PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The report said that “predictive power is not great” when consideration of the 2018 season is put into account because that season was healthy until late December, when it softened. Early purchases were up 14 percent from last year, and shopping at traditional retailers was up 2 percent. 1 shopping app in the U.S.

Sales 55

Sales Concentration Banking Retail 55

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

In finance, accounting is everything. Accounting for everything, especially when it comes to credit — in other words, taking stock and measure of where lending activities have been concentrated, where risk is and where losses may loom — is as much art as science. These are not only the concerns of big banks.

Banking 56

Banking Forecasting CFO Concentration 56

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The report said that “predictive power is not great” when consideration of the 2018 season is put into account because that season was healthy until late December, when it softened. Early purchases were up 14 percent from last year, and shopping at traditional retailers was up 2 percent. 1 shopping app in the U.S.

Sales 52

Sales Concentration Banking Retail 52

PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2018

One had instructions for how to identify savings in the store, which he said would vary from week to week, and then how to link my existing Amazon Prime account to get those savings applied at checkout (which is automatic and done via QR code à la Walmart Pay). As one of the 90 million U.S.

Retail 62

Retail Sales Accounting Concentration 62

Future CFO

APRIL 27, 2020

The Asian Liquidity Stress Indicator (ALSI) climbed to its second weakest level, and the number of companies rated B3 and below continued to increase in the first quarter of 2020 following a surge of downgrades in Q1, said Moody's Investors Service. . The ALSI climbed to 38.7% in March from 32.9%

Concentration 40

Concentration Credit Risk Economics Numbers 40

PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

But by letting investors (that would be the retail type) throw in their money to fund larger, better-known (and ostensibly savvier) operators like Ackman and others, the idea is that mergers and acquisitions will generate returns. The focal point will be “mature” tech unicorns , which are firms valued at more than $1 billion.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Concentration Investments Marketing 52

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Of that tally, $120 trillion is B2B, which he said “includes spending that can be addressed through card-based solutions, accounts receivables and payables flows, as well as cross border.” The Nordics have cashless payments accounting for 99 percent of all payments, and in Germany, France and Italy, cash payments are still prevalent.

B2B 65

B2B B2C Concentration Accounting 65

PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

Today, they are the hottest payments model to hit the retail and enterprise market. These schemes, which authorities consider to be one of the fastest-growing, involve fraudsters pretending to be company executives in order to trick employees into transferring money to accounts that are actually controlled by the criminals themselves.

Concentration 40

Concentration Banking Retail Numbers 40

PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2018

By the numbers, digital banking is — and is not — extremely popular with consumers of all stripes. Digital payments are making phones into wallets, it’s easier to use a phone that cash to repay a debt because of P2P payments — consumers are even changing the way they are shopping in retail stores.”. Other things — not so much.

Banking 40

Banking Concentration Numbers Accounting 40

PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

Most of that spend will be concentrated in the U.S., But its positioning of the blockchain as one of its critical strategic pillars emphasizes a bigger and more important point: The hype is only as good as the numbers it can deliver. But that’s not enough to support and service these accounts. billion by 2021. trillion in 2021.

Banking 73

Banking Investments Concentration Accounting 73

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

So, eBay set in motion a number of things in an attempt to blunt the impact of these shifts and to bring new buyers and sellers into the mix. And, in 2011, eBay acquired eCommerce tech platforms GSI Commerce and Magento to create more synergies with the online retailers that were its customers. It was shuttered in 2014.

Advertising 51

Advertising Retail Startups eCommerce 51

PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

Adoption: The number of people who’ve tried the service once has tripled since launch. Apple Pay total adoption is up – as defined by the total number of people in the U.S. More people own iPhone 6/6S phones now, so the pool of potential users is larger – as are the number of places that it can be used. who’ve tried it once.

Numbers 66

Numbers Concentration Technology Retail 66

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

JOHNSON: So they don’t permit any kind of commission-based selling, and so it’s all gone to fee-based, and you have a huge percentage of population orphaned from advice, because essentially, an advisor says, “Ah, that’s too small of an account. ” Who are the number one users of TurboTax? RITHOLTZ: Right.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 86

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Finance Technology 86

Simply Treasury

JULY 12, 2021

Paradoxically, "retail" developments are often faster and more intense than "corporate" developments, notably for reasons of security and integration into the IT systems of large companies. Number of fintech’s, but for whom? There has been an explosion of Fintechs serving retail and exceedingly small “SMEs” in the last decade.

Treasury 130

Treasury Cash Flow Forecasting Concentration Finance 130

PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

Most Main Street businesses are shut down for the time being; workers are away from their offices; and as a result of social distancing, we as a society have concentrated all the activities once spread across a variety of destinations throughout the day into a single place — the home. Or at least they will try. Fighting Fraud On All Fronts.

Securities 129

Securities eCommerce Concentration Accounting 129

PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2017

At the ripe old age of 120, the Swiss Army knife holds a unique place in retail. Now, the idea of an Amazon Echo with a touchscreen is not exactly new — it was reported in November 2016 that mega e-retailer Amazon was working on such a device — whose code name is said to be the Amazon Knight. Many of whom are also named Karl.

Retail 49

Retail Profit and Loss Sales Manufacturing 49

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Value of Intangible Assets Accounting has historically done a poor job dealing with intangible assets, and as the economy has transitioned away from a manufacturing-dominated twentieth century to the technology and services focused economy of the twenty first century, that failure has become more apparent.

Valuation 104

Valuation Profit and Loss Accounting Investments 104

Future CFO

JANUARY 10, 2024

Meanwhile, Lee does not expect the retail and electronics sector to play a huge role in terms of export opportunities in 2024. Electronic vehicles are expected to be a big thing in the Chinese exporting scene, with transactions with India, Europe, and America tipped to grow a little bit.

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Concentration Economics Risk Management 52

CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Farhaan discusses the critical aspects of his role, emphasising the shift from traditional accounting to strategic and operational involvement across business sectors. Farhan holds a BCom and a number of postgraduate diplomas in accounting from the University of Johannesburg. Farhaan: We speak of CFOs as traditional accountants.

CFO 52

CFO Leadership Accounting Finance 52

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Combined with growing advisor (and consumer) interest in comprehensive financial planning services, the number of ways advisors can add value for their clients has expanded greatly. Luckily, advisors have a large number of ways to add value to their clients’ lives (more than 101 in fact!), Retirement Planning.

Tax Planning 130

Tax Planning Planning Investments Profit and Loss 130

Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The music companies provided marketing support, seeking out radio stations that would carry their music, and distributional backing to get albums to retailers. The top one percent of musicians account for ninety percent of all music streams and close to sixty percent of revenues from concerts.

Entertainment 77

Entertainment Profit and Loss Numbers Marketing 77

PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

McKibbin, who are affiliated with Korea University and The Australian National University, said “just calculating the number of canceled tourist trips, declines in retail trade and similar factors is not enough to get the full impact of SARS” because of the linkages within and between economies and sectors. Initial Impact.

Economics 66

Economics Concentration Sales Retail 66

CFO Talks

JUNE 2, 2022

An affinity for accounting leads to a globe-trotting career. Today’s podcast is sponsored by Draftworx, which provides automated drafting and working paper financial software to more than 8000 accounting and auditing firms and corporations. CFO Talks is a brand of the South African Institute of Business Accountants.

Auditing 52

Auditing Education Construction Investments 52

The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 13, 2021

For example, a retailer might discover that, despite plans to build another location, many of its consumers choose to never shop in a store again. When a firm spends weeks reconciling accounts, closing the books, and reporting earnings to stakeholders, moving quickly is challenging. Concentrate on particular areas of improvement.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 52

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Economics Risk Management Reconciliations 52

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 4, 2021

When it was founded in in 2010 by by Vijay Sharma, it operated as a pre-paid mobile platform, but its market then was small both in terms of numbers and services offered. In 2014, it introduced Paytm Wallet , a digital wallet that was accepted as a payment option by leading service providers and retailers.

Valuation 72

Valuation Profit and Loss Investments Numbers 72

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Fraudsters have been making their lists and checking them twice, and it’s not going to make for a very happy holiday for retailers. What he finds alarming is the spike in eCommerce fraud among apparel retailers, where account takeover fraud is growing rapidly at the same time as stolen financials fraud. The Downside of Global.

Concentration 42

Concentration Retail Accounting eCommerce 42

CFO Talks

JUNE 2, 2022

An affinity for accounting leads to a globe-trotting career. Today’s podcast is sponsored by Draftworx, which provides automated drafting and working paper financial software to more than 8000 accounting and auditing firms and corporations. CFO Talks is a brand of the South African Institute of Business Accountants.

Auditing 40

Auditing Education Construction Investments 40

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The surprise was as much about the number of sites that accepted Amazon as it was that getting to that threshold all happened rather quietly and without a lot of public fanfare. The concentration of merchants with Pay with Amazon was one of the best-kept secrets in payments — well, until that report.

Concentration 46

Concentration Accounting Numbers Retail 46

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

have a retail crisis — or a small business crisis? Which is why “fixing” retail must include giving SMB merchants the tools they need to compete in the very dynamic environment that now defines Retail U.S.A. Historically, that failure rate was eclipsed by the sheer number of new business starts each year. We have both.

Concentration 53

Concentration Retail Advertising Economics 53

PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2016

India’s smartphone users are expected to number 244 million in 2017, surpassing the number of smartphone users in the U.S. In some cases, the plans account for almost 80 percent of daily sales, according to The Wall Street Journal. One of those routes to market is the availability of cash.

Concentration 40

Concentration Advertising Education Forecasting 40

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 7, 2023

Maybe it’s risk based and it’s a risk factor that we haven’t really accounted for. How do you crunch the numbers on that, and where do you come out on small cap and value? VASSALOU: — which are effectively retail investors. VASSALOU: — maybe it’s an anomaly. So there’s a behavioral side.

Investments 65

Investments Marketing Economics Risk Management 65

PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2016

The city accounts for 42 percent of Ireland’s GDP. The Silicon Docks is a nickname for the area in Dublin where there is a concentration of high-tech companies. According to StartupDublin , an estimated 80 percent of global tech businesses have established a base in Dublin, a number higher than any other city in the world.

Startups 42

Startups Concentration Economics eCommerce 42

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Back then, only the very, very large merchants had merchant accounts and could accept credit card payments online. They looked around for places that had a large concentration of senders and receivers online and a use case for payments that needed a digital upgrade. eBay fit the bill. The flywheel that PayPal hoped for started to spin.

Accounting 44

Accounting Concentration Numbers Economics 44

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 6, 2022

And definitely, their retail market participation is significantly lower than you can see in the U.S. And I did the math, and I think at that point in time, roughly speaking, assets in ETS were roughly just 10 percent, 12 percent of assets in mutual funds and I was pretty convinced that that number was to increase significantly.

Investments 61

Investments Marketing Numbers Risk Management 61

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

And so, with this gave me exposure to everything from investment banking to retail, looking at like checking account campaigns, like how do you get more assets in the door to credit risk. I wasn’t that typical person that did a number of, you know, internships during the summer, had that …. And even if it’s at, let’s say 6.5,

Investments 116

Investments Marketing Profit and Loss Banking 116

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The India Rising story hit some turbulence last week, as one of its biggest corporate success stories, the Adani Group, was hit with a report from Hindenburg Research, an investing group that specializes in targeting and shorting companies that it believes have dubious accounting and business practices.

Marketing 130

Marketing Investments Auditing Restructuring 130

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

The India Rising story hit some turbulence last week, as one of its biggest corporate success stories, the Adani Group, was hit with a report from Hindenburg Research, an investing group that specializes in targeting and shorting companies that it believes have dubious accounting and business practices.

Investments 100

Investments Valuation Auditing Restructuring 100