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Demand-Side Signals

Treasury Priorities

What treasurers and CFOs are actually asking for — aggregated across leading annual surveys. Use this to separate demand-driven roadmap items from vendor-pushed features.

Section 1

Top Priorities This Year

Ranked by citation frequency across all major treasury surveys. Trend and signal badges show what's rising and whether demand comes from treasurers or vendors.

#PriorityCited bySegmentsTrendSignal
1
Cash Forecasting & Visibility
AFPPwCStrategic Treasurer
All
3 years running
Demand
2
Liquidity Management
PwCEY
Large CorpMid-Market
Stable
Demand
3
Treasury Automation
AFPEY
All
Rising
Demand
4
Real-Time Payments
Strategic Treasurer
Mid-MarketSME
New entry
Both
5
AI in Treasury
EYStrategic Treasurer
All
New entry
Supply
6
Bank Connectivity
Strategic Treasurer
SMEMid-Market
Stable
Demand
7
Virtual Accounts
AFPPwCEYST
Large Corp
?Supply or demand?
Unclear
8
FX Risk Management
PwC
Large Corp
Stable
Demand

Section 2

Survey Sources

Annual research used to build this ranking. Each covers global treasury priorities.

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AFP

AFP Treasury Benchmarking Survey 2025–2026

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Nearly 3 in 4 treasury practitioners cite cash management and forecasting as top priorities. Over 60% cite cash/liquidity forecasting as the most challenging task they face.

Cash ForecastingLiquidityAutomation

PwC

PwC Global Treasury Survey 2025–2026

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Both CFOs and treasurers ranked cash and liquidity management as top priority. Budget constraints (70%), limited technology skills (56%) and integration challenges (40%) are key blockers to treasury technology progress.

Cash ManagementTechnologyIntegration

EY

EY DNA of the Treasurer 2025–2026

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83% of treasurers expect their roles to transform by 2030. Treasurers spend 25% of time on traditional activities but only 16% on strategic decision-making. Agentic AI will free treasurers for strategic work.

AIAutomationStrategic Role

Strategic Treasurer

Cash Forecasting & Visibility Survey 2025–2026

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Cash visibility and forecasting accuracy remain the top unsolved problems in treasury. Manual processes and fragmented bank connectivity are cited as the leading causes of forecast error.

Cash ForecastingVisibilityBank Connectivity

Section 3

Connected to Your Trends

How the Liqsight anchor trends map to what treasurers are actually demanding — vs. what vendors are pushing.

Confirmed by treasurer demand

Treasurers are explicitly asking for these in surveys — put them on your roadmap.

Cash ForecastingLiquidity AutomationTreasury Automation

Supply-driven — unclear demand

Vendors and banks are pushing these. Survey evidence of treasurer pull is thin.

Virtual AccountsAgentic AI in BankingOpen Finance LATAM

Mixed signals

Appear in both treasurer surveys and vendor news — monitor direction of pull.

ISO 20022 AdoptionReal-Time Treasury

Section 4

Roadmap Implications

What the survey data says about prioritization. Non-negotiables are cited in 3+ surveys with rising demand. Watch items have thin treasurer evidence.

Non-Negotiable

Must have from day 1

Based on: Cited in 3+ surveys, rising trend, all segments

  • Cash Forecasting & Visibility
  • Real-Time Liquidity Position
  • Treasury Automation
Important

Build in first 6 months

Based on: Cited in 2+ surveys, stable

  • Bank Connectivity
  • FX Risk Management
  • Virtual Accounts
Watch & Wait

Monitor, not urgent

Based on: Supply-driven, limited demand evidence

  • Agentic AI in Treasury
  • Open Finance API