Episode
The Weekend CFOs Couldn’t Reach Their Cash
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- CFO THOUGHT LEADER
- Published
- Jul 29, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1629
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Summary
What happens when a company has money—but its CFO cannot reach it? Over one extraordinary weekend, finance leaders found themselves confronting a threat few had anticipated: cash locked inside a failing bank, payroll approaching, and no certainty about what Monday would bring. This episode brings together the experiences of Ben Gammell, Larry Roseman, Dan Murphy, Stacy Tumarkin, and Sarah Spoja. Their stories capture the crisis from different vantage points—from companies scrambling to protect their own liquidity to finance teams helping customers regain access to theirs. The discussion is less about the collapse of a particular bank than about how CFOs respond when ordinary financial controls suddenly prove insufficient. It explores the decisions made under pressure, the communication required to steady employees and leadership teams, and the treasury practices reconsidered afterward. The larger lesson is one CFOs understand well: resilience isn’t built during a crisis. It is built long before the crisis begins.