PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

While more businesses are not only shifting away from paper, but operating with an embrace of digitization, the AFP and JPMorgan warned that checks remain popular and are far from being gone for good in the corporate payments ecosystem.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

The AFP’s latest Corporate Cash Indicators report, published Monday (Jan. According to the AFP, corporates have expressed their plans to deploy cash every January in the seven years since the AFP began its Corporate Cash Indicators report, except for one. The Association for Financial Professionals says U.S.

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Payments Source

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

After several years of a sharp decline in B-to-B check payments, in the last year or so the trend has begun to level off, the latest AFP data suggests.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2018

” However, the latest analysis from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) suggests businesses are reluctant to let go of that cash. The AFP’s newest Corporate Cash Indicators report , released this week, found trade dispute concerns to be among the largest factors hampering U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

While corporates are adopting stronger internal controls to combat the threat of payments fraud, new data from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) reveals the number of incidents has continued to climb to new heights. ”

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Finextra

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Can a smaller FX and global payments provider compete against the large and regional banks when it comes to buying and sending foreign currency payments to suppliers overseas? Absolutely,” said Monex USA CEO John Doyle.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

The problem is getting worse, according to the Association for Financial Professionals’ (AFP) latest Payments Fraud and Control Survey Report. According to the AFP, an attacker will target the payment rail that is most commonly used by the victim to pay suppliers, thus, limiting suspicions.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Businesses have responded to the pandemic by tapping into their cash reserves, as around 32 percent of businesses plan to diminish their cash holdings in the next quarter, the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) announced in a press release. In this case, they seem to be doing so to remain viable.” ”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

For the 2016 AFP Electronic Payments Survey, released on Tuesday (Sept. “Treasury and finance professionals are indicating their support for Same Day ACH because they see the value that it brings to last-minute payments,” said AFP President and Chief Executive Jim Kaitz in a statement.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

A new report from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) found that only about a tenth of surveyed corporate treasurers are prepared for emerging technologies like blockchain and machine learning to disrupt the enterprise. That means RPA can handle simple, repetitive tasks as well as more complex tasks, the AFP explained.

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Paymerang

JANUARY 23, 2024

According to the 2022 and 2023 AFP Reports, the top hurdles for finance teams were lengthy invoice and approval times, and a large percentage of exceptions, followed closely by late supplier payments and high… Source Feeling like the month-end tasks are always looming over your AP team?

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Finextra

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Finextra sat down with Chris Ward, EVP enterprise payments for Truist Bank, to talk about what he sees coming in the future of payments.

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The Paypers

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) has conducted a survey on US-based professionals regarding their payments processes and revealed that 92% of organisations still use paper checks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

corporates ramped up their cash accumulation during the fourth quarter of 2019, a sign of a cautious approach to the economy, new research from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) said on Monday (Jan. 27), per a report from Yahoo! The Index jumped 22 points to +31 in Q4 compared to Q3 and increased 13 points year over year.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

The 2020 Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) Payments Fraud and Control Survey underwritten by JPMorgan found that business email compromise (BEC) was the most noted origin of tried or actual fraud incidents in 2019, according to an announcement.

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Fintech Finance

JUNE 19, 2024

The online study of almost 1400 adults, supported by a grant by the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy, reported that “53% of respondents had made a checkout charity donation in the past year.” FreedomPay believes that these statistics point to a continued and growing interest by consumers to participate in charitable giving with retailers.

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Evolve Payment

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

An industry survey by the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) found that check usage for business-to-business (B2B) payments declined to an all-time low of 33% in 2022. Over half of all AFP survey respondents considered speed the most important factor when choosing a payment method.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Harvard University geneticist George Church has written about impending technologies that “extend our brain both biologically and electronically,” while AFP describes the brain as “the next frontier for the tech sector.” The brain is relatively uncharted territory for tech. ” We … Continued.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Corporate treasurers are building up cash reserves as concerns about the economy grow, according to a new survey conducted by the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP). The AFP’s latest Corporate Cash Indicators index , released Monday (Oct. In response, treasurers are stockpiling company cash.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

. “Payments fraud and business email compromise, in particular, have been thorns in financial professionals’ sides for years, but this recent surge is especially concerning,” said Jim Kaitz , president and CEO of AFP, in a statement. Though the figure is high, it’s a decrease from 80 percent in 2018, the AFP noted.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

A +7 point increase in the AFP’s Corporate Cash Indicators report means U.S. Still, AFP President and CEO Jim Kaitz said in a statement, the spike in the index implies that corporates are “taking a wait-and-see approach when it comes to cash deployment, likely because of concerns over political uncertainty at home and abroad.”

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2017

The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) came out with some scary statistics this month: B2B payments fraud is not only on the rise, but at its highest levels ever since the AFP began recording this information. But there are other ways the AFP found businesses are exposed to payments fraud, most notably through the BEC scam.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

According to recent data from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), corporates still have a long way to go: Just 1 percent of corporate treasurers surveyed for the AFP MindShift survey , released last November, said they already have a blockchain tool implemented in their systems. Quaranta seemed to agree.

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The Finance Weekly

JUNE 15, 2022

The Association for Finance Professionals (AFP) , Compensation Survey was conducted in February, 2022 and is based on data from 1,910 financial professionals compiling data in relation to total compensation earned during the 2021 calendar year. These statistics are not exclusive to the AFP survey.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2018

corporates accelerated their cash collection in the third quarter compared to the previous quarter, the AFP said in an announcement on Monday (Oct. “Interest rates are rising, and the Federal Reserve has made it clear they will continue to rise for some time,” said AFP President and CEO Jim Kaitz in a statement.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2017

New research from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) released Monday (May 22) found 80 percent of corporate treasurers agree the role has become more strategic in the last three years. The same amount of survey respondents also said the role of the treasury department will continue to devolve and become even more strategic.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

Reports on Friday (June 17) by the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) said the Fed recently provided an update on its progress to encourage ISO 20022 adoption. Banks could do all sorts of transactions for you, but they charge you for that and rightly so.”

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The Paypers

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

(The Paypers) Business-to-business payment fraud has been increasing, with accounts payable fraud on the rise, according to Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) reports.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2016

Nearly half of the companies surveyed by the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) and Bloomberg aren’t using a treasury management system. Despite the longevity,” AFP said in its announcement, “treasury professionals make efforts to ensure that their organizations use the most recent version of their TMS.”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Separate analysis from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), also released last year, further emphasized the shifting role of treasury, with 80 percent of treasurers surveyed agreeing that the position is playing a more strategic role than it did three years ago — and will continue to do so moving forward.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

Separate research released last year by the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) highlighted corporate treasurers’ and CFOs’ shifting roles within the enterprise. The AFP, along with Marsh & McLennan Cos.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2017

The Association of Financial Professionals’ (AFP) 2017 Risk Survey found that 60 percent of businesses identify maintaining adequate liquidity as their top strategy to reduce geopolitical risks of the global market. For any company, holding onto capital is key to remaining successful on the global stage.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2016

The findings were detailed in the latest 2016 AFP Liquidity Survey , underwritten by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). “Bank relationships continue to grow in level of strategic importance for organizations,” said AFP CEO and President Jim Kaitz in a statement. The report was published on Tuesday (July 12).

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The Paypers

APRIL 11, 2019

(The Paypers) An AFP research has revealed that a record 82% of organizations reported payment fraud incidents in 2018.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

The Association for Financial Professionals ( AFP ) found that although automated clearing house transactions are generally regarded by CFO.com to be relatively “safer” than other types of transactions — say, paper checks — fraud involving ACH is on the rise.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

According to new research from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), private companies are more reliant on banks than other types of businesses, and the bank-corporate relationship is essential for corporate treasurers when deciding where to place company cash.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

businesses pay their suppliers via check, according to Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) data. Through the combination of Yooz’s invoice management automation platform and SnapCheck’s instant digital check payments, businesses can achieve an entirely paper-free back office.” ” Roughly 50 percent of U.S.

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