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• Electronic Payments: More Choices, Rewards and Risks

  BNET - 2005-12-01

  At the Association for Financial Professionals' 2005 annual conference, Business Finance brought together a panel of treasury professionals to discuss Check 21, remote deposit capture, the proliferation of payment systems and payment fraud. This article provides the views, based on the discussion with those treasury professionals, on electronic payments system.

  Tags: Payment, Electronic Payment, Penton Media Inc., Operational Accounting, Check 21, Finance, Financial Services

• Understanding Profits Through BPM

  BNET - 2005-10-01

  Revenue minus costs equals profit. The equation is concise, simple and misleading, as most everyone who's analyzed profitability in detail can attest. Most companies have a pretty good idea of how much they spend on raw materials for each widget they produce. But those that dig no deeper into profitability...

  Tags: BPM, Profitability, Penton Media Inc., Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Business Intelligence, Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Software, Data Management, Finance, Sales

• What Triggers Financial Restatements?

  BNET - 2005-10-01

  Poor documentation of transactions, the wrong accounting treatment, lack of transparency, weak internal controls, and in rare instances fraud can wreak havoc on corporate and personal reputations. The incidence of financial restatements in the United States has soared in the past five years and the trend continues as the post-Sarbanes-Oxley...

  Tags: Restatement, Financial, Penton Media Inc., Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance

• Upfront: Sarbanes-Oxley Fails to Slow Fraud

  BNET - 2005-09-01

  CFOs hoping for a continuation of the current dip in directors and officers (D&O) insurance premiums have been keeping their fingers crossed that the tighter regulatory environment of the past years might make accounting fraud less attractive to potential wrongdoers, thereby bringing the number of securities lawsuits tumbling down. The...

  Tags: Accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Penton Media Inc., Fraud, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, D&O, Litigation, Insurance, Financial Planning, Regulations, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance

• Building a Strong Syndicated Credit Facility

  BNET - 2005-05-01

  The paper shows that according to research from New York City-based Loan Pricing Corp., a company that analyzes the loan market, the overall syndicated loan volume grew from $1.02 trillion in 1999 to $1.35 trillion in 2004. Midsize companies, those with annual revenue of up to $500 million, borrowed $168...

  Tags: Penton Media Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Operational Accounting, Investment, Finance, Business Operations

• Economic & Business Focus: The Bottom of the Economic Pyramid

  BNET - 2005-05-01

  Bottom-of-the-Pyramid BOP markets are the most promising source of revenue growth for these organizations going forward. More importantly, the search for creative ways to enter these markets will generate innovations that will drive business success in the coming decades. Capturing low-income markets not only requires companies to improve upon products...

  Tags: Income, Penton Media Inc., Operational Accounting, Finance

• Upfront: Check Payments to Bow Out?

  BNET - 2005-04-01

  This article depicts about a research which reveals that a combination of electronic payment types are poised to replace the check as the primary vehicle for transferring funds between two commercial parties. The research cites several factors that signal the approaching demise of check payments, including recent Federal Reserve estimates...

  Tags: Payment, Electronic Payment, Penton Media Inc., Check 21, Operational Accounting, Globalization, Financial Services, Finance, Strategy, Management

• Treasury's Focus on Efficiency Sharpens

  BNET - 2004-11-01

  "Better, faster, cheaper" has long been the mantra of corporate treasurers, yet the drive to make their already-lean organizational machines run even more efficiently is unrelenting. This paper depicts about a survey of more than 400 treasury and finance which reveals that 70 percent of respondents said that internal efficiency...

  Tags: Treasury, Treasurer, Penton Media Inc., Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Marketing Research, Finance, Marketing

• Upfront: Where Accounting Firms Stand

  BNET - 2004-10-01

  Which big accounting firm is most likely to be chosen by companies in search of audit, accounting or tax services? The article talks about a Business Finance reader survey, which provides the answer as Ernst & Young. Survey respondents were also asked to rate each firm on 10 criteria: whether...

  Tags: Accounting, Penton Media Inc., Survey, Taxes, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance

• Upfront: How to Achieve "Outrageous" Objectives

  BNET - 2004-06-01

  As the economy continues to recover and businesses shift from cost-cutting mode to an outlook that emphasizes revenue generation, executives are once again inclined to think big. Many are beginning to envision a future shaped by radical transformations like those that made IBM, Southwest Airlines and Motorola household names. These...

  Tags: Penton Media Inc., Leadership, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance