The Treasury Update Podcast
The Treasury Update Podcast is your source for interesting treasury news, in your car, at the gym, or wherever you decide to tune in! Strategic Treasurer was formed in 2004 to provide corporate, educational, and government entities direct access to comprehensive and current assistance with their treasury and financial technology, control and process efficiency requirements. Strategic Treasurer publishes content via newsletters, white-papers, blogs, videos, e-books, infographics, and analyst reports.
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Why Treasury Needs an AI Policy
11/02/2026
Why Treasury Needs an AI Policy
In this episode, and discuss why treasury teams need clear policies for using AI as these tools become part of everyday work. They cover data privacy, approved tools, human oversight, training, accountability, and how to keep governance up to date as AI evolves. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:41 Why treasury needs an AI policy 03:17 What an AI policy should cover 05:28 Source verification and human oversight 06:14 Managing prompts and AI costs 07:15 Protecting sensitive treasury data 09:00 Approved tools and account restrictions 10:19 Implementing an AI policy 11:13 Ownership, escalation, and training 12:44 Practical AI training 13:26 Final thoughts 13:59 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT STRATEGIC TREASURER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles. Download in Kindle, or hardcover. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Visit us today at . Or join in the discussion at one of our leading .
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Protecting Working Capital and Financial Metrics (SAP Taulia)
10/26/2026
Protecting Working Capital and Financial Metrics (SAP Taulia)
Join and , Global Head of Customer Advisory at , and , Senior Product Marketing Manager at SAP Taulia, as they discuss balancing working capital goals with supply chain health. Learn how leading companies extend payment terms across their entire supplier base using technology alongside supply chain finance, dynamic discounting, and virtual cards, helping build lasting supplier loyalty. They also explore how converting receivables into capital can deliver debt-free liquidity, helping you achieve free cash flow goals and a healthier balance sheet. Register for the upcoming webinar with Taulia. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:47 Why working capital is in focus 02:30 Aligning competing financial goals 06:58 About SAP Taulia and the guests 09:03 Supply chain finance, discounting, and receivables 11:56 Combining working capital strategies 14:07 Supplier relationships and common objections 18:24 Overcoming IT implementation barriers 22:52 Receivables finance and automation 27:11 Case studies and flexible funding 33:08 Data-driven decisions and program design 35:44 Autonomous finance and future opportunities 38:28 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT STRATEGIC TREASURER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles. Download in Kindle, or hardcover. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Visit us today at . Or join in the discussion at one of our leading .
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Seismic Shifts in Payments: Fraud, Regulation, and Validation (SouthState Bank)
10/19/2026
Seismic Shifts in Payments: Fraud, Regulation, and Validation (SouthState Bank)
In this episode, and of explore the overlapping changes reshaping payments, from instant payment rails and richer ISO 20022 data to evolving fraud threats and Nacha requirements. They discuss the shift from trust-based to verified payments and practical ways treasury teams can strengthen controls, improve visibility, and stay ahead of change. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:07 Why payments are undergoing seismic shifts 02:21 Faster payments and richer data 03:26 Fraud and payment rail security 07:54 Moving from trust to verified payments 09:01 About Wes Bryant and SouthState Bank 11:04 ISO 20022 deadlines and readiness 15:03 Structured addresses and payment efficiency 17:26 Choosing the right payment rails 19:42 New Nacha ACH fraud requirements 23:19 Who is an ACH originator? 25:19 Compliance readiness and verification 27:37 How treasury teams should prepare 30:27 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT STRATEGIC TREASURER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles. Download in Kindle, or hardcover. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Visit us today at . Or join in the discussion at one of our leading .
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ISO 20022 Delayed: What Treasury Should Do Now
10/12/2026
ISO 20022 Delayed: What Treasury Should Do Now
In this episode, and explain what Swift’s ISO 20022 deadline changes mean for corporate treasury. They distinguish the delayed structured-address requirement from other messaging changes and discuss why teams should use the extra time to clean payment data, inventory workflows, coordinate with banks, and complete testing. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:36 ISO 20022 deadline changes 01:17 What SWIFT delayed 02:21 Structured and hybrid addresses 04:16 Why the delay shouldn't stop preparations 05:35 Understanding hybrid addresses 07:41 Payment files, bank portals, and data accuracy 10:12 How treasury should use the extra time 12:22 Risks of pausing and inadequate testing 14:23 Final recommendations 14:51 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT STRATEGIC TREASURER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles. Download in Kindle, or hardcover. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Visit us today at . Or join in the discussion at one of our leading .
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Changes at the Fed: What Makes the Warsh Fed Distinctive (Federated Hermes)
10/05/2026
Changes at the Fed: What Makes the Warsh Fed Distinctive (Federated Hermes)
In this episode, and of discuss what is changing under Fed Chair Kevin Warsh following the September rate hike. They examine Warsh’s reduced-forward-guidance approach, the Fed’s new policy task forces, inflation and employment priorities, and what investors should watch as markets adjust to a less communicative Fed. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:39 September Fed decision 03:29 Warsh’s approach to Fed communication 07:18 Less guidance, more reliance on data 10:19 Building credibility as Fed chair 12:50 About Sue Hill and Federated Hermes 13:49 The Fed’s five policy task forces 19:06 Inflation, employment, and the dual mandate 20:44 What could come next for rates 22:28 What could change the Fed’s path 24:13 What investors should watch 27:17 Final thoughts 27:40 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT STRATEGIC TREASURER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles. Download in Kindle, or hardcover. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Visit us today at . Or join in the discussion at one of our leading .
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The Psychology of Bank Fee Management: Pain Avoidance and Relief (Open Fees)
09/28/2026
The Psychology of Bank Fee Management: Pain Avoidance and Relief (Open Fees)
In this episode, and of examine why bank fee management is easy to avoid but costly to ignore. They discuss what account analysis statements can reveal about unnecessary services, internal behavior, and control gaps, and how automation can turn a tedious monthly review into actionable insight for managing banking relationships. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:42 Why bank fee management gets avoided 05:00 Why normal invoice review breaks down 09:11 About Open Fees 11:19 What bank statements reveal 16:57 Bank fees, risk, and fraud controls 22:20 Automating bank fee analysis 26:15 How to approach fee management 32:33 Overcoming inertia 34:27 Why “Open Fees” 37:22 Final thoughts 37:55 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT STRATEGIC TREASURER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles. Download in Kindle, or hardcover. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Visit us today at . Or join in the discussion at one of our leading .
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Know Your Customer: Reducing KYC Nightmares (Avallone)
09/21/2026
Know Your Customer: Reducing KYC Nightmares (Avallone)
In this episode, and of discuss why KYC remains one of treasury’s biggest operational pain points and how technology can reduce the burden. They explore AI-assisted responses, data security, human oversight, and how KYC may evolve as digital identity and shared utility models mature. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:33 Why KYC is a treasury pain point 02:14 KYC nightmare examples 04:20 Operational challenges 09:00 About Avallone and Anders 11:01 Using AI to reduce KYC work 13:07 Avoiding AI errors 16:00 Data privacy and model training 17:50 Build vs. buy for KYC 21:11 The future of KYC 23:32 Digital identity and tokenization 27:25 KYC utilities and interoperability 29:02 Final thoughts 29:38 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT STRATEGIC TREASURER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles. Download in Kindle, or hardcover. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Visit us today at . Or join in the discussion at one of our leading .
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The Fraud Playbook: Lessons from Law Enforcement for Treasury (Conduit Security)
09/14/2026
The Fraud Playbook: Lessons from Law Enforcement for Treasury (Conduit Security)
In this episode, and of examine how sophisticated wire fraud schemes exploit legitimate payment processes. Drawing on real-world cases and Ryan’s former FBI experience, they discuss compromised email accounts, altered payment instructions, deepfakes, money mules, and the pressure criminals use to bypass otherwise sound controls. They also explore treasury’s role as the superintendent of payments and the incident-response playbook organizations should prepare before a loss occurs. For more from Conduit Security, watch their participation in . Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Compromised closing payment 05:23 Fraudulent vendor verification 08:23 The criminal fraud playbook 13:00 How money mules move funds 16:58 About Ryan Castle and Conduit Security 18:54 Treasury’s exposure and controls 26:12 Superintendent of payments 29:03 Building a defensive playbook 35:43 Incident response and recovery 41:27 Final thoughts ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT STRATEGIC TREASURER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles. Download in Kindle, or hardcover. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Visit us today at . Or join in the discussion at one of our leading .
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Economic Update: Treasury Considerations for the Remainder of 2026
09/07/2026
Economic Update: Treasury Considerations for the Remainder of 2026
In this episode, and discuss the economic conditions treasury teams should be watching through the remainder of 2026. They cover Fed leadership, inflation, labor markets, liquidity, working capital, geopolitical risk, tariffs, sanctions, and the importance of using reliable data and banking relationships to stay informed. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:48 New Fed leadership and monetary policy 04:53 Growth, inflation, and energy 08:47 Treasury’s economic outlook 10:44 Geopolitical risk, tariffs, and sanctions 16:07 How treasury teams can stay informed 18:46 AI, data, and economic analysis 20:17 Final thoughts 20:38 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT STRATEGIC TREASURER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles. Download in Kindle, or hardcover. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Visit us today at . Or join in the discussion at one of our leading .
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What the Best Treasury Organizations Do Exceptionally Well
08/31/2026
What the Best Treasury Organizations Do Exceptionally Well
In this episode, and discuss what separates high-performing treasury organizations from the rest. They explore the importance of strong fundamentals, continuous improvement, people development, cross-training, standardized processes, proactive risk management, and technology that supports better decision-making. The discussion also offers practical steps treasury teams can take to reduce manual work and build capabilities over time. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:18 What separates high-performing treasury teams 02:24 Governance, policies, and controls 03:34 Building a continuous improvement mindset 05:12 Investing in people and culture 07:40 Collaboration and cross-training 09:40 Standardized processes and cash visibility 12:23 Proactive risk management 12:59 How leading teams use technology 15:20 Where treasury teams should start 18:01 Final thoughts 18:24 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT STRATEGIC TREASURER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles. Download in Kindle, or hardcover. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Visit us today at . Or join in the discussion at one of our leading .
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Treasury Leaders’ Decision Framework: Prioritizing What Matters
08/24/2026
Treasury Leaders’ Decision Framework: Prioritizing What Matters
In this episode, and discuss how treasury leaders can make better decisions when resources, time, and management attention are limited. They examine how to prioritize competing initiatives, balance short-term wins with long-term strategy, avoid reacting only to urgent issues, and evaluate investments in the broader context of the organization. The discussion also covers resource constraints, root-cause thinking, cross-functional input, and the importance of regularly reviewing people, processes, technology, data, and structure. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:32 Why prioritization is difficult 05:15 Evaluating major investments 06:51 Short-term wins vs. long-term goals 10:47 Common decision-making mistakes 12:57 Building a strong decision framework 16:38 Final thoughts 16:45 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT STRATEGIC TREASURER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles. Download in Kindle, or hardcover. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Visit us today at . Or join in the discussion at one of our leading .
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Treasury Technology Debt: The Hidden Costs of Yesterday's Decisions
08/17/2026
Treasury Technology Debt: The Hidden Costs of Yesterday's Decisions
In this episode, and discuss treasury technology debt, the hidden burden created when legacy systems and infrastructure continue to work but increasingly limit flexibility, security, and future capabilities. They explain how treasury teams can assess technology and identify where outdated tools create the most drag, and how to prioritize upgrades without trying to replace everything at once. The discussion also covers ISO 20022, APIs, AI, cloud-native architecture, interoperability, and why treasury should regularly review its technology stack to maintain a practical runway for future change. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:16 What is treasury technology debt? 02:45 Common forms of technology debt 04:28 How outdated technology impacts treasury 06:44 Identifying and prioritizing technology debt 10:25 Payment standards and ISO 20022 11:31 Reducing technology debt strategically 14:15 APIs, interoperability, and modernization 15:40 Building a sustainable technology roadmap 16:31 Final thoughts 16:48 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT STRATEGIC TREASURER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles. Download in Kindle, or hardcover. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Visit us today at . Or join in the discussion at one of our leading .
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Payment Integrity and Trust in the Age of AI (Eftsure)
08/10/2026
Payment Integrity and Trust in the Age of AI (Eftsure)
In this episode, and of discuss how AI is reshaping payment fraud and the controls treasury teams need to protect payment integrity without sacrificing efficiency. They examine the three core questions of how to ensure payments go to the right payee, at the right amount, and at the right time, along with the need for a control tower spanning AP, treasury, banks, and ERPs and payment rails. The conversation also explores agent oversight, AI-native workflows, continuous auditing, and opportunities to unlock working capital. Payment Security Report: Scammer's Playbook: How AP and Finance Teams Are Losing Money (2026): Payment Scamming: Exploitation and Defense (Eftsure) (2026): Cybercrime Prevention: The Where and Why of Scams (Eftsure) (2026): Global companies lost 7.7% of annual revenue to fraud ($534B in 2024); 9.8% for US enterprises. Source: TransUnion, H2 2025 Global Fraud Report: Financial institutions incur an average total cost of $5+ for every $1 of fraud loss. Source: LexisNexis, True Cost of Fraud study: JP Morgan Working Capital Index rose from 106.6 (2018) to 116, with roughly $701B to $761B unlockable on a 1% move. Source: J.P. Morgan Working Capital Index: Occupational fraud costs the typical organisation about 5% of revenue, averaging roughly $1.7M per case. Source: ACFE, Occupational Fraud 2024: A Report to the Nations: On average, enterprises run more than 300 distinct SaaS platforms. Source: Productiv: Eftsure: Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:39 Fraud, errors, and the cost of trust 04:20 Right payee, amount, and timing 06:20 AI, working capital, and liquidity 09:05 About Eftsure and Karthik Manimozhi 11:42 Payment controls across the technology stack 13:47 AI agents and autonomous oversight 17:04 Building a payment control tower 22:06 Designing AI-native finance workflows 27:18 Practical steps for finance leaders 31:28 Final thoughts 31:46 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT STRATEGIC TREASURER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Download The Strategic Treasurer: A Partnership for Corporate Growth by Craig A. Jeffery in Kindle, or hardcover: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles. Visit us today at . Or join in the discussion at one of our leading LinkedIn groups:
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AI Limitations and Opportunities in Treasury (Valorean Technologies)
08/03/2026
AI Limitations and Opportunities in Treasury (Valorean Technologies)
In this episode, and discuss five key limitations of enterprise AI in treasury: data quality, pattern-based reasoning without true understanding, difficulty handling novel situations, variable outputs, and limited explainability. They also explore the opportunities and solutions behind these constraints, including AI-assisted data cleanup, anomaly detection, stronger controls, human oversight, and safer agent-based system design. Enterprise AI for Treasury: A Guide to Agentic Implementation: AI: The Automation Spectrum and Examples in Treasury (Valorean Technologies) (2026): Valorean Technologies: Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:34 AI limitations and opportunities 02:05 Data quality shapes AI quality 05:35 AI correlates but does not understand 09:29 Arjun Krishnan’s background 10:18 AI and genuinely novel situations 12:37 Why AI outputs can vary 16:29 Explainability and audit trails 19:14 The most critical limitations 20:32 Final thoughts and book 20:54 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT STRATEGIC TREASURER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Download The Strategic Treasurer: A Partnership for Corporate Growth by Craig A. Jeffery in Kindle, or hardcover: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles. Visit us today at . Or join in the discussion at one of our leading LinkedIn groups:
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ISO 20022 Payment Readiness: What Treasury Must Fix Before November 2026
07/27/2026
ISO 20022 Payment Readiness: What Treasury Must Fix Before November 2026
In this episode, and discuss what corporate treasury teams must do to prepare for the November 2026 ISO 20022 structured address requirements. They discuss why the rules can affect organizations even when they do not originate ISO 20022 files, how incomplete payment inventories and address data can cause rejections, and why treasury, AP, IT, banks, and service providers must coordinate to validate payment workflows and data readiness. ISO 20022 Readiness Webinar: Swift ISO 20022 Address Requirements: Fedwire ISO 20022 Implementation Center: What Is ISO 20022? (2021): Updating ISO 20022: Exploring New Formats, Data, and Benefits (2023): Demystifying ISO 20022: The Future of Payment Formats (2024): ISO 20022: From Compliance to Competitive Advantage (2025): Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:21 What ISO 20022 payment readiness means 01:11 November 2026 structured address requirements 03:01 Why non-ISO payment files are affected 04:14 Common payment readiness gaps 06:08 Assessing data and payment workflows 07:34 Final readiness checklist 08:39 Closing thoughts 08:59 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT STRATEGIC TREASURER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Download The Strategic Treasurer: A Partnership for Corporate Growth by Craig A. Jeffery in Kindle, or hardcover: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles. Visit us today at . Or join in the discussion at one of our leading LinkedIn groups:
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AI: The Automation Spectrum and Examples in Treasury (Valorean Technologies)
07/20/2026
AI: The Automation Spectrum and Examples in Treasury (Valorean Technologies)
In this episode, speaks with of about the automation spectrum in treasury, moving from rules-based processing and analytics to AI assistance and autonomous agentic systems. They discuss practical AI use cases including cash forecasting, hedge management, fraud detection, payment processing, document processing, reconciliation, and natural language interfaces, while emphasizing clean data, strong controls, explainability, and human oversight as treasury teams evaluate how to apply enterprise AI responsibly. Book Mentioned: Enterprise AI for Treasury: A Guide to Agentic Implementation: Company Websites: Strategic Treasurer: Valorean Technologies:
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AI Transitions: A Personal View and Levers (Transform Labs)
07/13/2026
AI Transitions: A Personal View and Levers (Transform Labs)
In this episode, speaks with of about the personal side of AI transition and what professionals should understand as AI reshapes work. They discuss why companies must treat AI as a core operating capability, not just a faster tool, and how staff can move from task-oriented work toward higher-value contributions involving judgment, relationships, problem-solving, and systems thinking. The conversation emphasizes that professionals should actively learn how to work with AI systems, direct agents, improve workflows, and become agents of change inside their organizations. Company Websites: Strategic Treasurer: Transform Labs:
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ACH Rule Changes for 2026: What Treasury Needs to Know
07/06/2026
ACH Rule Changes for 2026: What Treasury Needs to Know
In this episode, speaks with of about the 2026 ACH rule changes and what they mean for corporate treasury teams. They discuss the new company ID requirements, expanded risk-based fraud monitoring requirements, and which organizations must comply. Craig explains the importance of ACH fraud risk assessments, written policies and procedures, annual reviews, exception handling, and maintaining documentation that demonstrates compliance. The discussion also explores the concept of risk-proportionate controls, practical steps for organizations that have not yet completed compliance efforts, and why treasury should act as the coordinator for ACH payment governance across the organization. Links Mentioned: ACH Rules Overview: Company Websites: Strategic Treasurer:
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AI Transitions: The Corporate View (Transform Labs)
06/29/2026
AI Transitions: The Corporate View (Transform Labs)
In this episode, speaks with of about how artificial intelligence is reshaping corporate strategy, operating models, and the broader economy. They discuss AI investment, automation, AI operating systems, and why organizations should view AI as a business transformation initiative rather than simply another software tool. The conversation explores how companies can measure AI success through business outcomes, improve customer value, and rethink competitive advantage in an AI-driven economy. Ryan also examines AI's impact on jobs, organizational design, and leadership, arguing that companies should focus on redesigning workflows around AI agents instead of simply automating existing processes. The discussion includes practical guidance for executives on AI implementation, governance, use case prioritization, and building an AI operating system that can scale across the enterprise. Company Websites: Strategic Treasurer: Transform Labs:
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Turning Fragmented Payment Data into Actionable Treasury Intelligence (Deluxe)
06/22/2026
Turning Fragmented Payment Data into Actionable Treasury Intelligence (Deluxe)
In this episode, speaks with of about how treasury and accounts receivable teams can transform fragmented payment data into actionable intelligence. They contrast traditional process-focused approaches with data-centric approaches, exploring how AI and advanced analytics can improve cash application, reduce exceptions, identify payer risk, accelerate forecasting, and uncover trends that would otherwise remain hidden. The discussion examines the role of APIs, AI agents, data normalization, natural language interfaces, and machine learning in modern receivables operations. Nathan explains how organizations can move from reactive exception management to proactive decision-making by leveraging clean, centralized data and AI-driven insights. They also discuss data security, model governance, synthetic data, and practical ways treasury and finance professionals can begin experimenting with AI tools today. Company Websites: Strategic Treasurer: Deluxe:
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Liquidity Stress Testing: Preparing Treasury for Shock Events
06/15/2026
Liquidity Stress Testing: Preparing Treasury for Shock Events
In this episode, of discusses liquidity stress testing and how treasury teams can prepare for market shocks and operational disruptions. The conversation explores sensitivity testing, scenario analysis, supply chain vulnerabilities, funding risks, counterparty exposure, and contingency planning. They also examine the differences between corporate liquidity stress testing and regulatory bank stress testing, while emphasizing the importance of escalation paths, liquidity buffers, contingent capital facilities, and embedding stress testing into ongoing treasury planning processes. Company Website: Strategic Treasurer:
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The Hidden Costs of Complexity in Treasury Operations
06/08/2026
The Hidden Costs of Complexity in Treasury Operations
In this episode, speaks with of about operational complexity in treasury and the hidden costs it creates over time. They discuss how growth, acquisitions, new payment rails, evolving regulations, and fragmented systems contribute to increasing complexity across treasury operations. The conversation explores the impact of manual processes, defects, inefficient workflows, data fragmentation, and poor process design, while emphasizing the importance of end-to-end visibility, standardization, automation, and scalable controls to improve efficiency and reduce operational risk. Company Website: Strategic Treasurer:
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Architecting Modern Payment Security
06/01/2026
Architecting Modern Payment Security
In this episode, and of discuss the technology component of modern payment security and the ideas covered in Strategic Treasurer’s recent Payment Security Report. They explore how fraud threats are evolving through AI-enabled attacks, deepfakes, increasingly sophisticated criminal organizations, and efforts to bypass security controls. The conversation examines common gaps in payment security programs, including insufficient training, incomplete payment flow visibility, and weak verification processes. The discussion also covers faster payments, real-time settlement, layered security architectures, anomaly detection, multifactor authentication, passkeys, payee validation, banking security services, and the growing importance of treasury acting as the “superintendent of payments.” They conclude with practical recommendations for strengthening payment security through staff training, process mapping, continuous monitoring, and collaboration across treasury, finance, IT, and cybersecurity teams. Links Mentioned: Payment Security Report: Webinar Registration: Company Websites: Bottomline: Eftsure: NSKnox: Serrala: Trustmi: VendorInfo:
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Treasury and AI Governance: Who Owns the Risk?
05/25/2026
Treasury and AI Governance: Who Owns the Risk?
In this episode, speaks with of about AI governance, operational risk, and the growing role of artificial intelligence in treasury. They discuss how organizations should approach AI adoption thoughtfully, balancing efficiency gains with oversight, accountability, and data quality. The conversation explores governance frameworks, human-in-the-loop controls, explainability, anomaly detection, vendor risk, and why treasury teams must understand both the opportunities and risks associated with AI-driven tools and automation. Company Website: Strategic Treasurer:
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Real-Time Treasury: What Changes When Everything Is Instant?
05/18/2026
Real-Time Treasury: What Changes When Everything Is Instant?
In this episode, speaks with of about the shift toward real-time treasury and instant payments. They discuss RTP, FedNow, faster payment execution, improved visibility, and the operational changes treasury teams must consider as payment speed increases. The conversation also covers fraud risk, payment finality, approval workflows, transaction limits, alerts, and why stronger front-end controls are critical as organizations move toward more immediate payment environments.
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Cybercrime Prevention: The Where and Why of Scams (Eftsure)
05/11/2026
Cybercrime Prevention: The Where and Why of Scams (Eftsure)
In this episode, speaks with of about the global rise of cybercrime and what is driving modern scams. They discuss how macroeconomic instability, geopolitical unrest, and new technologies like AI are accelerating fraud activity while lowering the barrier to entry for cybercriminals. The conversation explores where scams originate, how criminal networks are evolving, and why treasury and finance teams are increasingly targeted. They also break down practical prevention strategies, including the importance of executive ownership, layered defenses, and aligning cybersecurity with financial controls. The discussion emphasizes that organizations must move beyond passive awareness to actively testing and strengthening their defenses against increasingly sophisticated threats. Company Website: Eftsure:
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Treasury Assessments: What to Review and How Often
05/04/2026
Treasury Assessments: What to Review and How Often
Treasury assessments play a critical role in evaluating and improving treasury operations. In this discussion, of outlines key assessment types, including broad treasury reviews, bank structure analysis, treasury technology evaluations, and payment security assessments, while also highlighting growing priorities such as cash forecasting, risk management, and bank fee analysis amid evolving fraud threats. This episode also provides practical guidance on expected outcomes, how to prioritize improvements, and why treasury assessments should be conducted on an ongoing, periodic basis rather than as one-time efforts.
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Treasury Ecosystem Tools: What They Are and Why They Matter
04/27/2026
Treasury Ecosystem Tools: What They Are and Why They Matter
In this episode, speaks with of about treasury ecosystem solutions as part of the 2026 Analyst Report series. They explain how ecosystem tools serve as specialized solutions that extend beyond core systems, covering areas such as payments, risk management, forecasting, KYC, or bank fee analysis. The discussion highlights why companies adopt these tools to address complexity, reduce manual processes, and improve scalability, while emphasizing the importance of selecting the right tools based on specific operational needs. 2026 Treasury Technology Analyst Report: Strategic Treasurer:
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Collection Modernization for Treasurers and AR Teams (Deluxe)
04/20/2026
Collection Modernization for Treasurers and AR Teams (Deluxe)
In this episode, speaks with of about modernizing collections and lockbox processes. They discuss the continued role of checks, why lockbox volumes are declining but not disappearing, and how modernization requires shifting from simple deposit services to data-driven accounts receivable automation. The conversation highlights the importance of data capture, exception handling, and integrating systems through APIs to enable real-time validation and posting. They also emphasize that organizations should rethink lockboxes as part of a broader receivables strategy rather than a standalone legacy process. Company Website: Deluxe:
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Cash Forecasts, Budgets, and Corporate Planning: How They Work Together
04/13/2026
Cash Forecasts, Budgets, and Corporate Planning: How They Work Together
In this episode, of explains the distinctions and connections between cash forecasting, budgeting, and corporate planning. He outlines how each function supports liquidity management, capital strategy, and long-term growth and discusses why treasurers must understand the interdependencies to provide better visibility and strategic support across the organization. Company Website: Strategic Treasurer:
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