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AI In Treasury

AI in Treasury: How to Build a Business Case That Delivers Real Results

Artificial intelligence has quickly become one of the most discussed topics in treasury management. Nearly every software provider now claims to have an AI strategy. Industry conferences are filled with sessions on generative AI, machine learning, and agentic AI. Treasury leaders are being told that AI will transform forecasting, automate manual processes, improve decision-making, and …

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AI-powered finance operations transformation

Why Finance Service Bureaus Need a New Operating Model for the AI Era

How agentic finance operations can help service providers increase capacity, improve margins, and deliver more value without proportionally increasing headcount For decades, finance service bureaus, business process outsourcing providers, processors, and managed service providers have helped organizations run critical finance operations more efficiently. Their value proposition was built on a familiar model: centralize work, standardize …

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Record management

The End of Records Management: Why AI Is Forcing Businesses to Rethink Information Itself

By Steve Markle The other day, I was driving through a business park when I noticed something that most people would probably overlook: a box truck from a records management company parked outside one of the buildings. It immediately brought back memories of a business practice that has existed for decades.  Organizations generate enormous volumes …

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The hidden cost of exceptions: How agentic AI transforms lockbox economics

or decades, lockbox processing has played a foundational role in commercial banking and receivables operations. Banks built entire treasury relationships around lockbox services. Businesses relied on them to accelerate cash application, improve liquidity visibility, and streamline payment processing.But the economics of lockbox processing are changing rapidly. Payment formats have become more fragmented. Remittance data arrives through countless channels. Treasury clients …

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cash app

The Hidden Revenue Opportunity in Treasury: Helping Corporate Clients Apply Cash Faster

For many banks, treasury management strategies have historically centered around payments, liquidity, cash positioning, fraud prevention, and reporting.  These capabilities remain critically important, and corporate clients continue to rely heavily on their banking partners to help them move money securely and efficiently. But a significant opportunity is emerging in an area that many treasury providers …

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lockbox

The Hidden Cost of Exceptions: How Agentic AI Transforms Lockbox Economics

For decades, lockbox processing has played a foundational role in commercial banking and receivables operations. Banks built entire treasury relationships around lockbox services.  Businesses relied on lockbox operations to accelerate cash application, improve liquidity visibility, and streamline payment processing.  Lockbox services became deeply embedded in the daily flow of commercial payments. But the economics of …

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Cash Application

Why Cash Application Is Becoming the Next Treasury Battleground for Banks

For years, treasury management innovation has been largely focused on helping businesses move money more efficiently.  Banks invested heavily in payment rails, liquidity management, fraud controls, treasury portals, and reporting capabilities designed to help corporate clients manage increasingly complex financial operations. Those investments remain important.  But a growing number of treasury and finance leaders are …

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Agentic AI

Beyond Capture: How Agentic AI Connects Documents, Transactions, and Entities in Modern Lockbox Processing

For years, lockbox modernization conversations focused primarily on one thing: document capture. Banks and third-party lockbox processors invested heavily in optical character recognition (OCR), image capture, and document extraction technologies designed to digitize remittances and accelerate payment processing.  The goal was straightforward: extract information from documents faster and reduce manual keying. Those technologies delivered important …

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Lockbox

From OCR to Agentic Operations: Why Traditional Lockbox Technology Is No Longer Enough

For years, lockbox modernization efforts focused primarily on one objective: digitizing documents. Banks and financial processors invested heavily in optical character recognition (OCR), intelligent document processing (IDP), workflow tools, and robotic process automation (RPA) technologies designed to eliminate paper handling and reduce manual keying. At the time, those investments represented meaningful progress. OCR improved document …

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