From The CFOs Office: Part IV

🇿🇦 Durban, South Africa- Port CFO


“We handle over 3 million TEUs a year. But every day, I’m asked to approve emergency payments—tug operators, crane repairs, truck unions. It feels reactive, never strategic. Our treasury team spends hours reconciling accounts because systems don’t talk. The board wants resilience. I want sleep.”

Breakdown

• Pain Point: Fragmented systems + manual reconciliation waste time and erode resilience.
• Why it Matters: When crises hit—strikes, weather, surges—ports without agile cash visibility grind to a halt.
• Opportunity: By embedding design intelligence into payments—automated reconciliation, role-based approvals, predictive alerts—CFOs can shift from firefighting to foresight.
  
  Banks and fintechs that offer these tools not only capture transaction revenue, but also anchor themselves in the CFO’s office as strategic partners.

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