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<title><![CDATA[May&nbsp;2008 AFP Payments Newsletter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Few would argue that the Internet has inexorably altered the path of payments progress.  Oft forgotten when traversing this primrose path, however, is the need for safeguarding your investment at every leg of the journey.  For purchasing cards, this is especially crucial.  Breaking down the best practices for long-term success, Nicholas Jon Wood also provides a step-by-step plan for proper P-card implementation.  Dealing with a more macro-based template, he also looks at new innovation in ACH payments, highlighting IPF’s efforts to implement Phase II, which will drastically increase interoperability between international and domestic ACH systems.  An article on payroll plans completes the author’s payments triple play.  Providing apt closure for this month’s issue, Steve Stone of PNC bank delves into the profits and perils of least cost routing.<br><br>
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<pubDate>Wed, 7 May 08 10:50:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[May&nbsp;2008 AFP Risk! Newsletter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Resiliency in the time of disaster comes from careful planning and practice. As we approach
hurricane season, Eli Dabich discusses how to be a resilient organization when
disaster strikes. Meanwhile, in the FX arena, Wolfgang Koester has some tips on how to be
“good enough” to survive the test of continuously increased, non-dollar centric and unprecedented
volatility. Learn how to develop a risk intelligence advantage over the competition
in Bruce Branson’s column on “What’s your Risk IQ?” Finally, see the latest numbers on job
stability in the risk management field.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/pub/res/news/ns_20080507_Risk.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 May 08 09:58:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Washington Watch: U.S.-China Relationship Increasingly Interdependent]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[World Trade Organization could be key to long-term stabilization of U.S.-China relations.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080506_washw.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 May 08 03:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Using Soft Skills to Drive the Bottom Line]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Realizing the full benefit of an initiative is not feasible without the cooperation and buy-in of colleagues.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080506_tress.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 May 08 01:38:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Excellence IT Business Value Management Drives Financial Returns]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A good marriage of IT with treasury and risk management can bring excellent results in financial returns.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080506_research.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 May 08 11:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Quick, Accurate and Cost Effective FX]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A foreign exchange company sees consolidation, communication as answers to today's international payments questions.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080506_lennox.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 May 08 10:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[AFP Supports U.S. Government Proposal to Adopt NACHA Business Check Conversion Rules]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP welcomed the U.S. Treasury Department's proposal to limit the government's conversion of business checks to ACH debits and follow NACHA rules.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080505_briefs2.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 May 08 03:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fedwire and CHIPS Consider New Format for Wire Transfers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The operators of Fedwire and CHIPS are considering a new, expanded format for wire transfers that have has the capacity to include standard remittance information.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080505_briefs.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 May 08 02:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Global Growth: Payment Innovation Spurs Expansion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Though politics is and will forever be local, the opposite is true for payments. With every transaction processed, card swiped, or monies transferred, the economic scale tips irrevocably towards global finance. Patrick Molloy, director of North America Payments at Citi, said as much during his presentation "New Developments in Global Payments" at the recent AFP Payments Forum in Phoenix.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080505_globalgr.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 May 08 11:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial Accounting and Reporting: Managing Complexity]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simplicity is easy to recognize, difficult to realize, and harder to maintain over time. It takes work and requires constant vigilance to maintain. <br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080505_account.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 May 08 10:47:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Extracting Cash Flow Information from Your Supply Chain]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you're in treasury, you may not know much about the operation of your company's supply chain as the financial activity related to the supply chain is traditionally the domain of the controller and not the treasurer. If that's true then consider yourself lucky because your life may be about to change. <br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080505_extract.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 May 08 09:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview: Energy, Treasury and Finance]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Florida Municipal Power Agency Treasurer Janet Davis shares her personal musings on changes in the utility industry.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080502_energy.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 May 08 12:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cash Column: The Lure of Incremental Yield]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[There is a backdrop story behind the current status of the auction markets failing—credit woes. This credit affliction the markets are challenged with is tumbling across every supposed safe haven for cash.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080502_cash.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 May 08 11:19:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gill Appointed to Canadian Payments Association Council]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Anne Marie Gill has been tapped to replace Robert Horton as AFP of Canada's representative on the Stakeholder Advisory Council. <br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080502_canada.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 May 08 10:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Russia: Booming Economy and Modernized Finance Attract Investment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Emerging markets, led by China and India, are driving global economic growth, thanks in part to the booming demand for the raw materials of industrialization, and oil-rich Russia is riding the crest of the surge. <br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080502_russia.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 May 08 09:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bottom Line: Total Return, or How Professional Connections Add Up Over Time]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This profile highlights a financial professional who had many connections. Meanwhile, AFP has launched a networking group on LinkedIn.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080501_editor.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 May 08 09:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[An Executive Issue: Investment of Retirement Plans]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The bursting of the housing bubble and the meltdown in the structured finance market could have an impact on the investment of retirement plans. <br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/pub/res/news/ns_20080501_ceo.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 May 08 08:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Discussion Lists: The Power of Posting]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP discussion lists online can tap a wealth of knowledge or even provide a platform for parties to work out their business relationships.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080430_discuss.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 08 04:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Accurate Cash Forecasting: Simple and Straightforward]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Beyond the short-term horizon, an R&D forecast can quickly lose accuracy. So it's better to switch to the indirect methods.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080430_forecast.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 08 02:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to get AFP Headlines on Your Custom Page, PDA or Cell Phone]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You can have AFP's news feed delivered to your own custom Web page, such as your Google page, PDA or even cell phone by leveraging the AFP RSS feed. It is accessible through the little orange button that says "RSS" on the AFP home page.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/pub/res/news/ns_20080213_rss.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 08 09:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview:&nbsp;McDonald's Treasury Head Speaks on Commodities, Cash and Finance]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mike Richard is senior vice president and treasurer of McDonald's Corporation, a restaurant chain famous for its billions of customers served and its more than 30,000 locations worldwide. As the keynote speaker at AFP's Global Corporate Treasurers Forum in May, he will discuss some of his company's current strategies and the challenges of managing treasury operations across more than 100 countries.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080428_richard.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 08 04:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What Is Your Future FX Risk?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Despite adopting all kinds of sophisticated software tools — ERP systems, multi-currency general ledger systems and advanced consolidation and reporting tools - the majority of multinational companies still struggle with this key question: "What is the foreign exchange exposure to our balance sheet and cash flow forecasts and how can we protect our margins, our revenues and the value of our firm from unanticipated foreign exchange volatility?" <br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080423_fxrisk.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 08 11:10:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Payroll Cards: Easier Said than Done]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Treasury professionals are often charged with tasks and projects that look easy on paper but prove very challenging to implement and manage in practice. Converting employees from checks to an electronic payment mechanism for payroll payments certainly falls into this category. Employee attitudes and preferences, technological challenges and legislative inconsistencies constitute some of the challenges to implementing and running an effective payroll card program. <br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080423_essentia.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 08 10:33:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Building a Lean, Mean Treasury Department]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Treasury departments have always been forced to run "lean" in terms of personnel and resources. Given the current credit crunch and talk of pending economic recession, it is even more crucial that treasury departments recruit and retain high quality personnel. A treasury department that has a foundation of internal and external team players will weather any economic storm and add value to the bottom line.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080423_lean.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 08 09:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Retail Pushes Forward Despite Mixed Outlook]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Employment, consumer confidence and spending: If you think of them as three mountaineers plodding up the face of a snowy glacier, and one of them falls down a crevasse, there's a good chance the other two, being tied together, are going to be dragged down the same hole.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080422_retail.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 08 05:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Profile:&nbsp; Career Path to Identity Risk]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Karen Wendel got her start in South America. Through a series of strategic job shifts she found her way to the top of an international bank-sanctioned identity credential organization, garnering 55% of the identity credential community through major banks. <br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080422_idrisk.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 08 04:39:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fall 2007 CTP Designees]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In the financial sector, the Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) designation is the mark of highly skilled professionals who are serious about their profession, who are an asset to their organization and who meet the high standards of an internationally recognized organization. <br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080422_fallctp.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 08 03:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Payroll Plans:&nbsp; How to Implement Optimal Payment Card Solutions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Solid planning to develop and nurture the infrastructure necessary to achieve payment card solutions is crucial for maintaining a coherent and streamlined payment process. <br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080422_payroll.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 08 03:24:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Least Cost Routing: One Size Does Not Fit All]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In many cases, least cost routing translates into Back Office Conversion, or BOC. While this approach will likely yield some cost savings on a per-item basis during the actual presentment process, there are some challenges with BOC that businesses should evaluate before jumping on the "least cost routing" bandwagon. <br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080422_leastcos.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 08 02:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[B2B Payments:&nbsp;An Interstate Highway with Limited Access]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Think about the usefulness of the highway system if there were no on or off ramps or if you had to travel 50 miles to get on or off the highway. This is the situation that faces businesses when it comes to using the nation’s electronic payments systems to make payments to other businesses. <br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080422_comment.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 08 02:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Promote Your AFP Affiliation on Your LinkedIn Profile]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP members have a new way to leverage LinkedIn, an online networking site that helps you find and stay connected to your professional relationships. A networking group has been created specifically for the Association for Financial Professionals: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/81522/25064B09BD9 <br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/pub/res/news/ns_20080422_link.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 08 01:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[On The Job: Three in Four Executives Comfortable Job Searching While Employed]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Job seekers don't mind setting their sights on greener pastures even while on their current employers' payrolls, according to executives interviewed recently. Three-quarters (75%) of respondents said they would be comfortable looking for a new job while still working. This compares with 69% in a 2002 survey.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/reg/res/reg_news/ns_20080418_search.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 08 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview: Optimism for Andrew Busch, Global FX Strategist, BMO Capital Markets]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP caught up with Andy Busch, Global FX Strategist with BMO Capital Markets, for a brief chat about volatility.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080417_busch.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 08 02:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CFO Coach: Four Tips for Avoiding Personal Brand Suicide]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Have you noticed how the word "branding" is everywhere? There is employer branding, personal branding, executive branding, corporate branding. Because your brand, or reputation, is a valuable asset in today's tight market, here are a few tips to help you avoid committing brand suicide.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/reg/res/reg_news/ns_20080417_career.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 08 10:17:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The ERM Perspective: Does ERM Enhance Shareholder Value?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We are often asked whether there exists any rigorous academic research that has linked increases in firm value to ERM program implementations.  Our stock answer, as you might expect, is "yes—but the results are mixed."  In this column I thought I would highlight the results of a recent study conducted by three of my colleagues at NC State University who have investigated this issue.  <br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/reg/res/reg_news/ns_20080416_erm.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 08 09:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FX Risk Essentials: Black Ink and Red Flags]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As a board member of a multinational corporation, are you being told that the weak dollar has resulted in increased corporate revenues and profits? Today, the multitude of risks associated with foreign exchange exposure has largely been masked by the long-term decline of the U.S. dollar relative to other major currencies. Rather than highlighting flaws in accounting and foreign exchange exposure management processes, U.S. multinationals have regarded these surprises as a "gift." In reality, no surprise is a good surprise when you are talking about accounting practices.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/reg/res/reg_news/ns_20080415_bink.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 08 09:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[April 2008 Futures in Finance Newsletter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This month Career Coach Cindy Kraft reveals the truth about your identity on
the Internet in Four Tips for Avoiding Brand Suicide. A survey by Accountemps
shows that executives think it’s okay to search for a new position while on the
job. AFP’s Bryan Gibb brings the latest news in AFP education and training
opportunities and finally, discover why CFOs are moving from the public sector
to private industries.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/pub/res/news/ns_20080414_fif.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 08 04:38:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Risk Analysis: Translation Risk ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Translation risk, resulting from the conversion of a foreign subsidiary's financial statements into the group reporting currency, can be a particularly difficult risk for a corporate treasurer to manage.  The most obvious difficulty in managing translation risk is the fact that, by its very nature, translation risk is an ex-post measure of risk; it measures risk which has already occurred.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/reg/res/reg_news/ns_20080414_trisk.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 08 09:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[April&nbsp;2008 AFP Risk! Newsletter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Translation risk can be a particularly difficult risk for corporate treasurers to manage. Kevin
Lester and Ward Naughton explore the challenges that this risk presents. FX Columnist
Wolfgang Koester discusses questions corporate board members should ask about unanticipated
profits from FX, while ERM Columnist Bruce Branson addresses whether ERM
enhances shareholder value. Finally, Anthony Scaglione and Pracheer Bansal talk about
Earnings Volatility Management and the risks involved.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/pub/res/news/ns_20080409_Risk.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 08 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[April&nbsp;2008 AFP Payments Newsletter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The shifting sands of the Phoenix desert were the appropriate backdrop for the AFP Payments Forum held last month and there Federal Reserve retail payments product manager Richard Oliver discussed his observations on changing payments landscape. Nicholas Jon Wood covered it in “Shifting Sands”. Robert Sherman reveals how you can not only survive the recession but thrive in a recession. Then get some practical advice on how to navigate the technology, wireless transactions and paperless payments of the payments world. Payment fraud is never far from the front of mind and here is new information from a Webinar on this ever present issue. And the latest from the operators of Fedwire and CHIPS is that they are considering a new, expanded format for wire transfers that has the capacity to include standard remittance information.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/pub/res/news/ns_20080408_payments.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 9 Apr 08 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New ERM Urgency: Standard &amp; Poor's Evaluates ERM Programs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's envisions scoring a firm's ERM processes on a four-point scale, ranging from weak to excellent, and using these scores as inputs into its overall credit rating. <br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080404_erm.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Apr 08 04:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bottom Line: Retail is Detail, Reading the Tea Leaves on Interchange Fees ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Two events last month mean the world is taking a closer look at interchange fees. (The 'Bottom Line' column appears on the back page of Exchange magazine.)<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/pub/res/news/ns_20080404_editor.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Apr 08 03:26:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Letter from the President: Creating a Third Place]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["Third place" is a term coined by author Ray Oldenburg in his business strategy book The Good, Great Place. It refers to a special location where people congregate when they aren't at home or at work.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/pub/res/news/ns_20080404_ceo.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Apr 08 03:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Balancing Act: Building Your Culture of Accountability]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Organizational leaders are charged by shareholders to create value, and are given the power to act by a board of directors that monitor such actions on behalf of shareholders. In turn, leadership is given the ability to delegate authorizations to personnel within the company, granting them the legal right to act on behalf of the company in their efforts to deliver the company plan. Herein lies the balancing act: delegating enough authority to act without unduly exposing the company.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080404_acct.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Apr 08 11:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Why Housing Matters]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Data released in early March demonstrate that the housing market still has more steps to make before stabilizing as one in 13 outstanding mortgages are either delinquent or under some stage of foreclosure.<br><br>
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http://www.AFPonline.org/mbr/res/mbr_news/ns_20080402_econ.html?ref=rss</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Apr 08 11:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
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