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The New Payments World – Does it Include Banks?
Many banks are struggling to keep pace with web channel optimization and mobile strategies – meanwhile, non-bank innovators are aggressively entering the payments and lending space. What can banks learn from these new entrants – and will banks be able to transform themselves before they are reduced to nothing more than a settlement engine? Treasury
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The SAP-Treasury General Contractor
Our Treasury Technology consulting practice can help you implement SAP Treasury and Financials modules with confidence. Treasury Strategies’ experienced team helps clients achieve their integrated technology vision because we know treasury inside and out, we know SAP and we know the associated technology that is part of your overall architecture (bank connectivity, third-party specialty platforms
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LCR Flash Report
US regulators today finalized a rule that may affect the relationships many of you have with your banks. Under Basel III guidelines, the US Federal Reserve and the FDIC finalized a rule called the LCR, or liquidity coverage ratio. The goal is to ensure banks have sufficient funding to withstand a crisis. Most other global
Corporate Cash Briefing
Treasury Strategies’ Quarterly Corporate Cash Briefing™ – October 2014
This has been a monumental quarter for corporate cash in terms of money market fund regulation, Basel III, monetary policy, negative interest rates, currency volatility and more. Tune in for Treasury Strategies’ Quarterly Corporate Cash Briefing on Thursday, October 9 to hear more about what this all means for you. In particular, we will examine
Technology Briefing
Treasury Technology Briefing – New Technology Delivery Models
Treasury technology is key to driving results and transforming data into business intelligence, enabling treasury to be the company’s financial nerve center. The Treasury Strategies’ Treasury Technology Briefing will help you keep current. In this briefing, we’ll take a closer look at how new technology, delivery models and capabilities have created new risks in the payment space; security in your treasury
Regulatory Insights
Assessing the Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act Four Years Later
Anthony Carfang, Partner, Treasury Strategies, Inc. testified today at the U.S. House of Representatives on “Assessing the Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act Four Years Later.” Treasury Strategies supports the House’s Financial Services Committee efforts to ensure the Volcker Rule is implemented in a manner that supports a stable and robust financial system. However, we feel
Corporate Cash Briefing
Treasury Strategies’ Quarterly Corporate Cash Briefing™ – July 2014
U.S. Corporate Cash Levels Drop 5% to $1.85T. The quarter-on-quarter decline of roughly $91 billion was the largest—in nominal terms—on record. Tune in for Treasury Strategies’ Quarterly Corporate Cash Briefing on Thursday, July 17 to hear more about how corporate cash levels are fluctuating again, and what that means for you. You’ll also hear insights
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Basel III Changing the Rules of the Game for Corporate Treasurers
The full force of financial services regulation is about to come crashing down onto the desks of corporate treasurers. One of the potentially most disruptive regulations, Basel III, is right around the corner. Be prepared. Treasury Strategies TSI_Basel_III_050714.pdf
Technology Briefing
Treasury Technology Briefing – How Security is Key
Treasury technology is key to driving results and transforming data into business intelligence, enabling treasury to be the company’s financial nerve center. The Treasury Strategies’ Treasury Technology Briefing will help you keep current. In this briefing, we’ll take a closer look at how security in your treasury technology is key to maintaining your nerve center connections,
Regulatory Insights
Proposed Money Market Mutual Fund Regulations: A Game Theory Assessment
This paper presents a game theory analysis of the SEC’s June 2013 proposals for reform of Money Market Funds (MMFs). Game theory is relevant to this policy debate as regulators have depicted investor behavior using terminology of shareholder runs and first mover advantage – a framework classically employed in game models of bank runs. The