In uncertain economic times, companies need liquidity. But they also need strong supplier relationships.
With a less-clear, less-robust future ahead, CFOs get more careful about how they spend corporate cash.
CFO are preserving cash in anticipation of rough times ahead. But they are also more optimistic about the domestic economy than they were three months ago.
Treasury and finance professionals say they'll deploy more of their cash this quarter — but they've said that before, and often.
Absent an economic slowdown, strong free cash flow and accessible debt markets will keep companies from having to tap reserves.
The digital revolution in payments is not as overwhelmingly electronic as you might think.
Cash holdings were up 1.8% from the year prior, with the technology sector accounting for a record 46% of total cash in 2015.
More companies built up rather than subtracted from their cash holdings last quarter, but some plan to reverse course the last three months of 2013.
