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The article presents an interview with political journalist David Gregory who discusses his session at the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida to be held on October 23, 2016, impression about the panelists, and how to be a good moderator.

The article presents an interview with information designer David McCandless and mentions his views on creative process to make data visualization and design thinking and creating financial performance charts and his book "Information is Beautiful".

The article presents an interview with Presidential historian and best-selling author Doris Kearns Goodwin who presents her views on 2016 U.S. presidential election and presidential candidates including Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

The article presents an interview with Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey and mentions his views on panelists and moderator at the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) Annual Conference and his career and achieving Master's Degree in literature.

The article reports on the eight items for treasurers to consider following Brexit vote including bank relationships between Great Britain and European Union and Creating a hedging program for currency volatility and negotiating credit agreements.

The article focuses on how the treasury teams of conglomerate corporation Hitachi and pharmaceutical company Pfizer perform in emerging markets.

The article presents an interview with Anja Manuel, co-founder and partner with former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and others in consulting firm RiceHadleyGates LLC, who discusses her living in Pakistan, her interest in China and India, and her view on the use technology for payments.

The article presents the views of several bankers and financial professionals forecasting the growth of global economic performance in 2016 which include monetary policy and exchange rate depreciation, growing of gross domestic products (GDP), and forecasting the economy of Brazil and China.

The article reports on the possible informal interaction of treasury and finance executives with company vendors including banks to catch up on developments in 2015. Topics discussed include evaluating the banks' ability to comply with Basel III regulations, and thinking strategically on how to engage colleagues to improve cash flow and working capital. Also given are the current concerns of executives from companies like HSBC, Union Bank, and BNY Mellon.

The article presents the views of several executives of different financial services firms on the Canadian economic conditions for the year 2015 including Michael Gregory of BMO Capital Markets, Chris Brechbuhler of Clearwater Analytics, and Richard Saperstein of Treasury Partners. Topics discussed include predicted increase in gross domestic product, stable economic growth in 2015, and impact of Ukraine crisis on world economy.

The article presents the views of several financial executives on the U.S. economic conditions for the year 2015 including Michael Gregory of BMO Capital Markets, Chris Brechbuhler of Clearwater Analytics, and Richard Saperstein of Treasury Partners. Topics discussed include predicted increase in Gross domestic product, stable economic growth in 2015, and impact of rising interest rate on the housing and construction industry.

The article presents an interview with director of professional services firm Deloitte Ron Dimon, who discusses his session on Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) at Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, value creation, and organizations' planning.

The article presents the expectations of corporate treasury and finance executives from their banks and service providers in 2014. According to Kyriba Vice President of Strategy Bob Stark, better options are needed by treasury and finance to invest excess cash. Bank of America Head of North America Global Transaction Services Dub Newman believes that clients are thinking about growth in volumes and rise in interest rates.

The article reports on the perspectives of economists from financial institutions, Aron Gampel from Scotiabank, Kevin Logan from HSBC and Peter Hooper from Deutsche Bank on the global economic growth in 2014. Topics discussed include the strengthening of international momentum for economic development, expansion of the performance of Canada as a benefit from growth in the U.S. and revival of investments in Europe.

The article explores the views of financial executives and economists on why they are optimistic on the outlook of the U.S. economy in year 2014. Topics covered include the factors that predict economic growth from Peter Hooper, chief economist at Deutsche Bank, continuation of the positive trend in 2013 from Bob Stark, vice president of strategy at Kyriba and results of the Global capital Confidence Barometer from Robert J. Baldoni, Treasury Services Leader at Ernst & Young.

The article presents a case study on how aerospace company Bombardier streamlined its decentralized cash management. The task was carried out by Bombardier director for global cash management Debra Hinds and her team. Hinds recounts working on this task, and having to decide whether to use electronic bank management (eBAM) instead of the global legal documentation update, as well as working with a global counterpart from Deutsche Bank.

The article presents the outlook of banks and providers for 2013 based on feedback from their corporate clients. Colleen Taylor, executive vice president (EVP), head of treasury management and enterprise payments at Capitol One Bank shares that aside from customers looking for greater ease of use and access from the treasury management provider, they want more analytics, and improved automation of the commercial loan process.

The article presents the business and economic forecast of several bank and financial service provider executives in the U.S. for 2013. Joseph Brusuelas of Bloomberg LP predicts that the global economy will continue to decelerate due to the economic recession in Southern Europe and Germany. J. David Cruikshank of BNY Mellon describes the economic uncertainties the company might face. Kevin Logan of HSBC forecasts a 1.5 to 2 percent increase in gross domestic product (GDP).

An interview with Association of Financial Professionals Finance Practice chief Brian Kalish is presented. When asked about the transition of the magazine from quarterly to monthly publication, Kalish tells that the rising subscriber demand drove the change as the magazine expanded its readership to 105 nations worldwide. When asked about the subscriber views on the publication, Kalish says that subscribers liked the international coverage and non-profit approach used by the magazine.

The article focuses on the pessimistic outlook of many banks around the globe for 2012. Prediction of economists at Bank of America, it says, indicated slow economic growth in 2012 while Barclays believe that they will be facing challenges such as risks and the achievement of control and visibility over company cash and BNY Mellon foresees weak consumer demand. It also notes Deutsche Bank saying it will be a sluggish recovery while Scotiabank believes they will do better in 2012.

An interview with Robert Heinrich, a partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, and Corey Braun, Assistant Treasurer with Oshkosh Corp., is presented. When asked what corporate borrowers should do with Dodd-Frank fees, Heinrich refers to ways to respond to such proposals from lenders. Braun believes that his biggest challenge in loan documents is using the old document as the base document. Heinrich says that equity rates have come into play in bank lending.

An interview with several banking executives is presented, wherein they share their outlook for the banking industry in the U.S. for 2011. Cindy Murray of Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Michael Fossaceca of NA Large Corporates discuss possible trends in corporate treasury in 2011. Eric Kamback of BNY Mellon and Diane Quinn of J.P. Morgan Treasury Services share their views on whether business lending will improve in 2011.

An interview with Rick Schreiber, a certified public accountant (CPA) is presented. He considers continuing acceleration towards one set of global accounting standards as the number one accounting issue where the process of converging the U.S. and international standards has become a high priority. He observes that the U.S. Congress has been very busy with the healthcare reform bill and the financial regulatory reform bill. He cites that every corporate treasure and finance professional should understand how to analyze a company's financial statements.

The article discusses the efforts of corporate treasurers to improve the lending industry. It says that the corporate treasury will be more proactive wherein they will be more transparent, perform deeper cash flow analysis and reduce costs. Chief financial officer (CFO) Ed Morgan of the CVR Energy Inc. says that they formed a strategy to build close relationship with their financial partners. Moreover, Gardner Denver Inc. used some of its excess cash to reduce its debt.

The article presents an interview with David Buley, CFO of Association of Independent Schools of NSW, who spoke about the finance trend today, how to predict change in finance, and skills required for financial leaders in the future.

The article offers views from several members of the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) regarding cash management in 2009 and their expectations for 2010. Shaklee Corp. assistant treasurer Maureen O'Boyle stated that cash management in 2009 was about safety and liquidity. CH2M Hill Ltd. assistant treasurer Geri Westphal stated that treasury groups have been further challenged to ensure safe liquidity.

An excerpt from an interview with business writer Michael Lewis regarding the global financial crisis, the financial regulations of U.S. President Barack Obama, and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives is presented.

An interview with former U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Robert Reich is presented. When asked on his statement that the country is in a state of depression, he refers to the unemployment rate which is increasing and notes that the term recession understates the seriousness of the present crisis. Reich predicts that a U-shaped recovery for unemployment is still possible to increase. Moreover, Reich advises finance professionals to deal global crisis with patience, fortitude, and integrity.

The article discusses the issues surrounding the U.S.-Canada trade. Issues such as the future course of Chrysler Corp. and General Motors Corp. should be considered if one's company does cross-border business. Trade policies of both countries will affect their oil shipments. The largest single product category at stake when it comes to their trade is energy products.

An interview with Randy Marinescu, treasurer of Canada-based Canexus, is presented. He says that his career started with various branch management positions with a major Canadian bank which led to his first treasury role. He emphasizes that he found working in a developing country like Yemen as rewarding and challenging. He mentions the chemicals that his company manufactures and how its customers use the products.

The article reports on the growing trend of using cash, check and debit over credit. Results of a market survey showed that the public prefer to use cash and check instead of credit due to the worsening economic recession. It is revealed that 39 percent of consumers reduce credit card purchases as their way of dealing with the unstable economic conditions. The change in behavior among consumers also prompted the treasury professionals to balance their services with the trend.

An interview with the Gerard Hartsink, council chairman of the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) Exchange, European Payments, is presented. Hartsink discussed the challenges and opportunities for the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), an initiative that enables consumers and corporates to make and receive payments in euros across members of the European Union. Moreover, he is also confident that SEPA implementation will bring opportunity across the industry.

The article forecasts the 2.5 percent growth of U.S. economy in 2016 by the economists as several financial service institutions along with modest inflation, and also states that the U.S. dollar will remain strong which will adversely affect growth.

The article presents questions and answers related to Foreign Bank Account Reporting (FBAR) including if an internal company approval is needed in the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN), who must file an FBAR, and how to address an account that does not have a person as a signatory.

The article focuses on the need for corporate treasurers to weigh money market fund changes, according to investment managers. It cites the development that treasurers must know which include talking with senior management and the board about how to adapt the firm's short-term investments to the changes. According to Lu Ann Katz of Invesco, a more planned approach to cash management is becoming the norm rather than the oddity.