Cash Management - Benefits
Effectively using cash management with trade finance products brings tangible benefits to both corporates and financial institutions.Learn the various benefits of cash management process.
Effectively using cash management with trade finance products brings tangible benefits to both corporates and financial institutions.
It ensures liquidity and optimal use of cash resources by:
Having enough cash on hand at the right time in order to fund core business operations and improve working capital position
Visibility into expected cash needs and forecasted cash receipts
Ability to analyze enterprise-wide cash requirements and currency exposures
Daily cash position and projected cash forecasts to minimize idle cash
Real time cash positioning for preventing bank balance overdrafts and effectively managing liquidity
Bank statement reconciliation protecting unauthorized use, maintain accurate cash balances, identify and resolve bank errors
Cash management also helps you to implement explicit segregation of duties helping minimize frauds and misappropriations.
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