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Transform Treasury Investing With Portal TechnologyCorporate cash levels have skyrocketed to historical highs over the past decade. Industry experts expect this trend to continue as larger cash reserves are held for several reasons including heightened balance sheet conservatism in the wake of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and simply a lack of sufficient opportunities to immediately deploy corporate cash in many industries. A traditionally time-consuming manual investment process is ripe with opportunities for reengineering in today's era where corporations strive for maximum efficiency and sound compliance. Author: Kirk Black
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Rethinking Best Practices in a Changing Payments LandscapeSending and receiving payments in today's business economy has evolved into a complex set of processes that increasingly relies upon the successful interdependence of multiple players on a global scale. Much like a kaleidoscope that shifts each of its internal parts, the constant motion of the payments landscape, as directed by industry trends, regulatory mandates and client needs, affects how organizations and providers within the industry must continually adjust processes in response to that movement. Author: Al Briand
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Shifting the Paradigm: How Outsourcing Can Help Prevent Healthcare's Financial Processing AilmentsAs the burdens that weigh heavily on healthcare providers continually increase in number and complexity, no aspect of a healthcare organization's operation is spared. The steady rise in costs -- that drive the demand for tighter expense management and process efficiencies -- have impacted all internal areas, and the financial/accounting office is no exception. Author: Maureen Turo
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Shoring Up the Corporate TreasuryWhat are treasury managers thinking about in the wee hours of the morning? According to a recent survey conducted by Treasury Strategies, Inc., technology is the number one reason that many financial professionals aren't getting the recommended eight hours of shut eye. Author: Eric Kamback
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Simplifying and Standardizing Cross Border PaymentsIn a global economy, corporations increasingly employ workers living in countries foreign to the corporate home. The trend is notable in Europe, where whether for a lower cost of living or a moderate climate, workers are retiring in foreign countries. For corporations issuing payments to employees for pension, payroll, benefits and interest, this has generated some significant logistical problems. Author: Eric Kamback
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Payables Trends: Optimizing Your Process in a Mixed Payments EnvironmentIn a day and age where electronic payments have proven reliable and timely, should paper checks still be this prevalent? Or, should companies be using more electronic transactions? If you still rely heavily on checks, are you missing opportunities to optimize your payments process? Author: Eric Kamback
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Chindia: The Emerging and Merging of Two Asian GiantsAs the world's largest developing nations, China and India continue to fuel Asia's economic growth, which the Asia Development Bank estimates at 7.6 percent for 2008. The rise of these two giants within the global economy has led to healthy competition between the two countries. But as their economies emerge, they also are finding common ground from which to cooperate. Learn more about the changing dynamic towards cooperation. Authors: Aneish Kumar, S.W. Chu
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How Fit is Today's Healthcare Provider's Financial Back Office?It's no secret that today's healthcare providers face immense obstacles in trying to contain the exorbitant costs of running an efficient patient financial services operation. As part of their attempts to do so without impeding the quality of patient services, efforts to overhaul patient claims and payment processing systems to accommodate electronic remittances stand out for their extreme cost-savings potential. Author: Rose Wojciechowski
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Increased Risk and Global TradeFind out how a collaborative and partnership approach to international trade can help ease the recent slow down in the movement of goods and services. Author: Mike McDonough
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Integrating Treasury Solutions in Asia and Europe: A Roadmap for SuccessThis white paper sets out to establish the level of treasury services integration at corporate level across six very different exporting economies namely: Spain, Italy, Germany, the People's Republic of China, India and the Republic of Korea. Authors: Alan Verschoyle-King, Richard Brown
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