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		<title>PayItGreen Offers Membership Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Starkey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Payments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NACHA]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1080</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[PayItGreen – a NACHA-lead coalition promoting the environmental benefit of choosing electronic payments, bills and statements over paper – is now registering members of all sizes. The three-tiered membership program, along with a new Web site, debuted in September after a soft launch at NACHA’s Payments conference in April.
“In order for the program to really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Corporate Finance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kalish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cash and Liquidity Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance and Capital Structure]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Capital Markets
Borrowers sold $6.3 billion of U.S. corporate bonds that mature in 30 years or more, the biggest weekly total since January.
Banks are carrying more short-term debt on their balance sheets than at any time in at least 30 years. About $10 trillion of bank debt will come due between now and 2015, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phishing Scam Exploits NACHA Name</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afponlineblogs/~3/kuFW_1Q5_Ls/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/11/12/phishing-scam-exploits-nacha-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Starkey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Payments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NACHA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phishing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1074</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some financial professionals have reported receiving an e-mail appearing to come from NACHA that is actually a fraudulent phishing message. The e-mails have &#8220;Rejected ACH transaction&#8221; or &#8220;Your ACH transaction was rejected&#8221; in the subject line and a link to an &#8220;Unauthorized ACH Transaction Report&#8221; in the body of the e-mail. NACHA, which issued an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Banking Committee Releases Regulatory Reform Bill</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afponlineblogs/~3/flBccox-xiA/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/11/11/senate-banking-committee-releases-regulatory-reform-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeanine Arnett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AFP General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulations & Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Dodd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial regulatory overhaul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeanine Arnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulatory reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) unveiled his bill to systematically reform the financial regulatory structure of our nation’s capital markets. The Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009 attempts to “restore responsibility and accountability in our financial system to give Americans confidence that there is a system in place that works for and protects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patterson On Remittance For Wires</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afponlineblogs/~3/lMY5sTVoXOI/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Starkey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Payments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anita Patterson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CHIPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fedwire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remittance data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wire transfer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1067</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anita Patterson, the director of treasury services for Cox Enterprises and a board member at AFP, leads the November issue of AFP&#8217;s Payments newsletter with an article about remittance data for wires. In the fourth quarter of 2010, the Federal Reserve Banks and CHIPS will introduce a new section into wire transfer formats to allow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debt Workouts Have Tax Implications</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afponlineblogs/~3/xixtAa9j7E4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Working Capital Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keno Chan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Maiorano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1064</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the December issue of Exchange, Ron Maiorano and Keno Chan of KPMG raise an important point: Although restructuring debt is a viable &#8212; even critical &#8212; option, companies who do may face unexpected tax consequences.
For example, if a debtor and creditor negotiate a change in the terms of a $100 loan agreement, such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Corporate Finance</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afponlineblogs/~3/61r-Z5nyB1Q/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/11/09/this-week-in-corporate-finance-32/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kalish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AFP General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1060</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Global Capital Markets
IBM and liquor maker Diageo Plc led $13.7 billion of investment-grade bond offerings this week, the slowest period in two months. Companies have borrowed at least $1.1 trillion in bonds this year, compared with $722 billion in the corresponding period of 2008 and $1.04 trillion in 2007, the biggest year for bond sales. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Corporate Finance</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afponlineblogs/~3/nBfWPGkRCnk/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/11/06/this-week-in-corporate-finance-31/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kalish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance and Capital Structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1056</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Global Capital Markets
Bank of America and Goldman Sachs led lenders in arranging $2.26 billion of leveraged buyout financing in October, the most this year and more than eight times the amount raised in the first quarter.
GMAC sold $2.9 billion of three-year notes guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Oct. 28. The sale exhausted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Finance Haves and Have Nots</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afponlineblogs/~3/FqEJWM8kHTE/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/11/06/corporate-finance-haves-and-have-nots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Working Capital Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Lynn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate bond sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit facilities]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1054</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This article drives home a stark reality: Big firms have gobs of cash, they can easily issue bonds, and they enjoy access to credit. And the little guys? No, no and no.
But should borrowing be the first step for firms? Not necessarily. &#8220;If you have long-term usages, you should use long-term money,&#8221; says Bruce Lynn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Risk Management Includes Political Risk</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afponlineblogs/~3/_fvRzD-USrc/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/11/05/risk-management-includes-political-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regulations & Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Kalish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial regulatory overhaul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political risk]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1052</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My colleague, Brian Kalish, has a typically thoughtful article in the November issue of Risk. &#8220;One of the new risks associated with our recent financial crises is political risk,&#8221; writes Kalish, AFP&#8217;s Director, Finance Practice Lead. &#8220;While political risk has always existed, the focus has tended to be at the macro-level and outside of the [...]]]></description>
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