In today’s episode of the Treasury Update Podcast, Doug Hartsema from The Hartsema Group discusses the importance of unfiltered feedback for banks and payment firms. He explains how transforming customers into advisors can have a significant impact and highlights the critical differences between customer and advisor voices. He also reads through examples of key customer quotes and discusses their meanings.
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.
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
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.
In today’s podcast, Karyn Brown from Austin Industries joins us to share her thoughts on why there isn’t a standard career path for treasurers. Craig Jeffery and Karyn also discuss the varied paths to becoming a treasurer, the implications of this diversity, and the current hiring environment. Listen in to learn more.