October 2007

Thanks to GE, straight-through processing is coming to a treasury near you

SEPA is only months away from its official start date, and there are still as many questions as answers. but for those companies that have started preparations early, there should be rewards

Treasury & Risk presents our 2007 picks of Corporate America's rising finance stars under the age of 40

Companies that give finance executives a little taste of operations can reap rewards

MasterCard's Lori Byrne analyzes the pros and cons of putting your purchasing card program through a conversion study

Cognos' newest planning and performance management software depends on real-time numbers to help finance and operations know when a plan is going off track and the reason why

The herd mentality gets graduates moving outside corporate finance. Here's what companies can do to shepherd them back to business

An operations background gives EMC CFO David Goulden insights into the numbers that a pure finance person might not bring to the table

I love the 40 Under 40 issue--although it is a painful reminder that even if I worked in a finance department or treasury and was ...

Although many were shocked when Mattel was forced to recall millions of potentially toxic toys made in china, it wasn't exactly a surprise. So why are so few companies prepared for the risk?

Financial Executives International says an increase would hurt competitiveness, countering public sentiment that financial executives already make too much

Visa Inc., the newly restructured San Francisco-based company comprised of Visa Canada, Visa USA, and Visa International, named Byron Pollitt Jr. CFO. Pollitt, 56, joins ...

The subprime mortgage meltdown could make it harder for risk managers to purchase D&O policies, even after a downward trend in prices

Credit rating agencies are coming under fresh criticism--this time for the role they have played in the structured finance market meltdown. Less than a year ...

While new guidance from the PCAOB will help management cut auditing fees, companies are still on their own when it comes to trying to translate compliance and risk management into great performance

Linking a portion of an employee's compensation to performance is, in theory, a good idea. But it doesn't always measure up in practice if the company turns out to measuring someone else's performance