Best Practices

With investors and ratings agencies, midsize companies often find themselves overshadowed by dominant multinationals in their industry

Excel is reliable and hands-on, but even its diehard supporters acknowledge that current demands on treasury and finance may mean it's time for change

Collections software can track down your biggest deadbeats

After a long drought in tech spending, companies are loosening the purse strings--but not necessarily with Sarbanes-Oxley in mind

Thanks to Web-based trade finance, treasurers may finally be able to reduce the inefficiencies that make trade a cash management nightmare

Although consolidation ensures banks long-term negotiating strength, CFOs and treasurers are enjoying a taste of power thanks to kinder credit markets

Slow rise in payrolls and the prospect of higher rates dim the merriment

Consumers are more often the target, but as long as companies write checks, they too are vulnerable to someone misusing the numbers