As deputy treasurer at $156.7 billion GeneralElectric, Dennis Sweeney has a string of technology achievementsunder his belt: He implemented the first Web-enabled treasuryworkstation, pioneered corporate use of SWIFT and has been a keyadvocate of the TWIST BSB standard for electronic invoicing ofinternational bank fees.

These days he sees working to improve corporates' communicationswith their banks as his best shot at improving productivity.“Having access to information and being able to process thatthrough my bank in a straight-through process is where I'm going toget value,” Sweeney says. “These days, it's much less 'can Inegotiate a better price to clear a check,' than 'can I get out ofclearing checks at all, can I move people to e-payments.'”