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Consumers are more often the target, but as long as companies write checks, they too are vulnerable to someone misusing the numbers
Maybe pitting your bankers against each other in an online auction doesn't win a treasurer friends, but it certainly can save a company serious money
A variety of products and cheaper technology are transforming in-house banking into a real alternative for treasurers across the industry spectrum
Now more focused on payers than billers, vendors are finally making some headway
Souped up workstations arrive just in time for harried treasurers
But there are some newcomers like HSBC, which is making a play for domestic cash management, that could ease the pressure on corporate treasuries
The age of checkless commerce still has not arrived, but there are definitely fewer checks
SunGard and Citi carve out a partnership between banks and workstation vendors
Don't offer treasurers fancy systems. What they want are cost-effective cash controls