Source: thebalancesmb.com
Corporate growth has developed a hair trigger. More than half of middle-market chief financial officers said they need high confidence before expanding investment, according to...
Growing companies are finding that stronger sales don’t automatically bring a clearer view of cash, and their finance chiefs are directing investment toward closing that...
Wall Street is getting ready to modernize post-trade plumbing and experiment with tokenized real-world assets. But does that mean the corporate order book is moving...
Corporate finance has spent the past several years pursuing a straightforward ambition. Get cash moving faster. And by many measures, the strategy is working. Data...
Businesses are using several forms of working capital to pay bills that previously could have been covered by customer receipts arriving earlier. Bank credit lines,...
Businesses have spent years investing in systems designed to determine whether a payment is legitimate. Fewer have invested in ensuring that a legitimate payment actually...
Businesses use payments timing as a factor in their cash forecasts. A buyer sends money before an invoice deadline, while the supplier waits for money...
Finance departments have moved quickly to put generative artificial intelligence to work. They’ve been far more cautious about letting AI act on its own. Generative...
Corporate cash has become one of banking’s most consequential bargaining chips. The third-quarter earnings season is offering chief financial officers a glimpse of what financial...