How to get started with implementing KYC: Ten steps and best practices
This article is a contribution from one of our content partners, Avollone Implementing Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures is essential for businesses operating in industries with products that are more likely to be used for financial crime, trading in countries and areas with sanctions, counterparties that increase the financial crime risk, or companies there regulated…
Franklin
Top 10 Recent Books Corporate Treasurers Should Read for Real-Life Lessons
In today’s fast-paced finance and treasury landscape, staying informed and drawing insights from real-world events can help corporate treasurers navigate complexity and uncertainty. Beyond theoretical knowledge, the stories behind financial markets, corporate collapses, frauds, and innovations offer valuable lessons. These narratives not only inspire but also serve as cautionary tales for professionals in treasury and…
Variance Analysis: A Treasurer’s Guide to Improving the Cash Forecast
This article is written by Palm A cash flow forecast without variance analysis is like an employee operating without any feedback. Their opportunity to learn, grow, improve and iterate is forgone and they are blind to how well they are performing. Despite this, many treasurers choose not to expend their scarce resources running a regular…
Bitcoin’s $66,000 Milestone: What It Means for Corporate Treasurers
The Bitcoin Boom Bitcoin has once again captured headlines, soaring to $66,000. This surge is largely attributed to increased investments in Bitcoin ETFs (exchange-traded funds), signaling growing institutional interest in cryptocurrencies. But what does this mean for corporate treasurers? Let’s dive in. Corporate Treasury: A Conservative Approach For most corporate treasurers, Bitcoin remains on the…
Why You Should Treat Legal Entity And Other Non-Financial Data Like Financial Data
This article is written by Treasury4 No two organizational structures are equal. Every organization has a distinctive legal entity structure. This can include parent entities, subsidiaries, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures, and other related entities. It’s critical for key players to get a centralized view of this information to understand how their organization is structured—and…
Treasury for Non-Treasurers: Key insights from the 2nd of 9 articles to date – Is Treasury a Strategic Function?
The answer will be no surprise. What might be surprising, though, is how many are—or are not, depending on your experience. The detail is in the article. See the links below ⚡. In the meantime, enjoy the TL;DR and, let me know what you think! 🙂 Articles to date in the Treasury for Non-Treasurers series:…
Nicholas
AI as the CFO’s strategic ally
This article is written by Embat It is technology itself, or rather, its advances, that has allowed the CFO to make considerable role changes in recent years, focusing on a much more strategic position, that seeks to generate greater value in the most pertinent aspects of business decision making, and which is not (only) focused on…
Streamlining Treasury operations – UNHCR’s move towards integrated financial and treasury management solutions
This article is written by EuroFinance UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has undergone a technological transformation to enhance its integrations for financial and treasury management systems. This approach aims to streamline treasury operations and use financial technologies for banking connectivity to improve global liquidity and currency management, together with increased efficiency of aid distribution to…
Treasury for Non-Treasurers: Crossing the Chasm (Part II)
Introduction In “Treasury as a Strategic Function”, we explained why Treasury matters to you, the Non-Treasurers. Later articles discussed how operational and strategic treasuries in the chasm offer limited value. Real value-add comes from strategic treasuries that have crossed the chasm. The previous article mentioned that amounts, cultures, and contexts push treasuries into the chasm….