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

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. “The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act implementation could cause businesses to have extra capital to deploy, but it is even more encouraging that organizations expect to have cash on hand through the normal course of business in the coming year,” said TD Bank’s manager of treasury management sales, Tom Gregory, in a statement at the time.

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

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A new report from treasury management technology firm Kyriba and CFO Research Services offered CFOs a chance to lay out their wish lists for their treasurer peers, with chief financial officers pushing the treasury function to embrace a more prominent role.

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Corporate America Hinges On Presidential Election

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Small businesses are anxious, and there is evidence that large corporates’ cash management and investment strategies are also being shaped by political uncertainty. Small business employment, cash reserves and FinTech investment plans are all being shaped by this year’s presidential election. .” 26% of U.S.

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Tracking Treasurers’ Progress In Handling Greater Corporate Responsibilities

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In their Strategic Role of Treasury Survey , the AFP and Marsh & McLennan identified the forces pressing companies to shift the treasury department into a more strategic position. Capital allocation, financial risk management, and treasury and payment technologies are also key areas of focus, researchers found.

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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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Viewing Payments As The Corporate Cash Flow Lever

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Citing the 2016 AFP Payments Fraud and Control Survey, SunTrust attributed that figure to the use of non-electronic payments processes. “Ignoring your payments strategy could have a big impact on your bottom line,” said SunTrust’s Michael Maza, head of treasury and payment solutions.