Companies Elevate Forecasting To Improve Cash Resilience
In a Time to Cash™ report released by PYMNTS Intelligence with Bottomline and FIS, a survey of 375 U.S. CFOs finds companies cluster into Strategic Movers, Stable Operators, and Liquidity Constrained based on forecasting cadence. The study shows Strategic Movers forecast weekly or daily, with 88% expecting major AI-driven improvements within a year, and concludes that more frequent, AI-enabled forecasting materially increases cash resilience and competitive agility.
Key Points
- 1Segmented 375 CFOs into Strategic Movers, Stable Operators, and Liquidity Constrained based on forecasting cadence
- 2Highlights that frequent forecasting and AI tools deliver higher forecast trust and faster liquidity-aware decisions
- 3Implies practitioners should adopt daily/weekly forecasting, AI-driven models, and real-time payments for resilience
Scoring Rationale
Actionable, credible industry survey demonstrating AI-driven forecasting benefits; limited novelty and U.S.-only sample constrain wider generalization.
Sources
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