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Closing the Gap: Why Lockbox Alone Isn’t Enough for Modern Receivables

For decades, lockbox services have been a cornerstone of commercial banking relationships.  They’ve delivered speed, reliability, and operational efficiency in processing incoming payments.  But today’s corporate clients aren’t measuring success by how quickly checks are scanned or deposits are posted.  They’re measuring success by how quickly and accurately cash is applied inside their enterprise resource …

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AI Treasury Management

AI in Bank Treasury Management: Everyone Knows It Matters. Few Know Where to Start.

Bank treasury product managers are hearing the same message everywhere: AI is no longer optional. At conferences, in client conversations, and across internal strategy discussions, the pressure is mounting to define how AI will improve treasury products and services. Faster onboarding. Better visibility. Cleaner data. Fewer exceptions. Stronger controls. The opportunity is clear. What is …

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Agentic AI for Treasury Leaders

From Strategy to Execution: How Agentic AI Helps Treasury Leaders Deliver on the CEO’s Agenda

Bank CEOs must do more than manage the business.  They are expected to transform it. They are being asked to drive profitable growth in a competitive environment.  To modernize client experiences without ballooning costs.  To manage risk more proactively.  And to ensure their banks are not just experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) and other intelligent …

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Agentic AI for Bank Product Managers

How Bank Product Managers Can Get Started Fast with Agentic AI

There’s a growing gap in banking right now and it’s not subtle. On one side, you have legacy treasury and receivables products still powered by fragmented stacks: optical character recognition (OCR), workflow tools, manual exception handling, and after-the-fact risk checks.  On the other side, you have fintechs rapidly deploying artificial intelligence (AI)-driven capabilities that deliver …

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Agentic AI

Agentic AI Is the Next Competitive Battleground for Bank Treasury Services

Treasury services have long been a cornerstone of commercial banking relationships.  But the way those services are delivered is increasingly out of sync with the expectations of modern business clients. Corporate customers now expect speed, accuracy, and real-time visibility across their financial operations.  What they often receive instead are fragmented processes, delayed insights, and workflows …

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The AP Inbox Problem: Why Finance Teams Spend Too Much Time Answering the Same Questions

Talk to almost any accounts payable (AP) professional and you’ll hear the same story: the inbox never stops.  Between processing invoices, resolving exceptions, and supporting the broader procure-to-pay process, AP teams are constantly fielding emails asking about invoice status, approvals, and payments.  What seems like a small task, answering a “quick” question, is a daily …

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The Future of AI in Treasury & Payments: Key Takeaways from Deluxe Exchange 2026

The Deluxe Exchange 2026 conference in Miami brought together financial institutions, fintechs, and technology leaders to explore where AI is taking treasury, receivables, and payments. Samuel Ridderhof, SVP of AI Delivery and Operations at Itemize, attended the event and came back energized by the conversations – particularly the session “Generative AI and Treasury: Redefining the …

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Why Controls that rely on humans don't scale

Why Controls That Rely on Humans Don’t Scale

For years, finance and treasury leaders have been taught a reassuring idea: that human review equals control.  More approvals.  More sign-offs.  More eyes on every transaction. That logic worked when transaction volumes were lower, payment cycles were slower, and fraud was easier to spot.  But the operating environment finance teams face today looks very different. …

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