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• Treasury Essentials for Doing Business in China
  From the perspective of a bank that has been operating in China for over 100 years, learn about the nuts and bolts of banking in China, touching on wholesale and transaction banking capabilities. Then a more in depth discussion on the internationalization of the RMB will be presented. This will include the new regulations on clearing trades in RMB. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• The Global Bank Billing and Analysis Statement (BSB): The Future of Bank Pricing Transparency
  The BSB, the new global bank billing and analysis statement, has been gaining meaningful traction in terms of availability, use, and acceptance. The panel will discuss the benefits of BSB including improved cash liquidity and analytics; determine why banks should promote BSB to clients: and examine its technical structure relative to the 822 electronic bank analysis statement file format. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Seven Keys to Building a Resilient Treasury
  As the turbulence from the financial crisis begins to ease, astute Treasury professionals are taking steps to ensure Treasury and their entire organization is far more resilient for the next event. Building resiliency requires preparing for events that can be expected as well as unexpected and unpredictable events. Unpredictable and unknowable events require a different way to prepare if Treasury is to ensure it is as resilient as possible. Hear from thought and practice leaders about the seven keys to building a resilient treasury. Issues of risk, transparency, visibility, automation, staff and others will be detailed in a practical way for you to use in your organization. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Disaster Preparedness: H1N1
  This session will focus on best practices for emergency preparedness and show how emerging trends being leveraged for H1N1, or The Swine Flu, preparedness may provide an enterprise-wide framework for assessing, managing and communicating many types of emergency events from epidemics, natural disasters to product issues. This session will concentrate on preparedness in the financial services industries and show how treasury and finance professionals can proactively mitigate the impact by lowering the company's risk profile. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Corporate Finance Webinar: Bank Lines of Credit Update
  The financial crisis has created intense friction between the banks and their corporate borrowers. From the borrowers' perspective, there are increasingly burdensome strings attached to bank credit commitments. The number of covenants, the pricing and the time required for negotiations have all increased. This session will cover the critical changes in the market over the past 18 months that corporate practitioners should be aware of when evaluating their own lines of credit. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• The Importance of Covenant Compliance in Today's Colder, Crueler Credit Markets
  Learn how good debt management can assist a company attain / maintain its credit relationships in today’s financial environment. By understanding the 5 key attributes of good debt management such as covenant compliance, accurate documentation and proper communications with your lender you will be able to preserve your access to bank credit, enhancing your ability to manage its liquidity and financial risks. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• The Current State of Global Credit Markets: Investment & Financing Opportunities
  The credit and capital markets in the US and across the globe have been severely impacted by the global financial crisis. However, the bond markets in the US (for investment grade) have begun to open up. In fact in the first half of the year, there was more corporate debt issued ($812 billion) than for financial institutions. The webinar will begin with an overview of the global capital markets by one of the most renouned economists in the world. Then, a prominent independent investment banker will address the critical issues confronting treasurers in liquidity management and accessing the credit and equity markets, as well as investing in both the short and long term. The session will review the current state of the markets and discuss what investment and financing opportunities are available where and to which credits. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Financial Stability, FDIC Assessments, and Bank Fees: The FDIC Perspective
  Many financial professionals have become much more interested in the FDIC over the past several months as the financial health of the largest institutions have came into question; bank failures have increased dramatically; and new and higher existing FDIC-related fees have shown up on bank analysis statements, as the FDIC has levied various assessments on financial institutions to ensure the stability of the global financial markets. This webinar will afford financial professionals the opportunity to hear directly from the FDIC regarding the tremendous resources they offer to access the financial stability of your bank partners. Gain valuable insight into recent changes in FDIC assessment methods including, fees based on total assets rather than deposits. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Unclaimed Property: Ensuring Compliance in the Face of Audit
  As state governments scramble to compensate for reduced revenues and close budget gaps in the economic downturn, fines and penalties associated with unclaimed property audits have become an attractive way to bolster state coffers without raising taxes. Auditors are now more closely examining businesses for unreported property, and contrary to past practices, they are unlikely to show leniency to companies that have not filed appropriately. Through a corporate case study, this webinar will explain the current issues that are driving unclaimed property audits, discuss considerations to be aware of on the horizon, and investigate strategies that can be employed to mitigate outstanding reporting obligations, avoid an audit, or minimize the impact of an audit if one occurs. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Hot Topics in Disaster Recovery
  It is essential for businesses to stay one step ahead of potential catastrophes that can threaten their viability. As a result, disaster recovery has become an increasingly critical component of risk management programs for treasury and finance professionals. This webinar will review topical disaster recovery challenges and scenarios, and discuss effective strategies that should be employed to address them. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Treasury Connection Webinar - The New Normal of Bank Relationship Management: Perspectives from Both Sides of the Partnership
  The world of bank relationship management continues to evolve, and the looming financial regulatory overhaul has not made the task of maintaining and engaging in successful strategic partnerships any easier. Gain insights from a seasoned treasury professional and one of the nation’s largest and strongest financial holding companies as they lead a deliberative discussion regarding how to maintain a successful business partnership in this new world of bank relationship management. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• The Economics of Web-Based vs. Web-Deployed Treasury Technology: Perception vs. Reality
  Learn about the latest web-based systems available for treasury. Gain an understanding concerning the perceived and actual differences between web-based and web-deployed technology. Discover the potential benefits of web-based systems for banking, cash & treasury management, online trading, and risk management, and why IT groups embrace web-based technology for treasury. Hear first hand from a corporate practitioner who has implemented web-based treasury technologies, the benefits the organization has realized, and how these benefits may or may not translate to other organizations. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• * The Economics of Direct Access to SWIFT: Can they Make Sense for Middle Market and Smaller Companies?
  Conference sessions and webinars examining the benefits of access to SWIFT by corporations have almost exclusively focused on the successful business cases of Fortune 100 companies. Is there a compelling business case to be made for relatively smaller companies? Hear directly from SWIFT concerning recent developments and learn how a middle market corporation has realized meaningful efficiencies thru directly accessing the SWIFT network. Discover the drivers of the efficiencies realized by this corporation and how they may translate to other middle market and smaller corporations.
  This webinar recording has been approved for CTP/CCM re-certification credit. After completing and returning the quiz for this webinar, you may be eligible for one CTP/CCM re-certification credit. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• * Corporate Finance Series Webinar: The Credit Crisis - That's Another Fine Mess We've Gotten Ourselves Into!

  The past 24 months have been an extraordinary period of time for the global economy. Many people have been asking: How did we get here, where are we now, and where are we heading? This session will review the events of the past 2 years, describe where we are now, and offer insight to where we might be heading.

  This webinar recording has been approved for CTP/CCM re-certification credit. After completing and returning the quiz for this webinar, you may be eligible for 1.2 CTP/CCM re-certification credits.

  Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Diagnosing and Treating Accounts Receivable Challenges in Healthcare
  The ability to collect payment for services performed can be a significant challenge for any organization. The challenges are magnified within the healthcare industry due to concerns about privacy, who is making the payment, and extensive state and federal regulations. This session will explore the complex world of healthcare receivables and detail the micro and macro environmental factors that contribute to extended A/R days and escalating operational costs. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Retirement Planning: Are You Ready?
  Americans are facing many challenges as they approach and enter retirement. Many of us may not be as well prepared as we imagine. This webinar will discuss the issues facing us as we plan for retirement and outline key strategies to help you retire securely and comfortably. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Fraud on the Rise: How Corporates Can Fight Back
  Against the backdrop of deteriorating financial conditions, especially in the second half of 2008, a significant number of organizations were subject to payments fraud attempts. Hear the findings of the 2009 AFP Payments Fraud & Control Survey. Learn about real-life fraud attempts, the counter-measures that corporate practitioners are taking, and the diligence that must still be utilized to guard against check, ACH and card payments fraud. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Effective Investor Relations in Uncertain Times
  Over the last several years investor relations has become an increasingly important and strategic component of treasury and financial professionals’ roles. This webinar explores how the Investor Relations function has changed during the current economic crisis. Investors, shareholders, analysts, managers and boards recognize that we have moved from a world of growth to a world of risk. Treasury and financial officers who also serve as their companies’ IR professionals are the stewards of corporate credibility in this world. This webinar looks at how IR and financial professionals are managing in a climate of heightened volatility and reduced trust, in which many IR experts wonder: “What’s going to blow up next week?” This webinar explains how IR builds credibility and make sure everybody understands what is going on with the company. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Four Strategies for Lowering Payment Processing Costs
  In the current economic climate, companies are seeking ways to reduce costs and bolster their bottom lines. For many, processing credit cards and other electronic transactions is a significant expense. Further, processing services can be complex and confusing leading many to overpay. This webinar will outline four strategies you can employ, leading to lower overall payment processing costs. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Continuous Risk Analytics and Management as a Competitive Advantage in Rapidly Changing Markets
  While numerous high-profile trading scandals have heightened the need for better risk management, it is the forward thinking practitioners who manage risk every minute of each day that should be receiving the glory. In today’s fast-moving, topsy-turvy markets, every firm needs to assess how their business operations can improve through the continuous generation of risk metrics at a granular level, and how processes can be enhanced to better support the real-time aware operations. This session will offer insights into how continuous, real-time risk analytics and management can benefit the organization and the competitive advantages derived from differentiated services and stronger relationships with clients. A large brokerage firm will describe how it implemented real-time risk analytics, controls and management, and the benefits it received, and a practical framework for defining and deploying real-time risk metrics and processes will be introduced. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Payment Solution Efficiencies
  Payment solutions don't have to be difficult to implement and can bring value and efficiencies to organizations through automation. Hear how General Mills found real dollar savings by matching their payment needs to the right payment method. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Valuing Liabilities in Accordance with SFAS 157
  This webinar will help participants apply SFAS 157 for liabilities measured at fair value. Review which techniques can be used to estimate an entity's credit spread and learn how to incorporate the spread in a valuation model. Find out how credit ratings effect liabilities' fair value and discuss some of the concepts and tools used in credit risk measurement models. This webinar will also examine some of FASB's current initiatives in regard to fair value measurements. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• *Business Continuity: As Important As Ever!

  This session will present a comprehensive framework for crafting and testing a business continuity plan in treasury & finance, including how the plan need be developed from a business impact analysis. It will also review key performance indicators for the plan's functionality. A key feature of the session is its rooting in actual treasury & finance business continuity plan documentation.

  This webinar recording has been approved for CTP/CCM re-certification credit. After completing and returning the quiz for this webinar, you may be eligible for 1.2 CTP/CCM re-certification credits.

  Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• * The Value Proposition for Bank Scorecards

  In today’s difficult economy, many companies are re-evaluating their banking relationships. In efforts to assist the corporate practitioner with this endeavor, AFP has created a Bank Scorecard. This webinar will discuss the value of bank scorecards and walk attendees through how the AFP Bank Scorecard can be utilized to review the quality of existing banking relationships using specific service metrics.

  This webinar recording has been approved for CTP/CCM re-certification credit. After completing and returning the quiz for this webinar, you may be eligible for 1.2 CTP/CCM re-certification credits.

  Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• The Competitive Edge: Use Your Non-Traditional Business Skills
  Are you achieving the career success you want? What is needed to separate you from the competition? Are you finding that the traditional business skills such as education and experience are not enough to achieve the career success you want? Learn and implement non-traditional business skills. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Focusing on 401(k) Fees: Legal Developments
  For the last several years, the investment and fee arrangements of 401k plans have been under scrutiny by regulators, Congress and class action lawyers. In this session, we’ll discuss the latest developments in the status of the lawsuits filed against 401k plan sponsors and recordkeepers and learn what these cases suggest about the due diligence required of a plan sponsor. The new types of fee arrangements being offered by recordkeepers and investment providers in this changing environment will be evaluated. Determine how section 404c compliance plan impacts the sponsor’s liability on fee issues (Hecker v. Deere); examine the Department of Labor’s proposals to improve fee transparency; and find out how Congress is reacting to all of these developments. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• *Career Development Series Webinar: Managing a Black Swan - Effective Leadership in a Crisis

  This webinar will be led by John Hupalo and Dennis Alimena – respectively, the former CFO of a NYSE company and the author of The Winning Mindset for Leadership: Unlocking Your Potential in Business, Sports and Life. Using a combination of practical issues facing challenged companies and state-of-the-art management theory, Hupalo and Alimena will explore how crisis affects organizations and employees in the context of seven issues which can make the difference between an organization thriving or being crippled.

  This webinar recording has been approved for CTP/CCM re-certification credit. After completing and returning the quiz for this webinar, you may be eligible for 1.2 CTP/CCM re-certification credits.

  Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Identifying and Managing Liquidity Risk to Succeed through the Downturn
  In the midst of the financial crisis, companies are struggling like never before to mitigate the critical short term risks of liquidity and financing. Credit still remains scarce and expensive. The critical focus areas for finance and treasury include cash forecasting, sourcing funding, liquidity and working capital. Yet with all of these challenges, companies can't neglect their preparations for the longer term challenges of the economic downturn - - they need to take decisive action on cost reduction, capital management, credit exposures, and talent management. This intriguing webinar will explore improvement strategies to deal with both short term liquidity risks, and the longer term impact of the financial crisis on business performance. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• * Optimal Capital Structure: Theory and Practical Application

  The session will include a discussion of sources and considerations for formulating costs of capital in "developed and developing" capital markets. Emphasis will be placed on making "theory" practical and blending it with practical application.

  This webinar recording has been approved for CTP/CCM re-certification credit. After completing and returning the recording, you may be eligible for 1.2 credits.

  Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• * Negotiation Skills

  In these challenging economic times, we all feel the strain on our wallets, our careers and our emotions. Join Stephen Frenkel, MWI’s Director of Negotiation Programs, for this 60-minute webinar as he introduces a systematic and strategic approach to decision making and problem solving, developed at the Harvard Negotiation Project, that will help you keep your focus and your cool.

  This webinar recording has been approved for CTP/CCM re-certification credit. After completing and returning the quiz, you may be eligible for 1.2 credits.

  Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Get Smart: Tools for Breaking Free of "Phishing" Nets & Other Fraud Traps
  Over 70% of businesses are experiencing fraud attacks on their internal data systems. Corporations have become painfully familiar with the negative financial impacts of “phishing” and the cost to their reputations. Now “whaling” is targeting C-level executives. Learn how to equip your company with conventional and non-conventional tools to combat online criminals, safeguard payment communications channels and deal with third-party risk. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Career Development Series Webinar: RelationshipWorking - How to Get Your Next Job
  In today’s very dynamic and scary economic environment, many people are anxious or concerned about their current employment status. At the same time, many of these same individuals have not sought alternative employment recently. A November 2008 article suggests that between 80-90% of current job openings are being filled via referrals as opposed to through “Headhunters.” If this is even partially true, than this Webinar could be the most important hour you might spend learning about how to find you next position.The Directed Search Approach and RelationshipWorking will help you understand the best and most efficient processes to network to your next position. We will discuss how to establish your networks and how to maximize their potential connections. In addition, we will discuss how to develop, your search plan and how to execute it. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

•  Gaining a Competitive Edge Using Multiple Collection Channels
  Discover how to integrate a multi-channel collection system that accelerates cash flow and funds availability while reducing operational costs. Learn how a multi-channel payments model can enhance monitoring and provide better auditing and controls. This session will highlight how one organization implemented a competitive business model which satisfied the need to offer its customers a multi-channel payments process while reducing costs and streamlining the receivables operation. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Counterparty Credit Risk: Models, Tools and Best Practices
  It has always been prudent to monitor the credit worthiness of your trading partners, and never more so than in the current economic environment. This webinar will provide the tools and strategies to access and monitor the credit worthiness of vendors, suppliers and trading partners. Basic risk mitigation techniques used to manage trading partner credit risk will also be reviewed. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• The Greening of Treasury
  With today’s growing environmental awareness, businesses are looking for ways to implement eco-friendly treasury practices that will reduce the use of paper and make processes more efficient. Leading the charge toward these ecologically sensitive practices are banks, who are helping corporates take advantage of digital tools that facilitate the reduction of paper and streamline treasury operations. Craig Vaream, managing director, J.P. Morgan, will moderate a discussion with experts on how businesses can work with their banking partners to source and implement green treasury tools such as electronic payments and paper-reducing workflow tools. The discussion will also cover how treasury professionals can re-engineer their business operations to eliminate paper and improve processes, all with an eye toward making a positive impact on the environment. These experts will discuss their best practices on the road to "greening" their treasury operations. They will share the path they took to making “green” treasury choices for their businesses and the business results achieved.           Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• *Options Hedging 101

  This webinar will delve into basic option hedging strategies for first time or new option users. High level option pricing theory and relevant greeks and an overview of the various derivatives available will be discussed . We will examine specific hedging examples for interest rate, FX and commodities, including FAS 133 effectiveness testing results. Case studies will include fix floating mix impacts of using cap/floors/collars for interest rate hedging, average rate FX option hedging for anticipated sales and energy hedging using options.

  This webinar recording has been approved for CTP/CCM re-certification credits. After completing and returning the quiz, you may be eligible for 2 CTP credits.

  Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Two Day Webinar:  How to be Your Organization's Internal Financial Consultant - Parts I & II
  Part I: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. ET And Part II: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. ET This two day webinar examines working capital essentials in the context of the current cost of capital environment, including float and transaction costs. The timeline concept is used to explain the redesign of an entire financial process versus a phase of the process. Areas of significant benefits include the portion of the working capital timeline outside of traditional financial management. Important 21st century issues reviewed include: compression of the cash flow timeline to nearly real-time; management of working capital activities lies outside of any single organizational function; calculation of the 'work-day' equivalent of cost elements; determination of e-commerce feasibility; actual cases are used to demonstrate procedures for evaluation and change. The sections of the workshop include: Why being an internal consultant matters Internal marketing of financial concepts Financial analysis of working capital requirements Developing viable recommendations Case: the Gyzmo deal Achieving implementation support Refocusing finance         Member: $100 Non-member: $160 Order CD

• Challenges with Derivative Hedge Accounting under Canadian GAAP (CICA 3865) (AN07 Conference Session)
  Achieve hedge effectiveness under Canadian GAAP (CICA 3865) by examining specific hedging strategies under different methods for prospective and retrospective assessments.     Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Canadian Cheque Imaging – Where Are We Now? (AN07 Conference Session)
  Cheque Imaging is the biggest thing to happen to Canadian banking in 50 years. Unlike the US Check 21 initiative, it will be mandatory. What are the challenges to implementation and how is the banking environment going to change? What should businesses do to get ready? Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• * The Future of Corporate Cash Investing: A New Standard for Treasury Professionals

  During the past nine months, many short term investment vehicles once thought to be safe havens for cash have wreaked havoc on the balance sheets and income statements of many companies. Failures in the auction rate securities market in particular underscore the importance of understanding and controlling the corporate cash investment process for all corporate investors. This webinar will offer insight into the current state of the money markets and include an in depth discussion of Auction Rate Securities. The panelists will define specific steps companies can take to improve their odds of avoiding future trouble, and facilitate an interactive discussion with attendees as to what will prompt corporate cash investors to once again consider investments other than money market funds and T-bills.

  This recording has been approved for CTP/CCM re-certification credit. After completing and returning the quiz, you may be eligible for 1.2 CTP credits.

  Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Managing Short-term Investments in a Difficult Environment
  This session is an introduction to the management of short-term investments during one of the most challenging corporate investment environments in a decade. The basics of what Treasury should know and do. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• * Effective Cash Flow Forecasting - Industry Panel

  Liquidity is one of the primary sources of financial risk to be managed within the treasury function, yet despite this fact few treasury departments develop, maintain, and complete accurate and comprehensive cash forecasts. This informative webinar will illustrate the current state of cash forecasting across three different industries and describe the specific issues they face regarding cash forecasting and liquidity management.

  This webinar recording has been approved for CTP/CCM re-certification credit. After completing and returning the quiz for this webinar, you may be eligible for 2 CTP/CCM re-certification credits.

  Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• *  Payments Fraud Revealed: How Well Are You Managing Your Company’s Risk?

  This session will present research by the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank on payment fraud in ACH, check and card payments; high priority fraud concerns of bankers, corporates, and other stakeholders; and the range of solutions to mitigate payments fraud, including promising new initiatives.

  This recording has been approved for CTP re-certification credit. After completing and returning the quiz, you may be eligible for 2 CTP credits.

  Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• * The Missing Link – Worldwide Liquidity Management From Concept to Reality (AN07 Conference Session)

  This presentation focuses on the review process undertaken and the solution implemented by Tenneco, Inc., to craft a global liquidity structure, which effectively uses all available balances across multiple currencies and time-zones to service US-based debt on a same-day value basis.

  This recording has been approved for CTP/CCM re-certification credit. After completing and returning the quiz, you may be eligible for 2 CTP credits.

  Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Submission Tips for the 2008 AFP Pinnacle Awards
  Is gaining recognition through an awards program one of your goals for 2008? Learn how to best prepare your entry for the 2008 AFP Pinnacle Awards, and hear from last year's winners share their inside tips into what makes a winning solution. This session does not qualify for CTP recertification credits. Member: FREE Non-member: FREE Order CD

• FX Hedging - A "101" Course (AN07 Conference Session)
  This session will cover a multitude of topics that should be considered as you develop or expand your FX hedging programs. Review the various hedging instruments and decision factors of when to use each instrument, identify the different types of exposures to hedge, review criteria to select the appropriate maturity horizon and how that ties into your hedge instruments. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• * VaR: Don't Rely on the Blackbox

  Much emphasis has been placed on the development of 'black-box' software systems that at the touch of a button produce risk calculations, such as value-at-risk (VaR), for calibration and management of risk. While such rigor would bring piece of mind to even the most complex of balance sheets, in many situations the results may be difficult to interpret and utilize within Corporate Treasury.

  This recording has been approved for CTP/CCM  re-certification credit. After completing and returning the quiz, you may be eligible for 1.2 CTP credits.

  Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Is the Internet Ready for High-Value Payments?
  The Federal Reserve is embracing new strategies to develop and implement well balanced, multi-channel options that focus on an integrated customer delivery experience. Like the rest of the payments industry, the Fed works hard to keep current, deploy new tools and function effectively, continuously evaluating new channel delivery options. For an access method to be viable, a high level of security must be in place. How do you evaluate channel delivery options for payments? The Federal Reserve is in the midst of doing just that, with the current objective being to move all financial services to a Secure IP platform. To obtain this objective, the Federal Reserve is leveraging new technologies to meet the imminent changes in the payments marketplace and the demands of technology-savvy customers. Every channel option is evaluated based on the risk and security level compared to the return and benefits offered, and appropriateness for the highest-value transactions. As the proliferation of electronic payments increases, the risk/return evaluation of electronic channels is something every financial professional will encounter. Member: $50 Non-member: $75 Order CD

• Check 21 in 2008 - Success for Remote Deposit Capture in Corporate America – Questions Answered
  Where is Remote Deposit Capture for 2008? RDC Transactions increased by_____% in 2007. Expectations are even higher for 2008. What can we expect? This session is an update of best practices for RDC implementation. How do you maximize ROI and operational efficiencies using Check 21? How do you leverage your banking relationships by capitalizing on enhanced funds availability and reduced banking fees? What do you do if you have many geographic locations? What are the pitfalls to avoid in backup processing planning? How do you involve IT and other departments to realistically assess your current operational processes/staff? The webinar will focus on evaluation criteria to include in creating a business case for RDC and will demonstrate how your firm can realize a less than 12 month payback from implementing Check21.      Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• New Approaches to Global Cash Management: Responding to the Challenges of Globalization
  Globalization is rapidly changing the way corporations and banks partner for global cash management services. As these relationships are redefined, banks are actively seeking new ways to retain and grow their client base. This informative webinar will explore how banks are leveraging Web-based global cash management solutions to effectively address the ever changing needs of their clients. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• How To Manage Your Global Bank Charges (AN07 Conference Session)
  Corporations have been able to manage their US bank charges for 15 years, but this was impossible for "Foreign" bank charges until there were rapid changes in Global Cash Management. The latest versions of the software used to process your Account Analysis files, the "822", can process the new "International" Account Analysis files, the "BSB". Learn how "International" Account Analysis differs from the US practices, how the BSB standard meets these needs, and which banks are the first to provide this essential Cash Management service. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Best Practices in Corporate Cash Investment Logistics (AN07 Conference Session)
  The presentation will define a framework and review the investment functions, key service providers, and critical documentation that make an investment process successful. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Short Term Investment Chaos- From Accounting Reclassifications to Breaking the Buck: Where do we go from Here?
  This complimentary webinar recording is limited to AFP members only. The effects of the sub prime market crisis have swept across many short term investment vehicles thought to be safe havens for cash. As a result companies have moved short term investments into increasing conservative securities. What are the current conditions in the markets feeling the effects of the sub prime crisis? Will companies become comfortable moving money back into these historical safe havens for cash in 2008? This webinar will provide an insightful panel discussion as to the causes, effects, and future fallout for various short term investment markets that were caught up in the tidal wave of the sub prime mortgage crisis. The discussion will include the perspective of the relevant players in each market. The panel will also weigh in with thoughts in regards to whether the level of regulation will change in these markets. The markets addressed in this forum will include auction rate securities, commercial paper, and money market funds.  Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Taking a Proactive Approach to Escheatment Liability, Audits and Policy (AN07 Conference Session)
  This session will illustrate the appropriate procedures for limiting escheatment liability and penalties for incomplete or inadequate compliance. Current state and third party audit practices and suggested responses or resolutions will also be discussed.    Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Executing the Risk Management Charter - Understanding Insurance (Part Two of a Two Part Series)
  This 45 minute webinar (with 15minute Q&A) is the second of a two part webinar series designed to help Treasury and Finance professionals achieve the best results from the insurance and risk management function. The first of this two part webinar focused on a broad view of risk management, including creating a functional structure that can meet your goals. In this session, we focus on the tactical issues related to your insurance and risk management program.    Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Online Cash Management Security: Beyond the User Login (AN07 Conference Session)
  This session will discuss best practices for utilizing anti-fraud controls within your company to prevent internal and external perpetrators from accessing your company's financial assets through electronic channels.       Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Rethinking Risk Management (Part One of a Two Part Series)
  This 45 minute webinar (with 15 minute Q&A) is the first of a two part webinar series designed to help Treasury and Finance professionals achieve the best results from the insurance and risk management function. A function that was once responsible for purchasing corporate insurance has been evolving in response to new threats and new opportunities to protect the balance sheet and the income statement. In this webinar you will learn: Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Bank Relationship Management: Art, Science or the Twilight Zone? (AN07 Conference Session)
  This session will focus on key aspects of bank relationship management from both the customer's as well as the provider's perspectives. Topics to be covered include: Service costing/pricing and what is "fair and reasonable" determination of customer profitability by providers; measuring service quality as a customer; and what it takes to have effective communication.      Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Is Your Cash and Money Market Safe?
  Join a money market mutual fund expert to hear about the recent turmoil in the money markets. He will discuss the regulations and protections surrounding money market funds, the various securities they invest in, and will give a detailed timeline of crisis events and problems in the asset-backed commercial paper market Issues with auction-rate securities, enhanced cash, and other recent areas of concern for money market and cash investors will also be touched on. He will put recent events in perspective by giving overview of past problems with money funds and money market securities.       Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Minimizing Your Maximum Regret: Investing in Today’s Risky Markets
  Investing in the future carries with it certain levels of risk in addition to any rewards. Corporations can minimize those risks by paying attention to some certain basic "rules of the road" or policies and by setting realistic goals around asset safety, yield and maturity. Coupled with a modicum of technology a corporation’s treasury will be able to create value for its parent company by meeting overall liquidity goals. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Changes in Accounting Principles, including the adoption of IFRS: Assessing the Balance Sheet Impact
  Participants will gain an understanding on changes to Canadian accounting standards that are impacting the financial statements of many Canadian organizations. This session will provide a high level overview of the potential implications of recent and future changes to Canadian accounting standards, including the long term plan to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards.    Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• They're Out to Get You! Payments Fraud is Alive and Well
  Most organizations continue to be targets of attempted or actual payments fraud. They've learned to fight back, but fraudsters are taking advantage of gaps in defenses to launch new attacks. Who is winning the battle? Hear the findings of the 2007 AFP Payments Fraud Survey. Learn about real-life fraud attempts, the counter-measures that corporate practitioners are taking, and the defenses that must still be built to protect against check, ACH and card payments fraud.       Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Payment Policy Development - From Strategy through Development
  Learn how to develop an effective payments policy that balances the risks and realities of your business. Hear about corporate experiences, industry best practices and key ingredients for creating payments policies. This lecture will also describe how companies use such policies to drive strategic change, promote accountability and manage payment risks.         Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Global Treasury Operations - What Works
  A case study in how Treasury effectively manages liquidity management at EDS. Lessons learned on what works from both a strategic and tactical perspective. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• They're Changing the Rules of the Game: NACHA and Federal Reserve Update
  New Federal Reserve rules specify the wording of consumer notification about check conversion, Regulation E coverage for payroll cards, and liability for fraudulent remotely created checks. NACHA rules have expanded the ways checks can be converted to ACH debits. Some business checks are now eligible for conversion, and a new ACH transaction allows checks received at the point-of-sale to be converted to ACH debits in the back office (Back Office Conversion). Learn about these and other recent payment rules changes and how they impact corporate collections and disbursements.        Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Lease Accounting for Finance Teams Interested in Purchasing and Leasing Equipment
  Procuring equipment requires the coordination of many organizations within a company in a coherent process. Within the finance organization, treasury professionals are typically interested in and lead the upfront lease vs. buy decisions, while controllers focus more on the downstream decisions related to accounting, controls, and compliance. In order to make sound decisions, execute with consistency and transparency, and follow through to deliver on the results projected in the original decision-making, the finance team needs to understand the basics of lease accounting across the lifecycle of the lease and the assets. This webinar will investigate lease accounting for lessees across these lifecycles and explore how leasing impacts financial performance and financial statements.     Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• SuperDerivatives Part III: Cross Asset Risk Management
  The final lecture expands on the topic of "Using Derivatives to Manage Corporate Exposures." Large corporations are usually exposed to cross asset exposures. For example, a Euro-based airline hedges jet fuel exposure through standard options contracts which are denominated in the US Dollar. As a result, the airline is exposed both to the price of jet fuel and to fluctuations in the Euro / US Dollar exchange rate. This is Part Three of a three-part series.    Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Leveling the Paying Field: Managing Canadian Banking Relationships Profitably
  AFP's "Leveling the Paying Field" is a first for Canadian & US financial professionals. This Webinar identifies why Canadian banking is "different" and the structural reasons Canadian bank pricing is difficult to manage. It also identifies four sources of cost savings hidden in Canadian banking arrangements and concludes with a strategy to deliver these savings to the bottom line.     Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Obtaining Treasury Services Using a Procurement Approach
  Procurement practices designed to minimize costs and standardize vendor written materials have been applied to treasury services with mixed results. Join us to review the better practices and learn about ones that may not be in your company's best interests.        Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• SuperDerivatives Part II: Applications of Interest Rates Derivatives in Corporate Risk Management
  The aim of this webinar is to give an introduction on interest rates derivatives and how the use of interest rates options allows corporations to effectively manage risk. Why do corporations need to hedge? This is Part Two of a three-part series.  Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Three Different Views of Account Analysis and Billing
  This webinar will explore the various components of bank account analysis to provide the customer with tools to reconcile their monthly activity and charges. Importance is placed on thorough and consistent review of the analysis. Specific strategies for examining, managing, and reducing analysis fees will be presented. It will include the advantages of receiving the 822 Electronic Statement, recognition of volume and pricing errors and working with balances and services to reduce fees. Price determination, earnings credit, reserve requirement and FDIC/FICO insurance will be discussed along with attention given to the benefits and disadvantages of various methods of compensating the bank.     Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Power Planning for MAXIMUM Exhibiting Results
  In this powerful NEW session, tradeshow marketing expert, Jefferson Davis will reveal the unique perspectives and practical pre-show planning behaviors that have helped his clients generate over half a billion dollars in measurable tradeshow results. This session does not qualify for CTP recertification credit. Member: Complimentary Non-member: Complimentary Order CD

• Maximizing Returns on Surplus Operating Cash  (Annual Conference 2006 Session)
  Treasury professionals are under constant and increasing pressure to boost the return on cash balances. This session will explore a range of investment strategies and discuss the risk and return profile of each.     Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• SuperDerivatives Part I: Applications of FX Derivatives in Corporate Risk
  Numerous corporations sustain losses due to the ineffective management of currency exposures. The aim of this webinar is to give an introduction on how the use of options allows corporations to protect themselves from the potential negative affects of currency fluctuations. This is Part One of a three-part series. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Why the CTP?
  Hear firsthand from CTPs. Register now for a panel discussion on why AFP's Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) designation has become a requirement for a changing profession. Learn how earning the CTP can boost your effectiveness and gain insight into exam preparation. Plus, discover the benefits of the CTP designation from different perspectives. This session does not qualify for CTP recertification credit. Member: Complimentary Non-member: Complimentary Order CD

• Should Treasury Lead Equipment Finance? (Annual Conference 2006 Session)
  In most companies, equipment finance has many internal and external stakeholders. Treasury is in a unique position to lead and manage equipment finance because of their financing expertise, banking relationship management skills, leadership in procure-to-pay activities and balance-sheet optimization, responsibilities in cash and risk management, and role in SOX remediation initiatives. In this interactive session, we will discuss best practices used by leading Treasury teams, followed by case studies from the Corporate Treasurer of Network Appliance's experience in managing their corporate lessee programs and Network Appliance Financial Solutions, a customer-focused vendor finance organization.    Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Optimizing Global Liquidity: The Art of the Possible? (Annual Conference 2006 Session)
  Companies have made great strides in optimizing corporate liquidity across borders and currencies. The transition toward integrated global liquidity management is still evolving, with different approaches to address organizational, tax, accounting, and regulatory requirements. Successful approaches will be reviewed and discussed. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Harmonizing Tax and Customs Valuation Requirements
  Participants will gain an understanding of how tax and Customs authorities reconcile the value of imported goods in related party transactions. We will cover different tests used to ensure that goods in related party transactions are valued at arm's length, explore proper techniques to lower the dutiable value of imported merchandise, and discuss the effect of post-importation transfer price adjustments. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• The Emerging Supply Chain Financing Market in China and Developments in 2007
  Supply Chain Financing is moving rapidly as a key agenda for Finance and Treasury leaders in China. Learn what their key priorities are and find out how banks are reacting to this. This webinar will provide you with an update on the emergence of Credit Insurance in China as well as give you examples of Supply Chain Finance Programs rolled out in China.      Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• HIPPA Standard for Electronic Remittance Advice
  HIPAA standards and their benefits to providers and health plans What is the ANSI 835 ERA and how it can be used to reduce manual posting and improve accuracy What health plans are obligated to do under HIPAA - standardized data presentation, paper reduction and no additional provider cost What providers need to have in place to adopt the 835 ERA - Practice management system / HIS with software to "map" the 835 data How do you start the process - check with your software vendor, health plans and your clearinghouse Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) - a natural marriage with the ERA Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Corporate Access to SWIFT: What Does It Mean for Corporate Treasury?
  Corporates around the world have often wished they could access the SWIFT Network as banks do. In 2007, they will be able to connect to SWIFT and have a single access channel to over 8,000 banks worldwide. How can corporates take full advantage of this new opportunity to send payments to and receive statements from their banking partners? What will be the impact on their business? This session will present the views of a banker and a corporate who has already taken the plunge. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Canadian Cheque Imaging – What Will It Look Like?
  How can a business ready itself for the Canadian Cheque Imaging initiative (known as Truncation & Electronic Cheque Presentment (TECP)? What will the impacts be to Canadian businesses and foreign companies that do business with Canada? What will be the differences with Check 21 and what will be the repercussions?    Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Developing a Risk Management Game Plan (Annual Conference 2006 Session)
  Exercising risk management extends beyond the boundaries of derivatives solutions execution. Effective risk management equally addresses exposure management, risk quantification, strategy development, controls, oversight and policy administration. This session introduces a framework that enables companies to view account risk considerations, prevailing market conditions, and management risk tolerance within the context of a properly controlled and governed structure.    Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Converting Checks at the Point of Sale – BOC and POP
  Back Office Conversion - BOC - the new ACH transaction that allows check conversion at the point of sale, is set to take center stage on March 16, 2007 when the new ACH rules that govern this transaction take effect. Point of Purchase check conversion - POP - which has been in use since 2000 and has shown substantial, recent growth, also allows ACH check conversion at the point of sale. What are the differences and similarities between these two point of sale conversion transactions? What are some of the important decision criteria you should use when evaluating BOC and POP? In order to offer consumers the choice and convenience they demand, practitioners must understand the alternatives and determine the most cost effective and secure method for accepting checks at the point of sale. This informative webinar will provide you with a detailed review of POP and BOC transactions, and present case studies from merchants that have evaluated point of sale check conversion solutions.     Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Canadian Foreign Exchange Risk Management
  Most large Canadian companies have significant currency exposure through trade relations and operations on both sides of the border. This session provides a dynamic panel discussion providing real examples of what large Canadian companies are doing to reduce FX risk and enhance returns.    Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Managing the Costs of Card Acceptance: C2B and B2B Success Stories (Annual Conference 2006 Session)
  With credit and debit card sales on the rise, understanding interchange, transaction fees and card processing costs can yield substantial savings. In this AFP Payments Advisory Group session, hear about the cost-control approaches of three types of card-accepting companies: a retailer with an above-industry-average record of qualifying for the best rates, a B2B distributor who cut costs by 30% annually, and a Web biller who positioned electronic payment options to encourage lower-cost choices.    Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• China's Long Boom - The 2007 Economic Outlook for China
  China's economy is growing at double-digit rates and many observers expect gravity to slow it down in 2007 and 2008. We disagree. From our perspective, things have just got started. Stephen will run through the investment, consumption and export stories, explaining why we think there is much more upside. He'll then consider what this means for the Renminbi, and what China's long boom means for Asia and the rest of the world. In short, Standard Chartered thinks China is now the lynchpin of the global economy; from determining interest rates in the United States to Asian FX trends.      Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• HSA - What is it? How Does it Affect Your Company's Bottom line? (Annual Conference 2006 Session)
  Learn how one insurance benefit company designed and implemented an HSA product offering to corporations. Companies use HSAs in conjunction with high deductible health plans to reduce their employee benefit expense and FICA tax. Treasury and finance professionals should understand how HSAs can enhance a company's bottom line.  Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Blueprints for Building Vendor Acceptance of Electronic Payments (Annual Conference 2006 Session)
  Hear blueprints for success from AFP Payments Advisory Group! Learn how Procter & Gamble converted 65% of its payments from paper to electronic by establishing partnerships with internal departments and its bank. Hear how UPS identified target accounts and then developed a calling strategy tailored to each vendor relationship.        Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Accounting Update for Treasurers (Annual Conference 2006 Session)
  The latest news on current and proposed accounting issues which affect treasurers and treasury departments will be presented, including changes to the rules on lease accounting, which could require many companies to bring on their financial statements most of their current operating leases. New rules on Sarbanes-Oxley internal controls will also be covered. Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• Selecting and Implementing Treasury Systems
  This session will focus on the critical success factors for selecting and implementing a treasury system solution. Topics to be reviewed include requirements gathering, systems and process design, implementation and integration, and roll out of a treasury systems solution. Actual case studies will be discussed and reviewed.       Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD

• A U.S. and Canadian Treasurer's Guide to Cross-Border Cash Management (Annual Conference 2006 Session)
  Companies operating in the U.S. and Canada must deal with the unique business characteristics of each country. This presentation will address the differences in imaging products, payments clearing systems, fraud protection and cash management services. Managing cash inflows/outflows, investing idle balances, and optimizing information reporting will be discussed.     Member: $50 Non-member: $80 Order CD