many treasurers today centers around the adoption of treasury technology. In this episode, Craig Jeffery and Isaac Zaubi of Strategic Treasurer analyze common obstacles and areas of confusion for treasury during TMS implementations and discuss methods for alleviating the strain of these projects moving forward. 

Discrete actions to protect the organization against cyber security threats are necessary. In order to be most effective an organization must take an appropriate posture that is directed to their entire operation. The entire operation includes the perimeter, interior and off-premises data and system. The IoT (internet of things) can’t be ignored as it sits within this domain.   Craig Jeffery, Strategic Treasurer’s managing partner, continues the conversation with Craig Calle a former banker and CFO now founder of the security firm SourceCalle. This session builds upon their first podcast called: Understanding the 2nd chapter of the cloud. This podcast title is: Security: Standing Up Straight – Achieving a Proper Cyber Security Posture.

Different reasons can motivate different behaviors. Security can be driven by a standard of which you meet the minimum level required. Security can be put in place to protect the organization against loss. What about the good of the client? Managing client data and assets and organizational responsibility should provide at least equal motivation to secure the data, systems, building and people. Using examples from personal experience and stories from movies the reasons and motivations for good security are discussed in depth. In this podcast, Craig Jeffery caught up with Mark Cuneo in our offices again. This time it was to dissect what he means by the moral reason for security. Mark is a card security expert from CardConnect, a First Data Company. Join in on this conversation at strategictreasurer.com/podcast or from wherever you normally download podcasts.

The movement of functionality and services to the cloud has been underway for over a decade. It began with sales management and has extended to every area of the corporate world. This has created an opportunity for better services to become available to more companies. At the same time, the challenges that are raised need to be addressed. These include issues of data protection in all domains and understanding that security must extend beyond the internal data center. Development of new services and functions create change which must be managed. As we are deep into the second chapter of the cloud, how do we adapt properly? If PII and other secure data is outside the organization, how do IT and treasury ensure this asset is protected at all times and in all locations? If the promise of the cloud is the democratization of technology, what is the danger of shadow-IT (nearly everyone adding applications or services to the company platform without any vetting)? What needs to be done? Craig Jeffery, the Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer discusses these topics with Craig Callé, founder of the security firm SourceCallé and a former CFO of Amazon Digital Services and other companies.

Setting your target as compliance with a security standard like PCI-DSS or SWIFT-CSP means you are accepting an older standard as your minimum. In this podcast, Craig Jeffery interviews Mark Cuneo a card security expert from CardConnect, a First Data Company to explore why that target is a problem and what the proper security viewpoint should be.

This podcast introduces the fundamentals of Tax Equity Investing for corporations with a focus on tax credits. Tax equity investing aligns the interest of state and federal government (housing, energy, economic growth) and business (support for ESG and increased economic value). In this session, Craig Jeffery the managing partner of Strategic Treasurer interviews George Strobel the head of Monarch Private Capital to explore the motivations of government and corporate participants and mechanics of tax equity investments.

Listen to some answers to some of the most frequently asked treasury questions. These are submitted by various treasury and finance professionals. Topics include: forecasting & PSD2 impacts.

Isaac Zaubi and Craig Jeffery discuss the 2018 Treasury Fraud and Controls survey results. This session reviews the 3rd annual instance. Seeing trends, changes, response and intent to spend on controls and combating fraud.

Crime pays better now than before since criminals find more ways to steal and wreak havoc. Treasury and IT must be prepared to confront the massive and growing threat. Hear what the criminals are doing and what your organization must do to change the calculus. Don't forget to subscribe to the show!