From Sourcing Through Contracts, Follow the Money
New Basware tools enhance the procurement process and straight-through-processing capabilities of the company's purchase-to-pay product suite.

Testing Internal Controls to Detect Fraud
The new BWise internal audit module of its GRC platform detects fraud and reduces risk.

Managing Environmental Hazards
OpenPages EHS helps companies manage their environmental, health and safety risk management policy.

Sending Money Around the Globe Just Got Easier
Travelex's new GlobalPay update lets companies better monitor currency risk and cash management through greater transparency and real-time tracking functions, the company says

100 Most Influential People in Finance
By showing others the way ahead, the leaders and innovators who populate the 2008 list are leaving their marks on the world of finance

When Vendors Cooperate, Customers Win
Treasury managers can expect to see more joint work from vendors, as some of the more cost-conscious banks roll out more white-labeled technology

Playing it Safer
Following the auction rate securities debacle, treasurers are rethinking strategies to avoid the next investment fiasco

Crunch Time for Treasury Financing
Even companies that aren't forced to go to the markets (or their bankers) for new credit lines need to pay close attention to basic treasury management issues when markets are tough

E-mail Double Yikes!
Electronic transmissions can haunt companies forever. Still, one thing is certain: Too many don't have up-to-date policies on retaining documents that are needed and culling those that are not

Labor's Capitalist Problem
As more companies recognize the need to set up a treasury shop in China, the expectation is for a war over the limited pool of bilingual university graduates and seasoned executives with the right skills

Building a Treasury in China
Brick-by-brick, U.S. execs are working to change the face of cash management

Fixes for Broken China
Sure there are problems, but not if you stay on top of the risks

Taking the long-term view
Most CFOs want to abolish quarterly guidance pronouncements, according to a recent survey. That's not surprising since most companies can't even get their annual in-house forecasts right.

The corporate treasury--from cost center to profit center
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s $275 million write-down on auction-rate securities partially collateralized by subprime mortgages was more than just the biggest loss by a nonfinancial company related to subprime investments: It has become the stimulus to reopen the debate on whether corporate treasuries should operate as a cost center or, on the other end of the spectrum, a profit center--or somewhere in between.

Middle Market Shows Off its Tech Savvy
Even smaller treasuries are building solutions to achieve enterprise-wide integration

Treasury & Risk Middle Market Survey
Even though finance executives from midsize companies rank an economic slowdown as their biggest fear. more than one-third of those responding to Treasury & Risk's 2008 Middle Market Survey plan expand their staffs over the next 12 months.

This CFO Never Sleeps
Three CFOs from some of the largest and most high profile companies around--Citigroup, Home Depot and Intel--share their thoughts on how finance can help steer a company's strategy through rough economic waters

A Mini Revolution
Retail operations face problems getting hard cash into the bank quickly. Now, banks are coming to them, through mini-vaults that let them deposit, get credit and sometimes even withdraw

Treasury & Risk's 2008 Strategic Treasurer Survey
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SWIFT Finally Scores
Once almost exclusively the domain of banks, SWIFT has quickly garnered the interest of corporations and technology providers who see opportunity in new product lines to support swift interfaces