AFP Conversations

The People's Bank of China recently awarded the Bank of China clearing-bank status for its new U.S. Renminbi (RMB) Trading and Clearing Hub. What does that mean for corporate treasury and finance?

Plenty, says today's AFP Conversations guest, Frank Sansone. Sansone is treasurer of the New York branch of China Construction Bank -- the second-largest bank in the world. The well-traveled Sansone also discussed his time working as a treasury executive for Belgian-French bank Dexia and the National Bank of Kuwait.

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Metrics are all the rage, and every finance professional and organization preaches the importance of KPIs. But what is a KPI, really? And how can you design them to ensure future success for your organization?

That's the task that today's guest on AFP Conversations faces. Matt Stirrup is Vice President Finance, Global Customer Support Services and Corporate FP&A, Oracle Corporation.

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The treasury management system sector is a classic mature, rapidly consolidating market. Yet today's guest on AFP Conversations, Bob Stark, has not only survived but thrived. Stark, vice president of strategy with Kyriba, offered career advice on staying professionally relevant as well as his perspective on the state of corporate treasury... and the NHL.

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It's harder than ever to navigate your career. There are new ways to look for jobs, constant pressure to learn new skills and roles, and now there's a real chance your job will be outsourced to a robot.

Today's AFP Conversations guest, Nicole Meyer, can help. Meyer is the founder and managing partner with The Meyer Partnership, a search and advisory firm for global financial services. She believes networking is key to getting ahead and getting a new job.

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The last time Rana Foroohar visited AFP Conversations she talked about the financialization of America. Now she's turned her attention to Silicon Valley.

In today's episode, Foroohar, a CNN analyst and Financial Times columnist, discusses the intersection of business and government. She wonders whether companies like Facebook and Google are more powerful than countries, and what that means for business and government in the future.

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In today's episode of AFP Conversations, host Ira Apfel talks to Mohan Murali, president of Axletree Solutions, for his perspective on treasury technology – where it's been, where it's headed, and the challenges treasurers face. Murali has worked in the corporate treasury space for nearly 13 years so he's seen plenty of change. Cloud services and security are particularly hot topics, Murali says.

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Can business have a higher purpose than profits and revenues?

Should business have a higher purpose than profits and revenues?

Michael Jacobs thinks about these two questions for a living. A professor at Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, spoke with AFP Conversations host Ira Apfel about corporate governance, business with a higher purpose, and how treasury and finance fits into this equation.

Jacobs is the author of "Short-Term America" and has written for the Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other publications.

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In the payments space there's so much attention paid to the next big technology that treasury and finance professionals can easily overlook something they already have—data. Anand Goel doesn't want to discourage corporates from trying new technology; he just wants to make sure they leverage the information they already have on hand. He spoke at AFP 2017 on leveraging payment analytics to reduce costs and is a recognized industry expert on the topic.

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If you're interested in American history, presidential history, or even if you're on Twitter, you're probably familiar with today's guest Michael Beschloss. He's an award-winning historian, best-selling author of nine books, New York Times columnist and Emmy-winning contributor to NBC News and the PBS NewsHour. On top of all that, he has one of the most fascinating accounts on Twitter, with more than 250,000 followers.

Beschloss spoke to AFP Conversations host Ira Apfel about leadership from the boardroom to the Oval Office.

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In this episode of AFP Conversations, host Ira Apfel talks with Brian Behlendorf, executive director of Hyperledger, an open-source community working to create blockchain technologies for business.

Behlendorf has plenty of experience with two of the most popular open-source communities on the web, Apache Web and Mozilla Firefox. He's also served on the board of the Mozilla Foundation and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

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