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''Information technology''.
1.  ''Information technology''.


'Agnostic' denotes or relates to hardware or software that is compatible with many different types of platform or operating system.
'Agnostic' denotes or relates to hardware or software that is compatible with many different types of platform or operating system.
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:''ACT Smart Cash Management Conference Report, Spring 2018, p6 - William Wrest, director, strategy and business development at B2 Group.''
:''ACT Smart Cash Management Conference Report, Spring 2018, p6 - William Wrest, director, strategy and business development at B2 Group.''


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More broadly, an approach - or capability - that does not depend on too many preliminary criteria or assumptions.
For example, an ''industry agnostic'' approach to investment.




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*[[Bank agnostic services]]
*[[Bank agnostic services]]
*[[Enterprise-wide resource planning system]]  (ERP)
*[[Enterprise-wide resource planning system]]  (ERP)
*[[Industry agnostic]]
*[[Operational risk]]
*[[Operational risk]]
* [[Treasury Management System]]  (TMS)
* [[Treasury Management System]]  (TMS)


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[[Category:Technology]]

Revision as of 11:27, 2 February 2023

1. Information technology.

'Agnostic' denotes or relates to hardware or software that is compatible with many different types of platform or operating system.


Treasurers want to be agnostic

"Connecting to your bank via your ERP or TMS [often locks] you in to specific file formats.
In the digital age, however, treasurers will increasingly want to be agnostic on file formats.
If a bank or another provider were to experience operational problems, treasurers would want to be able to re-route cash and data seamlessly."
ACT Smart Cash Management Conference Report, Spring 2018, p6 - William Wrest, director, strategy and business development at B2 Group.


2.

More broadly, an approach - or capability - that does not depend on too many preliminary criteria or assumptions.

For example, an industry agnostic approach to investment.


See also