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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 ‘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.” That’s despite the majority of treasury and finance professionals who said they are prepared to implement these tools.

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Chase, AFP Applaud B2B’s Shrinking Check Use

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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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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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US Firms Expected To Lower Cash Holdings Amid Pandemic

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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.

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Treasurers Reveal Dismal Tech Adoption Rates

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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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