by Brian Weeks | Aug 30, 2024 | Replays, Webinars
With the 2024 US presidential election quickly approaching, persisting uncertainty poses questions about how the results will affect markets in the short and long term. Join Phil Orlando, John Mosko, and Craig Jeffery for a 30-minute session where they will discuss how the markets are expected to be impacted by a win on either side and offer a short-term view of the liquidity market and a long-term view of the equity market, with distinct fiscal policies in play.
by Brian Weeks | Aug 14, 2024 | Replays, Webinars
Ready access to data from banks is foundational. The richness of that data impacts various operational and analytical areas, from treasury and accounting to accounts receivable and accounts payable. Data is required to feed our developing analytics engines to support better decisions. Meanwhile, it is increasingly important but challenging to execute transactions across many platforms with different banks for multiplying payment formats – all while still supporting robust controls.
Some formats are on track to be retired, while new payment rails and formats add complexity alongside opportunity. Legacy systems continue, but new connectivity methods (such as APIs) expand. Keeping up with the technology “debt” while supporting the new presents technologists and treasury professionals with a conundrum that must be solved gracefully.
Fintechs are addressing these concerns in various ways, using different tools and a multiplicity of partnerships and strategies. Evaluate their approaches as they show and explain how they solve for the hyper-expanding complexity to simplify the missions of both the corporate treasurer and corporate technologist.
by Brian Weeks | Jul 18, 2024 | Replays, Webinars
Receivables modernization represents a strategic opportunity for businesses to improve their cash flow and working capital management. By leveraging modern technology, corporations can see more effective and convenient ways to collect payments. Faster, automated, and integrated collections streamline the process, significantly enhancing efficiency. In this webinar, Strategic Treasurer’s Managing Partner, Craig Jeffery, and Deluxe’s Payment Division President, John Rubinetti III, will uncover the potential for automation opportunities, the best approach for companies modernizing their receivables, and the benefits of true vendor partnership.
by Brian Weeks | Jul 18, 2024 | Replays, Webinars
The growth in new payment rails, formats, and controls is increasing the complexity companies face. Managing the processes around more secure and “aware” payments is challenging enough with a single payment system. Many organizations are now dealing with numerous payment origination systems, all of which require continual updates. This session will offer practical guidance, tools, and considerations for companies facing payments complexity, focusing on the following points:
• Growth of payment complexity
• Challenges of keeping current
• Principles for managing payment complexity
• Payment hub foundations (payment hub, payment factory)
• Decision points in selecting payment solutions
by Brian Weeks | Jul 16, 2024 | Replays, Webinars
The questions about bank fees come easy: Are we paying the right amount for our banking services? Are we being overcharged? How can we know when nothing is directly comparable and there is a lack of transparency? The answers, however, are far more difficult to find.
Understanding the “right amount” of bank fees requires understanding what others are paying and how these amounts are changing over time. Data forms the basis for this, but data must be presented clearly and understood to be useful. In this webinar, we will review select statistical and charting tools you can use to help your company better understand bank prices.
• Percentiles. Learn how percentile charts provide a basis for understanding what others are paying and where you stand. This creates easy visibility into what your expectations should be.
• Box and Whisker. This provides direct visibility into the band of pricing that exists in the market.
• Regression. Strategic Treasurer’s use of regression allows you to see the trend over time of the average price paid in the industry. Understanding the direction and influences can help you plan and better negotiate agreement terms.
To understand what is happening in the market and to negotiate favorable rates, you must have solid, up-to-date points of reference. This webinar will rely on the Feenix Guide to Bank Pricing to support various statistical and charting tools when reviewing your bank fees.
by Brian Weeks | Jul 5, 2024 | Replays, Webinars
Receiving payment from consumers can be even more messy than receiving it from companies. Payment by card, check, digital wallets, and cash all have challenges of their own. Whether physical or virtual, remote or in-person, each factor contributes some type of complexity. Companies with consumer customers need to simplify the complexity of handling various payment types, including the messiest form of all: legal tender – cash. Deposit and collections concerns regarding costs, liquidity, visibility, flexibility, and safety have different rankings depending upon the mode and method of collecting. This session will touch on the landscape of methods, challenges, and solutions used by companies and offered by banks and third parties:
● In-person: cash, check, card, digital wallets
● Remote: check, card, electronic
