by Brian Weeks | Sep 26, 2022 | Replays, Webinars
Virtual cards (sometimes called “vcards”) are a payment option offering decreased fraud risk and increased speed. The 2022 Virtual Card Solutions Survey, run by Strategic Treasurer and underwritten by Mastercard, investigated the adoption rates, corporate and bank perspectives, challenges, and advantages of virtual card programs. This webinar will discuss the results, covering topics such as the payment delays and the desire for security that drive virtual card adoption, the challenges of supplier adoption and attrition for virtual card programs, the expectations and experiences of various organizations on the topic, and more.
by Brian Weeks | Sep 23, 2022 | Replays, Webinars
The current macro-economic situation now has multiple cross-currents and several strong headwinds from inflation rates to supply chain challenges. Treasurers are finding that they have to pull multiple levers to steer their financial ships properly in this rising storm. This session will look at the changing environment and examine how traditional and new levers can help companies navigate these choppy waters skillfully. Topics covered will include supply chain finance and other AP levers such as Pay Later, credit-as-a-service (CaaS) for AR, forecasting properly in calm vs. stormy environments, and more.
by Brian Weeks | Sep 19, 2022 | Replays, Webinars
Managing working capital well is vital, but it isn’t always simple. As working capital needs shift in response to the environment, accounts receivable (AR) and treasury must work to identify the current needs and find ways to address them. This session will cover how to determine what is necessary for working capital in light of today’s various chaotic factors and will discuss leading practices and key changes to processes or technology that can improve working capital and efficiently address its current challenges.
by Elizabeth Jeffery | Sep 12, 2022 | Survey Results, Survey Results Reports
Survey Results B2B Payments Strategic Treasurer’s B2B Payments survey, developed in partnership with Bottomline Technologies, sought to understand the shifting technologies, strategies, and practices used by organizations across the Business-to-Business (B2B)...
by Brian Weeks | Aug 29, 2022 | Replays, Webinars
As market volatility and economic uncertainty continue, corporate treasurers are forced to write a new playbook for 2022 and beyond. Strong currency headwinds, continued interest rate increases, unabating inflation, a highly mobile labor market, and the threat of supply chain disruptions are driving an unprecedented set of risk scenarios for treasury teams to manage.
This webinar will tackle how treasury can design leading practices to reduce the vulnerability to market volatility and implement a playbook to drive more efficient borrowing, more effective hedging, and more confident forecasting, pulling new levers to optimize liquidity within a real-time environment.
by Brian Weeks | Aug 19, 2022 | Replays, Webinars
How are treasury and AP professionals managing the current and anticipated challenges of the evolving payments landscape? The 2022 Global Payments Survey, underwritten by Corpay and powered by Strategic Treasurer, probed respondents on their experiences and perspectives across multiple payments functions, including bank connectivity (financial messaging formats, channels, etc.), cross-border and FX transfers, and the use of new or emerging payment technologies. This webinar will discuss the results from the survey, covering data on topics such as the challenges with managing global payments activity; projected spend and investment on payment systems, technologies, services, and functionalities; and more.
