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- New IT Security Threat: Ex-Workers
Vengeful ex-employees are becoming major concerns for senior IT professionals, according to a recent survey...
February 15, 2010
- Electronic Payments: 2010 and Beyond
A confluence of emerging developments in ACH and wire, combined with market trends for check usage, will finally create the right conditions for companies to take proactive control over their payments strategy....
February 2, 2010
- January 2010 Payments Newsletter
We are looking into mobile payments for the first issue of 2010 with a story exploring a nagging question for many corporates considering banking on handheld devices... Is it safe? ...
January 8, 2010
- Corporates Say They Want Mobile Banking
Initiating payments on smart phones is increasingly looking like the wave of the future, even for corporates...
October 30, 2009
- Payments Technology Watch: Mobile Receipt and Fax
The company that brought you check deposit via your smartphone has introduced two new apps: Mobile Receipt and Mobile Phax...
October 30, 2009
- AFP Members Discuss Account Numbers and E-mail
Recently on AFP's treasury and cash management discussion list, members considered the security challenges of passing account numbers and other private information via e-mail...
October 30, 2009
- U.S. Commerce Secretary Tackles IP Rights
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke told an audience of Chinese government officials and business leaders on Oct. 27 that strong intellectual property rights protection and enforcement was key to supporting entrepreneurs who develop new innovations....
October 29, 2009
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch Discusses New Role of Technology in Treasury Management
At the AFP Annual Conference, Bank of America Merrill Lynch discusses how it leverages technology to boost efficiency in cash management. ...
October 4, 2009
- Problem Solved: Improving Card Processing
This company learned that it pays to take a fresh look at an old process....
August 17, 2009
- SWIFT Ascent: How Alliance Lite Works in North America
It's every treasurer's nightmare: a computer crash right in the middle of a money transfer. Yet consultants say it happens all the time...
August 17, 2009
- Study: Corporates, Banks Benefit From Remittance Info in Wire Transfers
U.S. corporations overwhelmingly confirmed the importance of receiving remittance information in wire transfers-and banks would benefit as well, according to a new survey by the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP). Ninety-five percent of the 331 respondents said remittance information would be valuable to their organizations if it were made available in the wire transfer message. Organizations of all revenue sizes and wire volumes shared this view, especially larger companies and those with larger wire volumes....
July 13, 2009
- President Obama Launches Cybersecurity Initiative
Calling cybersecurity one of the most serious national and economic challenges the nation faces, President Obama Friday released the cybersecurity policy review that he ordered shortly after taking office and said he would soon appoint a cyber czar to oversee its implementation....
May 29, 2009
- Obama Administration Previews Cybersecurity Strategy
The Obama Administration's acting chief of cybersecurity called securing the Internet an "economic and national security challenge," noting that improved cybersecurity requires leadership from government agencies, nations and private-sector players....
April 23, 2009
- Point, Click, Deposit: Smart Phones Enter the Check 21 Picture
Remote deposit capture reduces float time but can be expensive. A new RDC downloadable application for iPhone or BlackBerry turns your smart phone into a scanner....
April 21, 2009
- Bottom Line: One Day You May Run Your Finance Dept on Your iPod
iTunes now lists a number of applications for the iPhone and iTouch that are of interest to financial professionals....
April 20, 2009
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