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These Are Your Most Profitable Cash Management Clients

South State Correspondent

The treasury or cash management customer is usually a bank’s most profitable customer on a risk-adjusted basis ( HERE ). In this article, we discuss cash management profitability and rank the most profitable industries for banks to go after. Cash flow stability is also a factor in cash management profitability.

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

Abrigo

Takeaway 2 A credit exception should be specific, have a well-defined risk justification, and include details on clearing it. Takeaway 3 A credit exception policy should spell out what one is, when it can be used, and how to clear it. Portfolio segments should be monitored and managed, not get buried in exception counts.

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The Future of Checks – Tales From The Crypt

South State Correspondent

Checks were written in various forms, on different paper stock, and it was up to banks to largely settle (clear) checks on their own as it was faster than going through the Federal Reserve. By 1961, the Federal Reserve built out its infrastructure and started clearing checks at 47 processing centers nationwide.

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Blockchain: The Secret Sauce to Supply Chain Visibility 

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In a meeting with a particularly large farmer who had made significant money from selling tomatoes, lettuce, and especially potatoes to McDonald’s, Ray Kroc asked for a cash infusion, and without hesitation, the farmer wrote him a $25 thousand-dollar check on the spot (a very significant sum of money for the time).

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Fair Value Accounting and Silicon Valley Bank Failure

South State Correspondent

The root cause of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) failure is poor risk management – plain and simple. Bankers need to understand and manage their business on the fair value of assets and liabilities instead of managing their business on net interest margin and the amortized historical cost of assets and liabilities.

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5 Steps to Better Treasury Management

South State Correspondent

If one product is the future of banking, it is treasury management. In this article, we detail the five steps to building a treasury management strategy, provide some tools to execute those steps, and then provide a complimentary survey to assess your strengths and weaknesses. It starts by targeting the right customers.

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Credit administration department housekeeping: Practical steps for improvement

Abrigo

Takeaway 2 With proper planning and effective strategies, the scheduling process can be made more manageable at your financial institution. Improve tickler management: Ticklers are often managed by committee, but accountability and follow-through are necessary to ensure these tasks are handled efficiently.

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