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The Treasury Update Podcast

The Treasury Update Podcast

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The Treasury Update Podcast is your source for interesting treasury news, in your car, at the gym, or wherever you decide to tune in! Strategic Treasurer was formed in 2004 to provide corporate, educational, and government entities direct access to comprehensive and current assistance with their treasury and financial technology, control and process efficiency requirements. Strategic Treasurer publishes content via newsletters, white-papers, blogs, videos, e-books, infographics, and analyst reports.©2026 Strategic Treasurer LLC Economics Politics & Government
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  • ISO 20022 Delayed: What Treasury Should Do Now
    Oct 12 2026

    In this episode, Craig Jeffery and Paul Galloway explain what Swift's ISO 20022 deadline changes mean for corporate treasury. They distinguish the delayed structured-address requirement from other messaging changes and discuss why teams should use the extra time to clean payment data, inventory workflows, coordinate with banks, and complete testing.

    Swift: ISO 20022 Structured Address Deadline Update

    Webinar: ISO 20022 Readiness: What You Need to Know (Even If You Don't Think It Applies)

    Episode 421: ISO 20022 Payment Readiness

    Timestamps:
    00:00 Introduction
    00:36 ISO 20022 deadline changes
    01:17 What SWIFT delayed
    02:21 Structured and hybrid addresses
    04:16 Why the delay shouldn't stop preparations
    05:35 Understanding hybrid addresses
    07:41 Payment files, bank portals, and data accuracy
    10:12 How treasury should use the extra time
    12:22 Risks of pausing and inadequate testing
    14:23 Final recommendations
    14:51 Outro

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    Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles.

    Download The Strategic Treasurer: A Partnership for Corporate Growth by Craig A. Jeffery in Kindle, or hardcover.

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    15 mins
  • Changes at the Fed: What Makes the Warsh Fed Distinctive (Federated Hermes)
    Oct 5 2026

    In this episode, Craig Jeffery and Sue Hill of Federated Hermes discuss what is changing under Fed Chair Kevin Warsh following the September rate hike. They examine Warsh's reduced-forward-guidance approach, the Fed's new policy task forces, inflation and employment priorities, and what investors should watch as markets adjust to a less communicative Fed.

    Webinar: Fed's New Chapter: Communication, Task Forces, Policy Stance

    Episode 385: Life After Powell: What's Next for the Fed and the FOMC? (Federated Hermes)

    Federated Hermes

    Timestamps:
    00:00 Introduction
    00:39 September Fed decision
    03:29 Warsh's approach to Fed communication
    07:18 Less guidance, more reliance on data
    10:19 Building credibility as Fed chair
    12:50 About Sue Hill and Federated Hermes
    13:49 The Fed's five policy task forces
    19:06 Inflation, employment, and the dual mandate
    20:44 What could come next for rates
    22:28 What could change the Fed's path
    24:13 What investors should watch
    27:17 Final thoughts
    27:40 Outro

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    Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles.

    Download The Strategic Treasurer: A Partnership for Corporate Growth by Craig A. Jeffery in Kindle, or hardcover.

    As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

    Visit us today at StrategicTreasurer.com.

    Or join in the discussion at one of our leading LinkedIn groups.

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    29 mins
  • The Psychology of Bank Fee Management: Pain Avoidance and Relief (Open Fees)
    Sep 28 2026

    In this episode, Craig Jeffery and Stephan Ireland of Open Fees examine why bank fee management is easy to avoid but costly to ignore. They discuss what account analysis statements can reveal about unnecessary services, internal behavior, and control gaps, and how automation can turn a tedious monthly review into actionable insight for managing banking relationships.

    Webinar: Managing Banking Relationships: A More Intentional Approach (Open Fees)

    Episode 402: The Hidden Risks in Your Bank Fee Analysis and How to Fix Them

    Open Fees

    Timestamps:
    00:00 Introduction
    00:42 Why bank fee management gets avoided
    05:00 Why normal invoice review breaks down
    09:11 About Open Fees
    11:19 What bank statements reveal
    16:57 Bank fees, risk, and fraud controls
    22:20 Automating bank fee analysis
    26:15 How to approach fee management
    32:33 Overcoming inertia
    34:27 Why "Open Fees"
    37:22 Final thoughts
    37:55 Outro

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    Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles.

    Download The Strategic Treasurer: A Partnership for Corporate Growth by Craig A. Jeffery in Kindle, or hardcover.

    As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

    Visit us today at StrategicTreasurer.com.

    Or join in the discussion at one of our leading LinkedIn groups.

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    38 mins
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