Global Finance

AUGUST 12, 2025

Converging both payment types, which hinges on interlinking financial market infrastructures, is critical, he stresses. Numerous market initiatives, including the IXB between the US and Europe, face significant hurdles, Mazure warns: “It is truly complex from a compliance and legal framework standpoint.

Cash Management

CFO Talks

MAY 14, 2025

For the Chief Financial Officer, integrity cannot be relegated to policy documents or compliance manuals. It must be lived, demonstrated, and embedded across every financial decision, every forecast, every conversation with the board. Similarly, financial systems should support transparency, not obscure it.

Numbers

CFO Talks

MARCH 4, 2025

Regulatory Risks Are there new laws, taxes, or compliance requirements that could impact your business? Quick Tip: Work with an accountant or financial advisor to stay informed about new tax incentives or regulations. Now imagine losing all your financial records! Do you have cash reserves to keep things running?

Budgeting

Global Finance

MAY 2, 2025

The legislation sets clear rules for stablecoin issuers, requiring full reserve backing and compliance with anti-money laundering laws to safeguard consumers and reinforce the US dollars global standing. Indeed, some of this blue-sky speculation may not be accounting for all the risks. They will just be money.

Currencies

CFO Strategic Partners

APRIL 14, 2025

Whether you hire internally, work with an interim CFO, or use fractional CFO services, the right partner will help you cast a SOLID financial vision, strategically manage cash flow, assemble the right team, and structure your financial systems and processes for the best outcomes.

Cash Flow Forecasting

Bramasol

JULY 16, 2025

The utilities industry is seeing a notable trend toward adopting cloud-based ERP solutions and advanced subscription management software to address changing business models, customer preferences, energy sharing practices, and complex compliance issues. Ten Major Trends of Change in the Utilities Industry 1.

SAP

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Intelligent automation supplier Kofax has announced new innovations for its invoice and accounts payable (AP) solutions, according to a press release. That lets banks and other financial institutions cut down on times for processing, boost compliance and bolster productivity.

Accounts Payable

The Charity CFO

MAY 6, 2022

Your financial system must be in good working order before you even consider applying for federal funding. In fact, the government places very rigorous financial reporting requirements on organizations that receive federal funding. Don't hire the wrong accountant for your nonprofit! Reach out for a free consultation.

Nonprofit

CFO Plans

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As businesses expand, especially within the financial services sector, the intricacies of tax compliance can become a formidable challenge. The stakes are high, with severe repercussions for non-compliance, but these challenges also present immense opportunities for optimization.

Compliance

Future CFO

JANUARY 22, 2024

The accounting industry is undergoing profound transformation due to rapid technological advancements across all sectors in the market. Changes from manual record-keeping to sophisticated software solutions has undeniably shifted the accounting landscape, bringing in an era of heightened efficiency and accuracy.

Accounting

CFO Plans

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Did you know that businesses can reduce their financial management costs by up to 40% with the right accounting solutions? However, with the advent of scalable accounting solutions, businesses of all sizes can streamline their financial operations and focus on growth.

Accounting

Bramasol

JULY 26, 2024

In this episode, we dive into five issues that are at the heart of optimizing Quote-to-Cash to Compliance with SAP Revenue Recognition and subscription management applications, including complex bundling scenarios. The good news is you don't necessarily have to take on more complexity than you need to get the job done.

SAP

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

These violations, said FinCEN, “caused millions of dollars in suspicious transactions to go unreported in a timely and accurate manner, including proceeds connected to organized crime, tax evasion, fraud, and other financial crimes laundered through the bank into the U.S. financial system.”.

Banking

CFO Plans

AUGUST 9, 2024

In the rapidly evolving landscape of business accounting, staying ahead requires more than traditional bookkeeping. Modern businesses need comprehensive financial strategies that ensure compliance, drive growth, and improve efficiency. Get specialized financial consulting for real estate.

Accounting

Spreadym

OCTOBER 20, 2023

A multi-currency account reporting refers to the financial reporting and tracking of transactions in multiple currencies within a single account or financial system. Here's how it works: Multiple Currency Support: In a multi-currency account, you can hold balances in different currencies simultaneously.

Currencies

PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

The traditional process of setting up bank accounts in multiple jurisdictions is a headache and too resource-intensive for many small businesses, like B2B exporters. Neat aims to ease this friction by offering SMBs an alternative to the traditional bank account. ” Exploring Alternatives. ” Exploring Alternatives.

Currencies

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Many consumers move to new countries to pursue economic opportunities, but adjusting to these locations also requires learning the ins and outs of new financial systems — a transition that can be filled with friction. How Rayo Delivers Immigrant-Focused Financial Services. customers to recipients in Asia and Europe.

Banking

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

One of the biggest problems, Blanco said, is account takeover. . Account takeover, which involves the targeting of financial institution customer accounts to gain unauthorized access to funds, is an extremely common cybercrime affecting U.S. financial institutions,” he said.

Compliance

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

3) that urged banks to study and implement “where appropriate” methods that would bring innovate approaches to anti-money laundering efforts and Bank Secrecy Act compliance. “Likewise, pilot programs that expose gaps in a BSA/AML compliance program will not necessarily result in supervisory action with respect to that program.”.

Compliance

VCFO

AUGUST 16, 2023

Money Laundering Prevalence and Practices When bad actors possess large sums of cash that they want to place into the financial system without raising flags, money laundering techniques such as “structuring” are used. In short, money laundering needs to be discussed and assessed as part of risk management policy in all companies.

Compliance

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

That's particularly true for finance teams like accounts payable , accounting or payroll. Bad habits of saving important documents any old place, and assuming you and coworkers can easily find them later, rarely flies in industries where compliance is key.". Take the electronic invoice, for example.

Accounts Payable

PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2019

The acquisition, Bill Sheley, head of global push payments at Visa , told Karen Webster, helps move Visa “beyond the card” and, writ large, helps the payments giant to embrace a “two-account disbursement model.” Single Point Of Connection.

B2C

Global Finance

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The banks “failed as a result of a combination of unrealized interest rate losses from their long-term, fixed-rate assets and the loss of the low-rate deposits that had funded these assets,” Larry Wall, research center executive director of the Atlanta Fed’s Center for Financial Innovation and Stability, explained in a blog post.

Banking

PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

Hacks and data breaches have become all too common, with fraudsters turning to “brute force” attacks and plugging in commonly used passcodes to gain access to users’ accounts. Facial recognition has several banking applications, including allowing customers to log into their accounts by providing simple scans.

Banking

CFO Plans

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Understanding the Complexities of Financial Regulation for Small Businesses Financial regulations are crafted to uphold the integrity and stability of the financial system. For small businesses, the challenge is unraveling these regulations and implementing effective compliance measures.

Compliance

CFO Talks

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

It outlines compliance requirements such as annual financial statement submissions, director duties, and shareholder rights. CFOs must ensure compliance with various tax deadlines, proper record-keeping, and adherence to SARS guidelines to avoid penalties and interest charges.

IFRS

The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

First things first: Treasurers aren’t accountants. A position to oversee finances may sound a lot like an accountant, but there are important distinctions between the two. Many nonprofits do not have in-house accountants and choose to outsource instead. As previously mentioned, a treasurer is not the same as an accountant.

Nonprofit

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2019

The drive to eliminate paper in the accounts payable process, to cut the steps that lead to inefficiencies, continues to get a boost from technology. With an automated workflow process, the manual approval of invoices is eliminated and strict business rules can be applied to the process for compliance reasons. The Compliance Factor.

Accounts Payable

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

. “Blockchain intelligence is increasingly important in the crypto ecosystem, and is necessary to achieve our mission of bringing the open financial system to the world,” wrote Varun Srinivasan, engineering director at Coinbase, in a blog post.

Analyzing Data

PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2020

Open banking provides opportunities such as upgraded customer convenience and customized financial solutions that can help consumers access bank account details, send payments, manage their budgets and more. The federal entity is charged with monitoring the U.S. Even if your products are not covered per FinCEN in the U.S.,

Securities

Michigan CFO

JUNE 7, 2023

Their primary duties include financial planning, analysis, risk management, financial reporting, and leadership of the finance & accounting team. CFOs play a pivotal role in strategic decision-making, ensuring the financial health and stability of the business.

CFO

CFO Thought Leader

MAY 21, 2023

While chief accountant for the SEC’s investment management division, Alison Staloch reports, she found herself being greeted by a degree of inclusive enthusiasm that she had seldom encountered before. Says Staloch: “At the time, I still had thoughts about going back to public accounting. I thought to myself, ‘Wow!—this

CFO

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

We designed an ecosystem that is both competitive and interoperable, planned it around the existing financial system and built up the necessary infrastructure and features to support that desired outcome,” said Ong Ye Kung, MAS board member and education minister, in a speech.

Education

PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2018

The rise of the gig economy means companies can access a wide array of vendors, but an increasing volume of suppliers can lead to complications in the accounts payable department, the company explained, adding that the average large enterprise sees 90 percent of service vendors accounting for just 5 percent of overall spend.

Accounts Payable

PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2016

The technology is typically used by financial institutions to help prevent fraud when customers open a new bank account or when issued credit or debit cards. But it can also be utilized in applications across fraud prevention and compliance to help businesses adhere to anti-money laundering (AML) regulations.

Investments

The Charity CFO

MARCH 2, 2022

I don’t know if my nonprofit’s accounting systems are bad… and I probably won’t know for sure until something bad happens.”. She focuses on helping new clients feel more confident about their financial records by re-engineering financial systems and minimizing opportunities for errors. Is this you? “I

Nonprofit

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

MAY 14, 2025

Twenty-five years ago, and beyond, credit executives were solely focused on financial risks. The question was: Will this account pay us? The ability of an account to make timely payments (delinquency risk) and the risk of default were the primary issues. What is your firm’s level of exposure to this account?

Profit and Loss