The Treasury Update Podcast

Host Craig Jeffery interviews Todd Yoder, Global Treasury Head of Derivatives & Hedging Capital Management & Technology Strategy at Fluor Corporation on being a treasury learner. With the approach of focus and humility as a way to deepen knowledge, they share effective learning techniques and tactical ways to achieve success as a treasurer in today's shifting environment. Listen in to the discussion to learn more. To learn more about Todd Yoder's career background, please tune-in to the Treasury Career Corner Podcast: https://podcast.app/forging-ahead-in-treasury-with-todd-yoder-e82426613/

Series Host Meredith Zonsius catches up with Alexa Cook and Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer on the fifth week's results from the COVID-19 Impact & Response Survey. This new iteration of the micro-survey focuses on reopening the economy and lifting the lockdown from a health, medical and economic standpoint. Listen in on this week's results from treasury and finance professionals as we continue to monitor the situation.

On this episode of the 2020 Outlook series, Craig Jeffery talks with Tom Leitch, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and Ian McNaughton, Head of Product UK, at TreasuryXpress to discuss how the COVID crisis is reshaping and accelerating regulations and compliance. This wide-range discussion covers the top regulatory challenges with a focus on open banking, KYC solutions, corporate initiatives, LIBOR replacement, the impact of COVID-19 and more. Listen in to find out how rapid changes are driving innovations and how tech must rise to the challenge for the greater good in turbulent times.

Special Host Meredith Zonsius talks with Managing Partner Craig Jeffery and Consultant Alexa Cook of Strategic Treasurer on the fourth week of results from the COVID-19 Impact & Response Survey. This new wave of responses from treasury and finance professionals reveal major issues impacting our industry this week around changes to investing allocations, hedging activities with view to exposure to foreign currency, economic outlook and more. Listen in to this concise discussion to understand how our industry is responding in turbulent times amid the pandemic.

What is a data lake? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook joins a Zoom meeting with Strategic Treasurer's Managing Partner Craig Jeffery to discuss data lakes. They provide an overview of data lakes and describe its different uses. Tune in and learn a little bit about data lakes.

From the grounding of planes during 9-11 to hurricanes and snowstorms to COVID-19, major issues wreak havoc on AR processes and disrupt vital cashflow and impacts a corporation's relationship with their customers. Host Craig Jeffery joins Managing Director Dave Robertson and Product Manager Beth Bourgoin of Deluxe Corporation to discuss the reasons for and concepts around making accounts receivable undisruptible. They share valuable insights on major issues disrupting AR processes today and technology-enabled solutions to position companies for success. Listen in to the discussion to find out more.

Special Host Meredith Zonsius catches up with Alexa Cook and Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer on the third wave of results from the weekly COVID-19 Impact & Response Survey. This new iteration of the micro-survey reveals how respondents feel about their organization's outlook on liquidity positions, the timing for paying vendors and suppliers compared to typical times, and the biggest hurdle to overcome in order to maintain treasury processes amid the pandemic. Listen to this brief discussion on how treasury and finance organizations are being impacted during these unprecedented times.

Host Craig Jeffery joins Pete Srejovic, Chief Technology Officer at GTreasury, to discuss modern treasury technology. Topics of discussion center around market changes and expectations, new treasury requirements, the move to simpler and flexible models, security applications and more. Listen in to discover simple treasury solutions to better position your company for success.

Share your voice here: https://treasurycoalition.com/ Special Host Meredith Zonsius maintains social distancing by joining a web meeting with Managing Partner Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer to explore the second wave of survey results from the weekly COVID-19 Impact & Response Survey. Topics of discussion center around participant's outlook on the economy across three time domains, changes in the sentiment with regard to liquidity, movement of staff working locations and key activities treasury is focusing on. Listen in on this brief discussion that covers current information on factors impacting treasury and finance organizations amid this pandemic.

What is Simple Treasury? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook speaks with Greg Parma, a Vice President of Finance, to discuss the foundational elements of simple treasury. They define the term and provide insightful recommendations on how to simplify a treasury. Tune in to this brief session to learn more. To contact Greg about his services, visit his LinkedIn Page.

On this episode of the 2020 Outlook series, Host Craig Jeffery meets with Jonathan Paquette, Sr. Financial Solutions Expert at Treasury Intelligence Solutions to discuss moving ERP into the Cloud. They engage in a wide-range discussion around the rapid growth of planned ERP migrations across organizations and banks today. Topics include the latest platforms, elements impacting connectivity, understanding connectivity strategies and plans, and options to make the ERP migration process a success. Listen into the discussion to find out more.

Share your voice here: https://treasurycoalition.com/ Special Host Meredith Zonsius meets virtually with Managing Partner Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer to discuss the first wave of survey results from the weekly COVID-19 Impact & Response Survey. They uncover significant insights on major factors impacting treasury and finance groups amid this pandemic. Topics of discussion include the view on organizational- and country-level responses and performance during the crisis and the level of concern across various dimensions including: liquidity, family, and counterparties. Listen in to learn about this week's results so that together, we can monitor the situation and best support our treasury and finance community.

On this episode of the 2020 Outlook podcast series, Host Craig Jeffery sits down with Tracey Ferguson Knight, Director of Solution Engineering at HighRadius to discuss forecasting the future of treasury. They unveil the top focus area for treasurers in 2020 and discuss how to profitably overcome its biggest pain point. Topics of discussion center around cash forecasting, accounts receivable, forecasting models, artificial intelligence, treasury management systems and more. Listen in to find out how you can better position your company for success using a brand-new approach in the year ahead.

Share your voice here: https://treasurycoalition.com/ Special Host Meredith Zonsius sits down at a socially safe distance with Managing Partner Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer to discuss the launch of Global Crisis Monitor, a special series featured on the Treasury Update Podcast. They discuss the purpose and importance of this new series amid the COVID-19 pandemic, its relevance to the global market, and the Treasury Coalition, a new group of treasury-oriented firms. Together, these firms promote a weekly global survey covering critical issues and responses whenever a significant disruption is underway. Listen in to this series every Thursday to learn timely insights and how treasury professionals can help take positive steps to move our organization and nation forward.

What is a controller? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook talks with Kyle York, Corporate Controller at Commercial Contracting Corporation to discuss the roles of a controller. They provide an overview of the controller's function, how the position can vary across the public and private sector and its different levels.

Host Craig Jeffery joins Chris Gerda, Risk and Fraud Prevention Officer of Bottomline Technologies, to discuss the results and strategies from the 2020 Treasury Fraud & Controls Survey. Topics of discussion center around corporate fraud concerns, security spend, hacking tactics, criminal innovation and more key findings. Listen in to find out how to better protect yourself and your organization against fraud.

On part 5 of the #GoStrategic series, Guest Host Alexa Cook meets up with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer to discuss why secure treasury is vital across organizations today. From a system perspective to organizational access and human elements, they share valuable insights on several layers of security. Listen into the discussion to find out how to protect your organization's assets against sophisticated criminal activities.

What is float? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook sits down with Strategic Treasurer's Managing Partner, Craig Jeffery to discuss the different aspects of float. They talk about what float is, who it impacts, and how it effects available funds. Listen in and learn a little bit about float.

On this episode of the 2020 Outlook podcast series, Host Craig Jeffery meets with Mark Tirschwell, Chief Information Officer of ION Treasury to discuss what's new in cloud adoption and cybersecurity. Topics of discussion include the major opportunities and challenges emerging with cloud adoption, cybersecurity trends that are driving companies to use the cloud, how treasury solutions are being leveraged and more. Listen into the discussion to find out what organizations are facing in the year ahead.

Compliance often takes companies by surprise when there are changes to requirements. On this episode of the Go Strategic series, Guest Host Stephanie Villatoro interviews Melody Hart, Senior Consultant at Strategic Treasurer on how to transform an administrative burden by taking a strategic view on compliance. Listen in as they navigate a wide range of both existing and new compliance areas, and share how companies can better safeguard their assets.

Coffee Break Host Alexa Cook sits down with Melody Hart, Senior Consultant at Strategic Treasurer to discuss FBAR on a high level. They define FBAR and discuss who is required to file and the repercussions one can face for not filing. Listen into this short discussion on FBAR.

LIBOR will sunset after 2021 as the most widely used base rate across the world. Host Craig Jeffery joins Tom Hunt, CTP Director of Treasury Services at the Association for Financial Professionals to discuss their action and advice on LIBOR replacement. They share valuable insights on how this change is having a massive impact on companies around the globe. Listen into the discussion to learn how AFP is helping companies know what is happening, when that impacts them, and how to successfully prepare.

On part 3 of the #GoStrategic series, Host Craig Jeffery talks with Senior Treasury Consultant Stephanie Villatoro on the challenges of merchant card processing. They discuss why transparency to the fees are often misunderstood resulting in overlooked payments. Listen in and learn what you and your organization should look out for using this revenue collection stream.

Host Alexa Cook joins Stephanie Villatoro, Senior Consultant at Strategic Treasurer to discuss Merchant Card Processing. They provide profitable insights into the overall structure of merchant card processing and why merchant cards could be beneficial to organizations. Tune-in and enjoy these bitesize conversations every first and third Thursday of the month.

On this first episode of the 2020 Outlook podcast series, Host Craig Jeffery sits down with Ranjana Clark, who serves as Head of Global Transaction Banking and Transaction Banking Americas, and Bay Area President at MUFG, which is the fifth largest bank in the world with $2.9 trillion in assets. They discuss the major themes and changes impacting the industry around the globe. Topics of discussion center around payment digitization, cybersecurity, process automation, globalization and more. Listen in as they share valuable insights on how to position your organization for success in the year ahead.

Managing bank relationships is an integral piece of treasury management and it impacts multiple areas globally. On part 2 of the Go Strategic series, Host Craig Jeffery catches up with Senior Treasury Consultant Stephanie Villatoro to discuss bank fees on both an international and domestic level. Topics of discussion center around cash management services, merchant cards, credit, foreign exchange, and bank relationships. Listen into this insightful discussion to learn more.

Kyriba's VP of Sales Steve Bullock meets up with Host Craig Jeffery to discuss trends in treasury. With a focus on financial services and insurance companies, they share profitable insights into these businesses and what other industries can learn from them in both domestic and global markets. Topics of discussion center around technology expectations, data accessibility, software solutions and more. Listen into this engaging conversation to learn more.

What are bank fees? Special Host Alexa Cook catches up with Stephanie Villatoro, Senior Consultant at Strategic Treasurer to discuss bank fees. They dive in and discuss the typical bank fee structure and why bank fee management is so important to all organizations. Listen in to this bitesize session on bank fees and their management.

Managing Partner Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer kicks off the new #GoStrategic series with part one on what it means to go strategic. He provides an overview on why this series is relevant to treasurers and treasury leaders in 2020 and beyond. Topics of discussion focus on three success factors including creating structure around planning, eliminating operational and repetitive tasks, and relentless disciplining on achieving treasury goals. Listen in and enjoy the entire series.

Host Craig Jeffery kicks off the new year interviewing Jacqui Drew, Head of Sales and Account Management of ION Treasury on preparing for LIBOR replacement. They take an in-depth look at LIBOR and explore the background and situation that led to it. They also discuss replacement rates, the global impact on the market and more. Listen into the discussion to know what organizations should be thinking about and how to successfully prepare.

What is Liquidity? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook catches up with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer to discuss liquidity. They discuss the basic factors of liquidity and why cash visibility is vital for all organizations. Listen in and learn a little bit about liquidity.

Co-host Meredith Zonsius interviews Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer on the 2019 year in review. As the end of the year approaches, they take a look back on the hottest treasury topics and discuss what's next in 2020. They cover an array of topics encompassing what treasury has been working on, thinking about and acting on in 2019. and, how that influences the mindset and plans of treasurers as they look forward to 2020. Listen into this insightful discussion.

On this special episode, Strategic Treasurer shares highlights from its 2019 Fintech Hotseat Panel Discussion recorded on the floor of the AFP Conference in Boston. Moderator Dave Robertson, Managing Director of Deluxe Payment Advisory Solutions joins Rick Burke, Head of Corporate Products and Services of TD Bank, Brian Greehan, VP of Bottomline Technologies, Ajith Thekadath, VP of Global Head B2B Connect Network at Visa, and Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer. Listen in as they discuss significant increases in payment volume, sustainability, real-time payments, complexity of payments and more. Enjoy the discussion.

What is eBAM? Special Host Alexa Cook catches up with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer to discuss electronic bank account management. They discuss the foundational elements of eBAM and why it's relevant to all organizations. Listen in and learn how eBAM can benefit you and your organization.

Host Craig Jeffery leads an overseas interview with Viola Hechl-Schmied, Product Owner for Machine Learning at ION Treasury and Product Manager for ION's Treasury Product ITS. They discuss insightful plans and a case study where treasury and treasury technology providers explore the use of machine learning. Listen into the discussion to find out what's next for machine learning.

Host Craig Jeffery interviews Chris Gerda, Risk and Fraud Prevention Officer of Bottomline Technologies on the current and projected impact of fraud on the finance and treasury environment. Topics of discussion center around corporate fraud concerns, security spend, hacking tactics, recent events, and the significant value of the 2020 Treasury Fraud & Controls Survey. Listen in to find out how you can better protect yourself and your organization against attacks.

What is EDI? Special Host Alexa Cook meets up with Managing Partner Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer to discuss the key elements of Electronic Data Interchange. They share valuable insights on how data is transmitted, transferred between companies, and what role EDI plays. Tune in to this short discussion to find out more.

Live at the 2019 AFP Conference in Boston, Host Craig Jeffery joins special guests Jennifer Stanley, MUFG's VP and Senior Product Manager of Real Time Payments, and Mark McCarthy, Managing Director of Energy & Power Transaction Banking to discuss real-time payments with view to learning from the customer. Listen in as they explore this brand-new payment rail and the transformative value it's bringing to business-to-consumer applications with a focus on the utility industry.

Host Craig Jeffery checks in with Kyriba's VP of Strategy Bob Stark in a wide-range session covering numerous topics. They engage in a colorful conversation on the impact of technology on jobs, the implications of the movement to the cloud by ERP systems, changes in digital currency dynamics, increasing standards on payment security, and real-time treasury – from faster payments to faster information. Listen in on this free-range discussion.

What is working capital? Special Host Alexa Cook talks with Managing Director Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer on the concept of working capital. They take a closer look at how accountants, bankers and treasurers define and utilize the components of working capital. Listen in to this bite size discussion to find out more.

Host Craig Jeffery meets up with Treasury Consultant Alexa Cook of Strategic Treasurer to discuss the launch of Coffee Break Sessions, a new show featured on The Treasury Update Podcast. She shares her personal journey in treasury, the purpose and importance of the show, and why it's relevant to treasury, finance and the business world. Listen in to find out more about this exciting new show released every first and third Thursday of the month.

Banks and corporate treasury groups agree on the top compliance pain - KYC is at the top of the list. On this episode of the Treasury Update Podcast, Host Craig Jeffery talks with Marie-Charlotte Henseval, Head of KYC Compliance Services at SWIFT on Know Your Customer Solutions. Topics of discussion center around the history of SWIFT, KYC principles, and the adoption and experience of banks and corporate treasury groups. Listen in to the discussion to find out more.

On this first episode of the Coffee Break series, Special Host and Treasury Consultant Alexa Cook of Strategic Treasurer kicks off the new show interviewing Managing Partner Craig Jeffery on What is Cash. They dive into the discussion on how businesses define and view cash and why "Cash is King". Listen in as they discuss this topic in about the same amount of time it takes you to drink your coffee.

Host Craig Jeffery sits down with CEO Rich Grossi of ION Treasury for an in-depth discussion on behind the scenes elements on the technology front. They take a closer look at cloud innovation, market feedback and product expectations. Listen in to part 2 of the discussion on the Power of ION – Breadth, Depth, Scale and Innovation.

On this episode of the podcast, Host Craig Jeffery sits down with CEO Rich Grossi of ION Treasury to discuss their new and improved strategy and corporate vision. They share valuable insights into how the largest provider of treasury and risk management solutions is driving value for customers and what's next in their journey. Listen in to the discussion on the Power of ION.

The broader macro-economic shifts combined with reactive changes at central banks adds sufficient background noise to any discussion on investments. On this episode of the Seismic Shifts in Corporate Treasury Series, Craig Jeffery sits down with Managing Director Fred McMullen and Executive Director Rick Wilkinson of Morgan Stanley to discuss major shifts impacting investments today. Listen in to find out more

Cyber and Payment security is a serious topic impacting companies and organizations today. On this episode, Strategic Treasurer's Managing Partner Craig Jeffery discusses some perspectives on security that matters to payment, IT and treasury professionals. Listen in as he shares valuable updates and insights on fraud and covers some recent cyber and payment fraud events.

On this episode of the podcast, Managing Partner Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer answers some of the most frequently asked questions by finance and treasury professionals. Topics of discussion center around key elements of centralized connectivity including payment hub, treasury aggregators, and the importance of these services. Listen in as he continues with FAQ's in Treasury with Round 4. 1:24 - What is Centralized Connectivity and why is important for an increasing number of firms? 4:06 - What is a payment hub? 6:48 - What is a payment factory? 10:16 - What is a treasury aggregator? 11:34 - Why is it important to understand these services?

Changes in technology generally present opportunities for Treasury. Data is being generated at rapidly increasing rates resulting in challenges of access, analysis and sharing. On this episode of the Seismic Shifts series, Host Craig Jeffery talks with Tracy Kantrowitz, VP and Chief Marketing Officer at TreasuryXpress to examine these data challenges in light of Open Treasury – the ability to seamlessly connect systems and data. Listen in to find out more.

Nearly everyone runs to their strengths and leverages the things they know to achieve a certain measure of success. Growth can then cease, and one can become less effective than they otherwise would be. On this episode of the Becoming A Treasurer series, Craig Jeffery examines some common blind spots and identifies methods of effectively compensating for these deficiencies to position treasurers for success. Listen in to learn more.