Articles
According to the 2017 AFP Strategic Role of Treasury Survey, supported by Marsh & McLennan Companies, treasury is playing a more strategic role in organizations.
05/22/2017
Financial professionals at the ACT Annual Conference weighed in on how treasury’s role has expanded to include some unique challenges.
05/17/2017
Earn recertification credits by completing quizzes on AFP's CE Quiz page, supporting ongoing professional development for treasury and FP&A professionals.
05/15/2017
Here were the five major themes discussed by attendees at the Chicago FP&A Roundtable.
05/11/2017
How you start communicating and/or how you respond determines how effective communication can be. Here are some tips that can be especially useful to practitioners who are just beginning to get their feet wet in the treasury world.
05/11/2017
Discover the potential of blockchain technology to streamline bank fee analysis, addressing a common frustration for treasury professionals.
05/10/2017
The House Financial Services Committee has approved the Financial CHOICE Act. The bill would repeal the Durbin Amendment if ultimately passed.
05/05/2017
Here are five key ways your finance team can become strategic business partners.
05/02/2017
Discover the risks associated with blockchain and faster payments technologies, as highlighted by a perspective from outside the spectrum of enthusiasts in the field.
05/02/2017
Distributed ledger technology may have started off as the basis for bitcoin, but it already promises to be much more than a cryptocurrency.
04/26/2017
Corporate treasurers are interested in using Real Time Payments (RTP), but there are questions about how much of an investment they’d want to make in it.
04/26/2017
The Clearing House pulled back the curtain on its Real Time Payments initiative, providing Faster Payments 2017 attendees with an in-depth look at the system.
04/25/2017
Understand the impact of rising interest rates on treasury departments and the importance of revisiting hedging strategies, as discussed by Craig Martin of AFP.
04/20/2017
Explore the automation of B2B payments and the reduction of barriers in collecting and storing supplier information, driving advancements in the field.
04/19/2017
Explore the unsustainable approach to interest rate risk and the necessary paradigm shift companies need to prepare for in this Treasury in Practice Guide.
04/18/2017
Many treasury and finance professionals have questions about FBAR filing, especially since the FBAR filing date has been moved up from June 30 to Tax Day.
04/11/2017
Check fraud remains a prevalent method used by criminals. The 2017 AFP Payments Fraud and Control Survey reveals decreased protection efforts by treasury departments.
04/11/2017
Discover the results of the 2017 AFP Payments Fraud Survey, underwritten by J.P. Morgan, indicating that nearly three-quarters of financial professionals reported being victims of payments fraud.
04/04/2017
Some numbers are more important than others in fulfilling the treasury mandate. Here are six of the most important ones.
03/27/2017
At every level, AFP has several broad approaches to help treasurers advance in their careers.
03/24/2017
Payments fraud follows patterns. But one area that tends to get overlooked is how fraud can vary by geographical region.
03/16/2017
While Frank Abagnale’s criminal specialty was check fraud, in recent years, he’s become quite the expert in more advanced fraud methods.
03/15/2017
Gain a better understanding of deposit ratings and their relevance to corporate treasurers.
03/15/2017
Gain insights into the management of big data and its impact on personal and professional lives in the finance industry.
03/13/2017
Structured data versus unstructured data: What's the difference?
03/06/2017
The latest FP&A Board roundtable centered on the reasons why business partnering continues to prove such an obstacle for FP&A professionals.
03/02/2017
In a recent AFP Conversations podcast, Anne-Marie Rice, director EMEA at AFP, discussed trends in FP&A, which she sees as the future of the finance function.
02/27/2017
Everyone needs to take the right amount of risk, and that implies driving risk-based decision-making into all levels of activity in your organization.
02/24/2017
Greg Litster, president of SAFEChecks, provides some tips to help treasury and finance professionals thwart business email compromise (BEC) scams.
02/23/2017
Clearly, there are a lot of valuable skills accounting professionals can bring to the FP&A role. But there’s also a lot they must learn.
02/21/2017
SWIFT's global payments innovation (gpi) service allows treasurers’ banks to provide them with faster, more transparent and traceable cross-border payments.
02/16/2017
AFP's new Executive Guide, underwritten by BNP Paribas, helps treasurers navigate the process of managing bank relationships.
02/14/2017
While the final 385 regulations are not as far-reaching as the initial ones, determining compliance with them should be a key focus for treasurers in 2017.
02/13/2017
As the CTP turns 30, we speak with some practitioners on why they chose to earn the certification, and the changes it’s gone through over the past three decades.
02/08/2017
While upcoming elections in Europe are not expected to fundamentally change the EU's future, a shakeup in Italy would be particularly concerning.
01/30/2017
Grady Walker, Treasurer and Finance Director for Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, explains why capital structure is so important for today's corporate treasury executive.
01/27/2017
Aurora Gregory explains how treasury and finance professionals can become thought leaders by presenting at AFP 2017 in San Diego and other conferences.
01/25/2017
By understanding the interrelationships between all the risk management players, it may be possible to obtain insights to better manage financial risk.
01/23/2017
A mix of analytics and judgment is required when devising a hedging program to manage financial risk.
01/19/2017
Understand the challenges faced by customers in comparing bank fees due to a lack of policing of the AFP Service Codes, as reported by practitioner members.
01/18/2017