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The importance of moving from paper to digital payments

Companies planning for 2023 face a series of challenges:

• Revenues - Market uncertainty among chosen customers appears to be increasing
• Costs - Resources, from talent to trade, remain difficult to find
• Liquidity – lower revenues, higher costs may delay or even negate operating cash flows
• Risk - Volatile and uncontrollable interest and currency rates and commodity prices are raising the cost of business
  
  

There are no easy solutions when facing a combination of market, credit or operational risks; however, business can prepare for the unexpected by remaining agile (i.e.

forecast the future and avoid “bad” events before they happen) and resilient, the ability to recover from an unexpected event in order to pursue its business interests.

Worthy goals, but how to accomplish them? 

Treasury Technology – Promises Fulfilled?

In certain situations, treasury either buys too much technology or does not properly utilize what it buts. How can they make sure they make the right decisions when it comes to investment

Managing the Modern Treasury

Traditionally, treasury spends a high percentage of its resources processing. In the modern treasury, more resources should be spent on plans for managing liquidity and risk. Also, treasury should be prepared to measure its performance to allow it and the company to judge value added.

How Should Treasury Measure Its Success?

At most companies Treasury is responsible for managing a company’s liquidity and risk; yet, many Treasuries lack the ability to measure their success. The referenced article suggests some metrics that can help Treasury and the company answer questions like “How much liquidity is enough?” or “How much risk is too much?”.

Treasury Polices

Managing a company’s liquidity and risk requires a series of policies. Find out which major policies should be in place in order to properly manage treasury’s resources including a company’s banking structure.

Treasury Technology – Guidelines to Acquiring the “Right” Technology

At a recent treasury workshop FECG and one of its clients recently discussed how to tell if your company is over or under invested in treasury technology. 

Market Risks - Rising Interest Rates and the Demise of LIBOR

At a recent webinar Santander Bank executives highlighted ideas about how best to work within a rising interest rate environment and the use of SOFR as a replacement for LIBOR.

Executing Payments in the 21st Century Using ISO 20022

To properly transfer value between sender and beneficiary it is necessary to use the latest formats to prevent fraud and insure that all parties can apply payments to their respective financial systems safely and at the lowest cost.

Building the “Perfect” Banking Relationships

In conjunction with the Financial Executives International The FECG and a panel of Treasury experts explore how to create a bank relationship that benefits both the company and its banks.

Covenant Compliance in a Rising Interest Rate Environment

In conjunction with a panel of experts from a law firm, a lender and a capital markets broker FECG leads a discussion on how companies can manage their debt without tripping, unnecessarily, their debt covenants.

Managing your Company’s Financial Performance – A video series

Managing a company’s financial performance requires the “right” mix of talent, treasury (i.e. capital) and technology. By clicking on the link below you will be taken to a series of videos sponsored by The FECG and The Financial Executives Networking Group (The FENG).

These videos could serve as a benchmark for those companies seeking to improve their financial performance.