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AFP: Does the US need Faster Payments?

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The second day of AFP in Nashville, Tennessee, saw BNY Mellon’s Sumner Francisco, Finzly’s Karuna Kathir, PTap Advisory’s Peter Tapling and Walmart’s Sarah Arnio, take to the stage to discuss the adoption and benefits of Faster Payments and the differences between rails such as instant payments, same-day ACH, and push-to-card transactions.

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AFP: Business continuity starts with careful plans

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A series of tough questions greeted a room of just-arrived attendees to AFP in Nashville, Tennessee before the keynote address from Malcolm Gladwell who delved into weighty matters, exploring anecdotes and examples from his new book Revenge of the Tipping Point.

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AFP: FedNow vs. The Clearing House’s Real Time – where does Request for Payment fit in?

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Taking to the stage on the penultimate day of the AFP conference in Nashville’s Music City Center, were Netflix’s Joshua Karoly, The Clearing House’s Cheryl Gurz, US Bank’s Mike Thomas in a panel led by Strategic Resource Management’s Dean Nolan.

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AFP: Fraud is the biggest painpoint for accounts payables automation

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Kicking off the first day of AFP, the conference for finance and treasury professionals held in Nashville, Tennessee this year, Mike Watercott, CTP, working capital consultant, US Bank, led a discussion on striking the balance in payments with Andy Sullivan, vice president of channel sales, Bottomline and Cynthia MacGeagh, treasury manager, Clayton (..)

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AFP Evening Event, Co-Hosted by the FPC and Alacriti

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Join us for a drink at Lucky Strike and enjoy great conversation with other FPC members and payments professionals in town for the AFP Annual Conference. Food and fun will be served in a private bowling suite for the group. Lucky Strike is a 5-min walk from the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

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AFP Payments Guide: The Changing Face of Cross-Border Payments

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AFP's latest Payments Guide explores the cross-border payments infrastructure, and the challenges it has faced in recent years. But while new initiatives and payments technology innovations have emerged in recent years to move cross-border payments forward, multiple obstacles remain in place and new ones are quickly becoming more apparent.

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AFP ‘Troubled’ Over Corporate Treasurers’ Lack Of FinTech Adoption

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Yet, a new report from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) warned of only minuscule adoption of these tools so far, a trend that analysts described as “troubling.” These professionals widely agreed that positive disruption is on the horizon as a result of FinTech. ”

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