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Treasury Management
What's driving B2B payment modernization?
From ERP integrations to smarter payment capabilities, discover five key trends reshaping business transactions.
B2B payment systems are evolving through smarter payment capabilities, software integrations and improved data standards.
Banking
An overview of real-time payments
Instant payments can enhance cash management by receiving funds 24/7/365.
Potential improvements to cash flow, easier reconciliation and 24/7/365 service levels have helped make instant payments increasingly popular among small to medium-sized businesses over the past few years.
Cash Management
Managing cash flow: Smart approaches to grow your business
Grow your business through strategic cash flow improvements and smart financing options.
Banks have numerous ways to help business owners optimize their operating cycle to better manage cash flow. This includes products that may help you accelerate receivables while also creating more flexibility in meeting short- and long-term obligations.
Treasury Management
How cash flow and capital impact your business
It's important to actively monitor and manage your company's cash flow and working capital.
Working capital and cash flow are important parts of your business's financial health.
Treasury Management
ISO 20022 is a better approach to payments
Learn how a new major electronic payments innovation makes payments faster, more accurate and more compliant, while reducing manual interventions.
ISO 20022 provides streamlined payment processing through the requirement of more detailed information within payment messages, improved fraud detection, speedier reconciliation—and a better service.
Finance resources
Business Planning
The strategic value of retirement plan benchmarking
Explore key strategies for retirement plan benchmarking to control costs, maintain compliance and boost employee participation.
If you're not benchmarking, you're likely leaving value on the table.
Finance
USDA and SBA real estate loans for small businesses
For small businesses hoping to buy commercial property, USDA and SBA real estate loans may offer a range of benefits.
Government loans for small businesses typically offer advantages such as longer repayment periods and lower down payments, making them an attractive financing option.
Business Planning
Do you know what your business is worth?
Learn the critical elements that can help you determine the current and future value of your business when considering a sale.
If you're considering the sale of your company, these eight factors may help you arrive at an equitable valuation in the short term.
Risk management resources
Risk Management
How to safeguard your business from financial fraud
Protect your business from financial harm using a range of straightforward strategies shared by our panel of fraud industry veterans.
By developing and implementing a comprehensive fraud management plan, you'll have the resources needed to address financial threats as they occur.
Risk Management
Be on the alert for three growing business scams
Learn how three increasingly popular types of fraud can cause financial harm to your business.
Businesses are increasingly becoming targets of fraud over consumers because fraudsters know that businesses are where all the money is.
Insurance
Manage business costs from the rise in natural disasters
Learn how to minimize your business insurance expenses and help offset the increasing costs of natural disasters.
A fully documented business continuity plan is essential for your business to continue operations both during and after a disaster.
William Connolly III
SVP, Senior Commercial Risk Advisor
Risk Management
Bank fraud prevention tools to try
Business fraud can impact your business's finances, your reputation and customer trust.
Fraud incidents may disrupt operations, erode customer loyalty and trust and threaten revenue streams, leading to reputational damage. Implementing a proactive, multilayered fraud prevention strategy can become a competitive advantage, mitigating risk while building long-term value.
Tax resources
Tax Planning
How a new tax law impacts QSBS and the capital gains exemption
A new tax law expands the QSBS and the capital gains exemption. Learn how it impacts founders, investors and others planning a business exit.
If you're a founder, angel investor or employee of a successful early-stage company, certain qualifications might help you protect up to $10 million from federal taxes.
Ann Lucchesi
Senior Director
INTEL
Major update to small business law
The Corporate Transparency Act went into effect on January 1, 2024, and impacts millions of small businesses in the US. Here's what you need to know.
The companies impacted by the CTA are mainly the millions of US-based small businesses with 20 or fewer employees and less than $5 million in revenue.
