In this episode, Craig Jeffery and Christin Cifaldi of Strategic Treasurer discuss the technology component of modern payment security and the ideas covered in Strategic Treasurer's recent Payment Security Report. They explore how fraud threats are evolving through AI-enabled attacks, deepfakes, increasingly sophisticated criminal organizations, and efforts to bypass security controls. The conversation examines common gaps in payment security programs, including insufficient training, incomplete payment flow visibility, and weak verification processes.

The discussion also covers faster payments, real-time settlement, layered security architectures, anomaly detection, multifactor authentication, passkeys, payee validation, banking security services, and the growing importance of treasury acting as the "superintendent of payments." They conclude with practical recommendations for strengthening payment security through staff training, process mapping, continuous monitoring, and collaboration across treasury, finance, IT, and cybersecurity teams.

Links Mentioned:
Payment Security Report: https://strategictreasurer.com/payment-security-report/
Webinar Registration: https://strategictreasurer.com/webinars

Company Websites:

Bottomline: https://www.bottomline.com/us
Eftsure: https://www.eftsure.com
NSKnox: https://nsknox.net/
Serrala: https://www.serrala.com/
Trustmi: https://trustmi.ai/
VendorInfo: https://vendorinfo.com/

In this episode, Paul Galloway speaks with Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer about AI governance, operational risk, and the growing role of artificial intelligence in treasury. They discuss how organizations should approach AI adoption thoughtfully, balancing efficiency gains with oversight, accountability, and data quality. The conversation explores governance frameworks, human-in-the-loop controls, explainability, anomaly detection, vendor risk, and why treasury teams must understand both the opportunities and risks associated with AI-driven tools and automation.

Company Website:
Strategic Treasurer: https://strategictreasurer.com

In this episode, Craig Jeffery speaks with Paul Galloway of Strategic Treasurer about the shift toward real-time treasury and instant payments. They discuss RTP, FedNow, faster payment execution, improved visibility, and the operational changes treasury teams must consider as payment speed increases. The conversation also covers fraud risk, payment finality, approval workflows, transaction limits, alerts, and why stronger front-end controls are critical as organizations move toward more immediate payment environments.