Cash Management
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Tips for Avoiding Bank Charges
One of my pet peeves is bank charges. While these charges may be relatively small compared to other expenses, they always seem so unnecessary. Everything is so automated and actionable on-line these days, and the banks have the use of our unused cash, and we still get charged! Yes, some banks pr…
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Is it Time to Require Collateral and Margin Accounts for FX Forwards?
There’s nothing like an ongoing debt crisis to send jitters into those that manage treasury. Although it’s seldom used, it may be time to think about setting a margin or collateral requirement for any business that you’re doing abroad—especially in countries that might see rapid fluctuation in t…
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Is there software available to help with bank account analysis?
My company has multiple accounts with multiple banks in multiple countries. Is there something that will make visibility and analysis easier? Software that pulls in monthly and ongoing info and categorizes, reports, etc. would be very handy!
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Business and Cash Management in India
Our company started a technology start-up business in India because it offered lower costs for experienced engineering labor. The India company is principally a R&D company working under the terms of a service agreement for a US company. To cover expenses there we have from time to time b…
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Switching bank accounts checklist
I am looking for checklists / best practices materials for items to consider while switching corporate banking relationships. This would cover disbursement, payroll, lockbox, and investment bank accounts being moved from one financial institution to another. The banks accounts would be in the US…
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Optimizing Foreign Exchange Conversion
I would like to find out what other finance executives are doing to optimize their foreign exchange rate conversions when remitting money to pay overseas vendors or fund overseas subsidiaries. The obvious area for concern would be the wire transfer and remittance charges since these are highly …
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Investment Policy Guidelines
I'm interested in polling public company folks regarding their Investment Policy - in particular, if you are willing to, could you share your responses to the following: 1 - in the short term ratings, will you permit A-2/P-2 rated instruments, and if so, do you limit the maturity to shorter t…
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Using letters ASC in wire transfer
I had a weird thing happen that I'd like more information on, but a Google search gives me nothing so I thought I'd ask here and let the experience serve as a heads up for other consultants that receive international wires. I recently invoiced a US client in their Singapore office for their …
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Bank Accounting Shenanigans -- building a list and details
I am trying to compile an inventory of bank accounting nuances that are (or were) part of GAAP and have resulted in material and really extraordinary swings in the reported financial results of banks all over the world. Does anyone know of work that has already been done in this field? I have …
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Invoicing in Local Currrency
I would appreciate some insights regarding the easiest way to charge targeted overseas customers in their local currency, and also in inspiring others to pay in USD to avoid creating meaningful currency transaction risk.
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Can you break out all fees I can expect to pay for online transaction processing and where they come from?
Can you break out all fees I can expect to pay for online xaction processing and where they come from? I am looking at solutions for our company in this space and I would like to get a basic understanding of what ALL of the fees are (interchange, processing and anything else), who charges them (e.g…
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Tools to help establish 1st time cash management for franchise operation
Helping a franchise business that is starting to work overseas - trying to find some tools to help with bringing cash back to U.S. (understand taxes, etc.)
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Treasurer's User Groups
I'm transitioning from Controller to a Treasurer. Treasury is totally new to me. Being at a small company growing at a fast pace, there's of course no job description of what is expected from the Treasurer. Can someone provide any Treasury user group that I can join and be educated of the resp…
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Treasury - Use of external resources and investment strategy
I am a relatively new CFO of small/medium sized and closely-held business. While not an expert, I think that the company’s treasury function may not be optimized. I am considering hiring a consultant to review the company's treasury function and investment strategy/policy. I would apprecia…
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What applications are out there to assist in cash forecasting and more effective management of cash and core treasury tasks?
Why should Treasurers care about Cloud Computing and SaaS?
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PC Purchases - lease or buy?
I am CFO for a small, <50 employee company. We will need to obtain desktop PC's soon for our call center employees. Any thoughts on which route may be best: lease or buy? Thanks for your comments!
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