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Treasury Apps Take on Game Features

Touch screens and voice control enliven treasury software and bank portals as more activity occurs on mobile devices.

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Which treasurer on the beach is playing a video game on her iPad and which is accessing her treasury system to approve payments? It’s getting harder to tell, even if you get a glimpse of the screen, because the user-friendly features of the personal virtual world are spreading to the workplace.

Treasury systems vendor IT2 is following Microsoft’s lead and building its new version 8.0 to offer the touch-screen experience, says chief technology officer Paul Higdon. “Users will see live tiles that change color and intensity according to alerts, policy violations or work waiting to be addressed,” Higdon says. Microsoft is bringing touch screens to Windows 8 and Office 13 this fall, and IT2 will be touch-ready to capitalize on those latest releases, he says.

Watch for treasury portals to start offering the kind of technology common in computer games. “We’re investing in bringing voice, touch and presence control to our CEO treasury portal,” says Michael Daley, senior vice president and group product manager at Wells Fargo Bank. If a treasury executive’s device has those capabilities, treasury tasks can be done by giving a voice command, touching what you want to do on a screen or waving a hand to indicate commands without actually touching a screen or keyboard, Daley explains.

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