Best Practices

Best Practices

Real-Time Payments: What to Know, and What to Do

Michael Bellacosa & Carl Slabicki | April 19, 2018

RTP is poised to reshape how U.S. businesses make and receive payments. Here’s what you should be doing now to prepare.

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Receivables Financing in a Challenging Locale

Meg Waters | April 05, 2018

Congratulations to Microsoft, winner of the Alexander Hamilton Gold Award in Working Capital Management!

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Funding Pension Plans in 2018

Gordon A. Young | March 22, 2018

2017 improvements to pension plans’ funded status, as well as early-2018 volatility, has implications for companies’ pension funding strategy this year.

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How GDPR May Actually Be Good for You

Thomas Reagan | February 21, 2018

The impending GDPR deadline affects every company that stores any kind of information on EU residents. Here’s how to leverage the regulations to improve corporate cybersecurity.

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Opening the Credit Umbrella in China

Meg Waters | February 15, 2018

Honeywell wins the 2017 Gold Alexander Hamilton Award for Best Practices in Restricted/Emerging Markets.

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Transition to the CNY

Meg Waters | February 15, 2018

Pfizer wins the 2017 Silver Alexander Hamilton Award for Best Practices in Restricted/Emerging Markets.

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A Treasury with Global Vision

Meg Waters | February 15, 2018

World Vision International wins the 2017 Bronze Alexander Hamilton Award for Best Practices in Restricted/Emerging Markets.

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Pursuing Best Execution in FX Transactions

James L. Singleton | February 08, 2018

Why corporate treasurers and risk managers should follow the roadmap from the financial services industry.

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The New Sanctions Compliance Challenge

Bill North | February 01, 2018

How the right processes and systems can help corporate treasury mitigate risk.

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How to Hang onto Your Top Talent

Paul McDonald | January 23, 2018

6 steps for improving employees’ job satisfaction and reducing turnover within the finance or risk management function.

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Evaluating Treasury Management Systems

Chad Wekelo | December 28, 2017

Best practices for obtaining deeper clarity on, and confidence in, treasury software decisions.

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ASU 2017-12 Update: Does Implementation Timing Matter?

Helen Kane | December 14, 2017

Adopting the new FASB standard prior to the start of 2018 makes the most sense for companies with ineffective FX losses.

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Team with the CISO to Keep Treasury Data Secure

Bob Stark | December 12, 2017

How treasurers can best support the corporate information security teams fight against payments fraud.

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3 Tips for Preparing a Business Continuity Plan

Bob Stark | December 12, 2017

Companies cannot afford for their treasury teams to be offline, without access to their systems, for more than a few hours. Treasurers should have a plan…

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Innovation in Operational Risk Management

Meg Waters | December 06, 2017

The 2017 Alexander Hamilton Awards in Operational Risk Management & Insurance recognize three initiatives that raised the bar in creative thinking—and reaped the benefits.

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Building a Socially Responsible Supply Chain

Mark Ward | November 30, 2017

How, and why, should a company improve sustainability and social responsibility throughout its supply chain?

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Treasury May Revamp Section 385 Documentation Rules

Susan Kelly | November 15, 2017

Future of the distribution rules is linked to the outcome of tax reform.

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Third Parties Constitute Cybersecurity Gap

Susan Kelly | November 14, 2017

Almost a fifth of treasurers surveyed said their companies don't check suppliers' ID authentication methods.

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Cybersecurity Best Practices for Treasuries

Susan Kelly | November 13, 2017

From two-factor authentication and segregation of duties to automated reconciliations

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Raising the Bar for Treasury Technology Initiatives

Meg Waters | November 09, 2017

How the winners of the 2017 Alexander Hamilton Awards in Technology Excellence succeeded when they aimed high.

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What You Need to Know About ASC 606

Jagan Reddy | November 02, 2017

5 tips for assessing your business and identifying potential roadblocks before they morph into problems.

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How to Manage Without Micromanaging

Jim Hoffer | October 30, 2017

6 steps to becoming more comfortable relaxing control and delegating tasks.

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From ZBB to ZBx

Kris Timmermans | October 25, 2017

How a zero-based mentality enables companies to zero in on agility and growth.

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Still Ignoring the Risks Inherent in Bank Deposits?

Ben Campbell | October 10, 2017

Smart corporate treasurers are rethinking cash investment policies and counterparty risk frameworks held over from the too-big-to-fail era.

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Legal Considerations in Cross-Border Cash Pooling

Creighton R. Meland & Natalie L. Regoli | September 28, 2017

How the structure of a cash pool affects legal liability if one or more participants in the pool experiences financial distress.

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Automated Cash Forecasting

Treasury & Risk Staff | September 21, 2017

How the treasury team at EmblemHealth harnessed technology to improve efficiency and strategic focus.

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Libor’s 2021 Demise Means More Work for Treasury

Susan Kelly | September 19, 2017

The move to a new benchmark rate will require treasury teams to deal with older contracts that still cite Libor.

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Dollar’s Decline Underscores Need to Hedge

Susan Kelly | September 13, 2017

The currency has been hit by geopolitical tensions, stronger growth overseas and the Trump administrations disarray.

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Nations Roof: Workers' Comp Reaches a New Level

Rosalie L. Donlon, PropertyCasualty360.com | August 31, 2017

For Nations Roof's risk manager, Neftali Ortiz, a focus on safety training, injury prevention and accountability throughout the organization has led to an award-winning program.

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10 Questions Asked at Open Enrollment Time

Caroline Marwitz | August 24, 2017

Employees want to know the answers to these questions. Employers can help make the answers easy to find.

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Reaping the Gains from Rising Interest Rates

Bob Stark | August 17, 2017

Five factors corporate treasurers need to consider as central banks around the world look to increase rates.

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Would Roth 401(k)s Lead to Lower Savings Rates?

Nick Thornton | August 16, 2017

New data emerges ahead of tax-reform debate.

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Further Changes for Money Funds?

Susan Kelly | August 10, 2017

Proposed legislation in the House and Senate would let funds go back to using stable NAVs.

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Taking a Lean Approach to Cash Flow Exposure Forecasting

Fikre Bizuneh, Malcolm Cummings | August 03, 2017

From the factory floor to finance: How a Lean approach can help treasury better manage currency risk.

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Best Practices in Optimizing Corporate Liquidity

Meg Waters | July 26, 2017

The 2017 Alexander Hamilton Awards in Liquidity Management recognize two outstanding initiatives that improve their company's management of cash investments.

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Managing Risk in the Cloud: A Guide for Corporate Treasurers

Andrew Bateman | July 20, 2017

What treasury managers need to know about cybersecurity, and how they can help guard their treasury management systems against threats.

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A Proactive and Pragmatic Approach to Cyber Risk Management

Gaurav Kumar, Jeff Schaeffer | July 18, 2017

How to use the new AICPA cybersecurity attestation reporting framework.

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Same-Day ACH in Action

Susan Kelly | July 12, 2017

Aflac employs same-day ACH credits to make claims payments swiftly.

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CEOs Need Protection When Reputational Crises Hit

Nir Kossovsky | July 06, 2017

Social media puts companies' and individuals' reputations at greater risk than ever before, and CEOs are often in unhappy investors' cross-hairs.

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Visions of a Simpler Global Derivatives Market

Matt Hoffman, Luke Zubrod | June 29, 2017

Regulators and industry will increasingly collaborate to make a complex market simpler.

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A Treasury Perspective

Susan Kelly | June 27, 2017

The advantages of cloud solutions range from cost savings to the community of users, executives say.

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Enterprise Technology Moving to the Cloud

Susan Kelly | June 27, 2017

Companies see their cloud spending growing at double the pace of the overall IT budget, survey shows.

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Getting the Most out of Your Cash

Seth Brener | June 22, 2017

Managing corporate liquidity has never been more challenging, either for cash-rich companies facing low interest rates or for smaller companies looking to finance growth.

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ERM Boosts Compliance Success

Steven Minsky | June 20, 2017

Effective regulatory compliance requires risk and governance procedures to be integrated into processes companywide.

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Market for Treasury, Finance Jobs Remains Competitive

Susan Kelly | June 14, 2017

Average salary gain of 3.5% in 2016, AFP survey shows

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Invoicing, Accounting, and Tax Compliance in Mexico

Hillary Levun & Steven Neuman | June 08, 2017

How Mexico has embraced technology to combat tax evasion and corruption.

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Planning a Treasury Management System Implementation

Chad Wekelo | June 05, 2017

Insufficient attention to planning undermines the project's chances of success. Here's how to help ensure that a new treasury management system will meet the company's needs.

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6 Ways Companies Can Protect Employees Traveling on Business

Justin Tysdal | May 24, 2017

Given the risks business travelers face in this uncertain world, companies should take steps to protect their team.

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Political Risk Grabs the Spotlight

Susan Kelly | May 17, 2017

A pushback against globalization has raised the prospect of barriers to international trade.

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The New Frontier of Political Risks

Jodan Ledford, Jason Shoup | May 16, 2017

How the prospect of tax reform and other political issues will affect corporate investments, and what that means for pension plan sponsors.

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