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Tax Reform Not Enough To Convince Corporates To Spend, AFP Finds

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” 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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Corcentric Joins The B2B Payments Game

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From sourcing to invoicing, B2B transactions involve a lot of steps before the actual payment. Using FIS-run PayNetExchange to process ACH, checks and virtual cards and using Comdata to issue Mastercard commercial cards, Corcentric pulls in payment capabilities across a range of rails to support the last mile of the B2B transaction.

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Speed Finds Opportunity In B2B Payments Beyond Accounts Payable

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Operating as a funding agent will broaden community banking participation in RTP, Bankers’ Bank said, adding that it will also build a 24/7 liquidity management solution for RTP transactions within its cash management suite of services. FinTechs Move Money To Vendors Faster.

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Treasurers Understand — But Aren’t Living Up To — Rising CFO Expectations

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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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Treasurers Choose Service Over Regulatory Ties When Picking A Bank

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New research from Asset Benchmark Research suggests ties with regulators and even reputation are not the number one priority for corporate treasurers looking for a cash management provider. Only 13 percent said they decreased the number of cash management solution providers with which they were working.

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Treasury Is Becoming More Strategic — And Treasurers Know It

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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. Cash management and forecasting are also top areas of focus, cited by 64 percent of respondents as top priorities for the next three years. “As

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Payments Acceleration Shifts The Risks For Buyers And Suppliers

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Business-to-business (B2B) trade, especially when deals occur across borders, expose businesses to all sorts of risks, like non-payment (on the supplier’s side), or non-deliver (on the buyer’s side). The buyer-supplier relationship goes beyond regulatory requirements like Know Your Customer. The supplier would be at risk [of non-payment].”.

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