Treasury glossary

Treasury and cash management terms, explained simply.

AI Cash Flow Forecasting

AI cash flow forecasting uses machine learning to predict future cash inflows and outflows based on your historical data, business context, and live transactional feeds.

What Is Bank Reconciliation? Bank reconciliation is the process of comparing your company's internal financial records against bank statements to confirm they match, and investigating any differences.

Cash Pooling

What is cash pooling? Cash pooling is a treasury technique that consolidates cash balances across multiple bank accounts or subsidiaries into a single structure, giving the group full cash…

Cash Variance Analysis

What Is Cash Variance Analysis? Cash variance analysis is the process of measuring the difference between your forecasted cash flows and what actually happened, and understanding why the gap exists.

Cash Visibility

What is cash visibility? Cash visibility is the ability to see your company's complete cash position; across every bank account, entity, and currency in real time.

Idle Cash

What Is Idle Cash? Idle cash is money sitting in bank accounts earning little or no return.

Liquidity Management

What Is Liquidity Management? Liquidity management is the process of ensuring a company always has enough cash to meet its obligations: payroll, supplier payments, debt service, and operational…

Real-Time Cash Position

What Is a Real-time Cash Position? A real-time cash position is an up-to-the-minute view of how much cash your company holds across every bank account, entity, and currency, updated continuously as…

Rolling Cash Forecast

What Is a Rolling Cash Forecast? A rolling cash forecast is a continuously updated projection of future cash flows that covers a fixed forward horizon, typically 13 weeks, 6 months, or 12 months,…

The 8 Best Treasury Platforms for Cash Forecasting in 2026

A ranked comparison of the top 8 treasury platforms for cash forecasting in 2026 — Palm, Kyriba, HighRadius, Trovata, Ripple Treasury, Nilus, Panax, and Agicap — with strengths, trade-offs, deployment time, and pricing.

Treasury Management System

What Is a Treasury Management System? A treasury management system (TMS) is software that centralises a company's treasury operations: cash management, payments, risk management, debt tracking, and…

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