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75% of CFOs Embrace Double Digit Spending Increases
CFOs want to spend more, but access to capital is the challenge, per the CFO Alliance sentiment report.
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| January 26, 2023
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Corporate Cash Holdings Metric Offers Mixed Signals
About one-third of companies saw their cash balances fall in the first quarter, but did that indicate investment or poor financial performance?
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Vincent Ryan
| May 11, 2021
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Credit & Capital
CFOs Are Relying on Banks to Keep Short-Term Cash Safe
Many increased their short-term investments in products offered by banks compared with 12 months ago, according to the AFP.
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Vincent Ryan
| July 6, 2020
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Strategy
Companies’ Stated Cash Intentions Merit Skepticism
Treasury and finance professionals say they'll deploy more of their cash this quarter — but they've said that before, and often.
By
David McCann
| January 29, 2019
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Technology
Why Is Blockchain Suddenly So Hot?
All at once, it seems, corporate treasury departments are embracing the distributed-ledger technology to manage FX more efficiently, among other reasons.
By
Wolfgang Koester
| February 9, 2018
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Corporate Finance
Companies May Spend a Bit More This Quarter
But overall they remain conservative about using their cash reserves, an Association for Financial Professionals survey shows.
By
David McCann
| January 29, 2018
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Technology
Disappointed with FP&A? Ramp Up Tech Spending
Investing in today's analytics tools will easily pay for itself in staff time saved and better-quality analysis, AFP study finds.
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David McCann
| October 7, 2016
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Cash Management
Treasurers Hoarded Cash in Fourth Quarter, Index Finds
But more of them plan to dish out dollars this quarter, according to AFP's Corporate Cash Indicators.
By
David Katz
| January 27, 2016
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Forecasting
Hoarders Once Again
Many companies are back to the habit of holding on tightly to their cash reserves. Is a softening in business confidence to blame?
By
Vincent Ryan
| July 27, 2015
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Talent Management
Bonuses ‘Bountiful’ for Treasurers and Others Last Year
Seventy-two percent of organizations awarded bonuses to their treasury and finance employees in 2014, at an average 18% of base salary, according to AFP.
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Katie Kuehner-Hebert
| May 21, 2015
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Technology
Finance Execs See Chip Cards as Anti-Fraud Boon
Vast majority say the soon-forthcoming cards will reduce point-of-sale fraud.
By
Matthew Heller
| March 25, 2015
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The Economy
Floodgates Opening?
After accumulating cash in the fourth quarter of 2014, finance execs forecast greater spending this quarter, according to AFP.
By
Katie Kuehner-Hebert
| January 26, 2015
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The Cloud
Cyber Security Spending Up, But Many Uninsured
Finance execs say they are spending more on preventing cyber attacks, but almost a third indicate their companies are shouldering all the risk.
By
Matthew Heller
| November 4, 2014
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Hiring
Finance Staffers Earn Larger Pay Increases
CFOs earned a 2.8 percent rise in base pay in 2013, but gave staff-level finance personnel an increase of more than 4 percent.
By
Vincent Ryan
| June 2, 2014
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Growth Companies
Companies Aim to Reduce Liquidity
More than a quarter of finance execs tell AFP they will reduce their company's cash balances in the first quarter. Will they this time?
By
Vincent Ryan
| January 28, 2014
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Fraud
Checks Ceding Ground to Electronic Payments
Companies are slowly converting check payments into wire-transfer, ACH-debit and purchasing-card transactions.
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Vincent Ryan
| November 19, 2013
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