Finextra

OCTOBER 22, 2024

A series of tough questions greeted a room of just-arrived attendees to AFP in Nashville, Tennessee before the keynote address from Malcolm Gladwell who delved into weighty matters, exploring anecdotes and examples from his new book Revenge of the Tipping Point.

AFP

PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2017

The Association of Financial Professionals’ (AFP) 2017 Risk Survey found that 60 percent of businesses identify maintaining adequate liquidity as their top strategy to reduce geopolitical risks of the global market. For any company, holding onto capital is key to remaining successful on the global stage.

Risk

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) released its 2016 Electronic Payments Survey earlier this year and found that use of paper checks in B2B payments actually rose 1 percent compared to 2013 levels. About 44 percent of payments received are in the form of a paper check too, the report noted.

Accounts

PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2018

Separate data from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) found use of the paper check increased in 2016. It’s true that checks have faded out in many respects, like in business-to-consumer and consumer-to-business transactions at the point of sale (POS), with direct deposit payroll and the like.

Remote Deposit Capture