The Treasury Update Podcast

On this episode of the Treasury Update Podcast, Jason Campbell talks with Craig Jeffery and Paul Galloway of Strategic Treasurer on some of the ways treasury will be affected by changing interest rates and political offices. They also discuss some considerations and leading practices to keep in mind when experiencing an economic hiccup.

This episode is Part 4 of our Strategic Treasurer Series on treasury roles. Although we are exploring different specific roles in treasury, it is often required for treasurers to wear many hats and fit into a hybrid role. Listen in as Craig Jeffery and Paul Galloway discuss the mindset needed for maintaining a hybrid role.

Our previous episode on treasury roles covered the differences between the strategic and operational roles. Today, we will continue the discussion by looking at mastering the operations side. Your daily operational responsibilities are the financial backbone of your business. Craig Jeffery and Paul Galloway discuss the most common operational roles and activities, what mindset to have to succeed in these roles, and what you need to know to maintain efficiency.

What is fund investing? Coffee Break Session Host Jason Campbell catches up with Strategic Treasurer's Senior Advisor Paul Galloway to talk about fund investing. They discuss the various types of funds someone can invest in, the differences between those types, who uses the funds, and the risk considerations. Listen in and learn a little bit about fund investing.

New technologies are always showing up, but you need to keep an eye out for what are called "moonshots." These radical innovations bring major changes to the way companies do business. In this episode, Craig Jeffery talks with Royston Da Costa of Ferguson plc and Tiffany Wan of Bank of America on how moonshot technologies will impact your role in treasury. Set yourself apart in your field by staying aware and informed on any revolutionary innovations. Read more on moonshots here.

Supply chain disruptions, regulations, and war have brought an increased level of volatility to nearly all businesses. What actions are companies taking to respond and grow through this recent turbulence? In this episode, Holly Olson of AFL joins Craig Jeffery in a discussion on necessary adaptations and responses to our new business environment.

Jason Campbell catches up with Strategic Treasurer's Senior Advisor Paul Galloway to discuss market risk. They cover what market risk is, the various types, how it's used, and how it can impact valuations. Listen in and learn a little bit about market risk.

In this second episode of our Treasury Roles and Developments series, we will discuss how strategic and operational roles differ. While it may be more practical to have staff members dedicated strictly to one or the other of these roles, many firms with smaller treasury departments need flexible employees who can transition between the two whenever needed. Paul Galloway and Craig Jeffery, of Strategic Treasurer, both weigh in on their previous experiences jumping between the two types of roles throughout the day.

Having a treasury function is necessary for any business of a certain size to manage money and financial risks, but it's also important to turn that treasury function into a strategic asset for the business. Doing this requires accurate data and expertise. In this podcast, Craig Jeffery talks with Nicolas Garcia of UPS on a strategic view of treasury and technology. They look at having a proper mindset, developing a digital strategy, and applying the latest treasury technology to solve existing problems.

What is beta investing? Coffee Break Session Host Jason Campbell continues his discussion with Strategic Treasurer's Senior Advisor, Paul Galloway, on the Greeks. This week, they focus in on beta investing. They cover what beta investing is and how the model is used by companies for investing. Listen in and learn a little bit about beta investing.

Treasury has many responsibilities. Some are highly operational and important, while others require a strategic outlook with a focus on relationship management and foresight. In this four-part series, we look at the strategic, operational, and hybrid roles of treasury. Listen in as Craig Jeffery and Paul Galloway of Strategic Treasurer kick off this new series.

There are two types of companies, those who have been attacked, and those who will be attacked. In this podcast, we look at a specific example of a fraud attack in the manufacturing sector. Joining Craig Jeffery on this podcast are Adrienne Terpak of TD Bank and Robert Dennerlein of Mainetti. They cover topics like assessing and understanding the threat, training, insurance, and assignment of roles.

What is alpha investing? Coffee Break Session Host Jason Campbell catches up with Strategic Treasurer's Senior Advisor, Paul Galloway, to continue their conversation on the Greeks with alpha investing. They discuss what alpha investing is and how the model is used by companies for investing. Listen in and learn a little bit about alpha investing.

Rising interest rates, geopolitical issues, inflation, and supply chain disruptions all play a major role in your decisions about acquisitions, product investments, and raising capital. Putting together a well-rounded analysis before making decisions may change how and when you approach each investment. In this podcast, Craig Jeffery and Paul Galloway of Strategic Treasurer discuss the differences between scenario and sensitivity analysis.

A few years ago, most of our business was done in person, and your personal identity was showing up with your face and signature. As we move to a remote, digital work environment, creating Synthetic Identities is becoming easier and more common. In this podcast, Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer talks with Jonathan Doskocil of TD Bank and Tyler Farrar of Exabeam on the importance of identity verification, education, and detecting compromised credentials.

What are the Greeks, and what do they have to do with treasury? Coffee Break Session Host Jason Campbell catches up with Strategic Treasurer's Senior Advisor, Paul Galloway, to discuss the Greeks. They discuss what the term refers to in treasury and how they are used to evaluate an open position's risks as well as rewards. Listen in and learn a little bit about the Greeks.

Treasury owns cash, but do they need to know anything about penetration testing? Should scanning, testing, and monitoring be the responsibility of treasury or IT? Intellectual understanding and awareness of your group may be the difference between security and a loss of funds. On this podcast, Jason Campbell and Craig Jeffery discuss protecting your digital assets through testing and monitoring. Get involved with the payments surveys: strategictreasurer.com/surveys

Where is there value in networks? How do you optimize your use of networks? On today's podcast, Craig Jeffery is joined by Chris Clausen from Deluxe Corporation for a conversation on the power of networks with a focus on accounts payable and accounts receivable. Listen to Chris's previous episode on Modernizing AP Processing Survey results

What is an efficient frontier? Coffee Break Session Host Jason Campbell sits down with Strategic Treasurer's Senior Advisor, Paul Galloway, for a conversation on the efficient frontier. They cover what the efficient frontier is and how the model is used by companies for investing. Listen in and learn a little bit about the efficient frontier.

This recent acquisition of Cashforce is good news for investors and for the products offered by TIS. Paul and Craig of Strategic Treasurer discuss some of their thoughts on this change. Download our recent eBook on Payment Security & Fraud Prevention - The Principles of SECURE CLAMPS.

Investments require a certain minimum rate of return to make them worthwhile. On this podcast, Craig Jeffery and Paul Galloway continue their discussion on investment returns with a specific look into Hurdle Rate. Download our recent eBook on Payment Security & Fraud Prevention - The Principles of SECURE CLAMPS

Building on last week's podcast on debt and equity, Craig Jeffery and Paul Galloway discuss the differences between the return of capital and the return on capital. Download our recent eBook on Payment Security & Fraud Prevention - The Principles of SECURE CLAMPS

What is reverse factoring? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook catches up with Strategic Treasurer's Managing Partner, Craig Jeffery, to discuss reverse factoring. They discuss what reverse factoring is and how it can be leveraged. Listen in and learn a little bit about reverse factoring.

A firm's debt and equity are important components when investors are watching. What is the cost to fund your operations? What costs are required to make investments or develop new products? In this podcast, Craig Jeffery and Paul Galloway of Strategic Treasurer discuss your WACC or Weighted Average Cost of Capital.

Cyber coverage is a cutting-edge product in the industry, but it is responding to a very dynamic threat. With the average cost of a cyber insurance claim now as high as $8MM USD, pressure is mounting for better cyber hygiene and security due diligence. In this podcast, Craig Jeffery sits down with Adrienne Terpak of TD Bank and two special guests from Sterling Risk to discuss key points on insuring your company against cyber-attacks, while protecting the flow of your business. Today's speakers are: Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer Adrienne Terpak of TD Bank Michael Fleischer of SterlingRisk Josh Weisberg of SterlingRisk Reinforce your human firewall here. And download the Payment Fraud eBook

What is factoring? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook catches up with Strategic Treasurer's Managing Partner, Craig Jeffery, to discuss factoring. They cover what treasury needs to know about factoring and discuss its uses. Listen in and learn a little bit about factoring.

Fraudulent attack methods continue to improve. Every security layer strengthened is met with a stronger, more thorough offense. In this episode, Jason Campbell and Craig Jeffery discuss two examples of fraud: the removal of a bank's security services and a lengthy business email compromise ploy that led to direct communication with the company's bank. Download the eBook here.

Organizations of all sizes are under persistent attack and surveillance at an increasing level. Understanding these attacks and strengthening our defenses must include a process of steady updates to our systems, processes, and team members. In this episode, Host Craig Jeffery sits down with Jonathan Doskocil of TD Bank and Christopher Gerda of Bottomline Technologies for the second conversation in this series concerning cyber security. This episode covers topics including changing security standards, growing risks, and the duty placed on companies to protect their people, data, and assets. Listen to the first episode here.

What is dynamic discounting? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook catches up with Strategic Treasurer's Managing Partner, Craig Jeffery, to discuss dynamic discounting. They discuss what dynamic discounting is and how it can be leveraged. Listen in and learn a little bit about dynamic discounting.

Seeking to understand the priorities, plans, and activities that financial institutions are focused on? On today's podcast, host Craig Jeffery is joined by Steve Bullock, Vice President of Insurance and Financial Services at Kyriba, to discuss results from the 2022 Non-Banking Financial Institutions (NBFI) Survey. Topics of discussion center around technology, plans to spend, pain points, and more. Our Non-Banking Financial Institutions Survey, underwritten by Kyriba, polled NBFI professionals on complexity, technology, exposure management, and assets, plans, pains, spend, and focus. You are invited to read through the top ten items from the research and see what is dramatic and notable, as well as what hasn't changed much. Download the report here.

We are moving into a world of real-time payments. Criminals are adapting and using these new developments to facilitate fraudulent transfers before they're detected and stopped. In this episode, Nicki Gillispie and Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer discuss this rapidly growing issue as well as some of the long-term effects and influence of a permanent work-from-home environment.

What is supply chain finance? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook catches up with Strategic Treasurer's Managing Partner, Craig Jeffery, to discuss supply chain finance. They discuss what treasury needs to know about supply chain finance and how it can be leveraged. Listen in and learn a little bit about supply chain finance.

In this episode, Craig Jeffery welcomes our newest Senior Consultant, Paul Galloway, to the team. This conversation centers around the must-know items regarding security lending and Paul's previous experience in treasury. Listen in to find out more.

In this episode, Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer talks with Brent Kinman of Corcentric on key principles of working capital management, including how organizations achieve alignment between areas. There are several critical measurements of efficiency and the use of capital that allow organizations to understand how activities impact their performance. https://www.corcentric.com/

What is Same Day ACH? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook catches up with Strategic Treasurer's Managing Partner, Craig Jeffery, to discuss Same Day ACH. They discuss what Same Day ACH is, how it can be leveraged, and how it is used today. Listen in and learn a little bit about Same Day ACH.

Embedded banking and embedded finance are newly established terms. Technologists tend to understand the meaning in a detailed manner, while treasury professionals' levels of understanding vary significantly. In this episode, Nicki Gillispie and Craig Jeffery discuss what embedded treasury is and how it easily links systems or services to further streamline their experience. Listen in to this short discussion on the basics of embedded treasury.

The ongoing sophistication, automation, and success of cyber criminals make a bad situation even worse. Organizations of all sizes are under persistent attack and surveillance at an increasing level. Understanding these attacks and strengthening our defenses must include a process of steady updates of our systems, processes, and team members. In this episode, host Craig Jeffery sits down with Jo K Jagadish of TD Bank to kick off this new series of conversations. This series will cover topics such as MITM, ransomware, and spoofing attacks and will review specific defenses and the mindset required to maintain commercially reasonable controls and leading practices and to maintain the human firewall.

What is FedNow? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook catches up with Strategic Treasurer's Managing Partner, Craig Jeffery, to discuss FedNow. Their conversation covers what FedNow is and how it is impacting both treasury departments and companies. Listen in and learn a little bit about FedNow.

In this episode, Nicki Gillispie and Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer discuss fraud, technology, and payments. What are some of the most recent key data points and items of interest that treasury should know? Listen in to find out more. Access the 2022 Treasury Fraud & Controls Survey Survey Report here: strategictreasurer.com/fraud

In this episode, Host Craig Jeffery leads a discussion with senior leaders in the corporate banking industry who are driving digital transformations and innovation strategies from across the globe in London, Singapore, and Hongkong. Craig is joined by Sanat Rao of InfoSys Finacle, Vincent Caldeira of Red Hat, and Venkat ES of Bank of America. Listen in to hear more on technology, APIs, and corporate banking innovations. Request the Corporate Banking Innovation report here.

Strategic Treasurer released a flash survey probing what implications the conflict in Ukraine has had and will have on treasury. With roughly 100 survey respondents, you will see results in the following categories: impacts already being felt, preparing for repercussions, economic & business concerns, and awareness & expectations. Download the report here: strategictreasurer.com/conflict

What is cash flow? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook catches up with Strategic Treasurer's Managing Partner, Craig Jeffery to discuss cash flow. They discuss what cash flow is, and how it can be leveraged. Listen in and learn a little bit about cash flow.

What are the most significant technology changes affecting treasury today? Live from Washington, D.C., at AFP 2021, Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer LLC moderates a panel discussion on the "Future of Treasury Technology." Joining him are Mitchell Thomas of FinLync, Evan Mahoney of GTreasury, Michael Kolman of ION Treasury, and Jo K Jagadish of TD Bank. If access to data is exploding due to new technologies, how do we make the most of it to reduce repetitive tasks? Listen in to find out more! Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/GHE39135Lf8

On this episode of the podcast, Host Craig Jeffery continues his conversation with Royston Da Costa on the latest innovations in technology for treasurers. They discuss the growing online immersive experience through holographic images and the metaverse. Is there a potential impact for treasury with this technology? Is technology moving into treasury faster than before? Listen in to find out more.

What do business intelligence tools do? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook catches up with Strategic Treasurer's Managing Partner, Craig Jeffery, to discuss this topic. They cover what business intelligence tools do and how treasury can leverage them. Listen in and learn a little bit about business intelligence tools.

On this special episode of the Treasury Update Podcast, Strategic Treasurer features its 2021 Fintech Hotseat discussion from the AFP Conference. Moderator Uma Wilson puts experts from technology firms, banks, and consultants in the hotseat to answer questions on the future of payments. How are regulations impacting payments? Does speed matter? How does the value of speed compare to other aspects of payments such as: information, finality? What makes for better payments? What current trajectory will end or fail? Which will accelerate? What are the implications with payments based upon trends in globalization, visibility, and open treasury? View the video version here: https://youtu.be/cjERdIMZlpw MODERATOR Uma Wilson of UMB Bank SPEAKERS Jeff Feuerstein of Bottomline Technologies Ben Bianchino of Coupa Software Kristin Robertson of Finastra Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer LLC Listen in to this dynamic discussion about the ideas and developments impacting payments.

On this episode of the 2022 Outlook series, Host Craig Jeffery joins Christina Easton, Director of Treasury Operations at Microsoft, to explore the global outlook on technology and operations. This dynamic discussion covers a wide range of topics including achieving leadership with global cash management, trade finance activities, the modernization of technology, and more. Listen in to this lively conversation about their expectations and insights for the year ahead.

What is the cash conversion cycle? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook catches up with Strategic Treasurer's Managing Partner, Craig Jeffery, to discuss the cash conversion cycle. They discuss what the cash conversion cycle is and how it can be leveraged. Listen in and learn a little bit about the cash conversion cycle.

On this episode of the 2022 Outlook series, Host Craig Jeffery sits down with Allen Geller, Managing Director of Raines International, to discuss the global outlook on treasury talent. They discuss the challenges acquiring and keeping treasury leaders, market shifts with a view to staffing, hiring, and retention, and more. Listen in to this dynamic conversation to gain valuable insights on treasury talent for the year ahead.

On this episode of the podcast, Host Craig Jeffery sits down with Joseph Drambarean, Chief Technology Officer at Trovata, to discuss how open banking APIs enhance financial analysis through machine learning-powered search. They share valuable insights on how your organization can break free from the grid by reducing manual workflows through automated data aggregation, so you can focus on strategic analysis that drives value for your business.