PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The sneaker and sports apparel company said it is going forge new retail partnerships and concentrate on its direct business. We will continue to invest in strong, distinctive partnerships for Nike with other retailers and platforms to seamlessly serve our consumers globally.”.

Concentration 81

Concentration eCommerce Retail Sales 81

CFO Talks

AUGUST 24, 2022

Welcome to this SAIBA CFO podcast, SAIBA is the South African Institute of Business Accountants, it has more than 12 000 members and specialises in a wide range of disciplines such as accountancy and tax, training and development, career enhancement, legislation and financial reporting.

Auditing 98

Auditing CFO Accounting Concentration 98

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

One recent study found that new customer accounts now represent 30 percent of all transactions made online, for example, five times as many as they did prior to the crisis. Fraudsters, like merchants, follow where consumers lead, meaning that fraud prevention tactics have always been changing for banks, payment providers and retailers.

Concentration 79

Concentration Retail Leverage Entertainment 79

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Rolex accounts for 40 percent of luxury watch sales on eBay. Consistent payments between buyers and sellers enable merchants to concentrate on sales without needing particular payment acceptance capabilities. They also have the option to sell on the spot and receive cash for their items.

Concentration 98

Concentration Sales Accounting eCommerce 98

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). Logistics is the hardest piece of the puzzle for those merchants.

Retail 62

Retail Sales Accounting Concentration 62

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. billon, American Express by $2.7

Banking 56

Banking CFO Forecasting 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. percent from last year.

Sales 55

Sales Concentration Banking Retail 55

PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2019

Visa and Natixis Payments have launched Xpollens, a complete white label “Payments in a Box” service for retailers, corporations and Fintechs. Linxo wants to be able to offer customers expanded services that include checking accounts, instant payments and payment cards.

Concentration 46

Concentration Compliance Accounting Retail 46

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. percent from last year.

Sales 52

Sales Concentration Banking Retail 52

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

It also accounted for 46 percent of total GMV in the September quarter. Customer Concentration . Peloton accounts for almost a third of Affirm’s top line, coming in at 28 percent of sales for the latest fiscal year and 30 percent of sales for the quarter that ended Sept.

Concentration 76

Concentration Entertainment Sales Accounting 76

PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

We see large and small brands/retailers leveraging Instagram’s leading reach, data, and ‘browsing/aspirational’ behavior to grow their online businesses.”. This same type of collection, in similarly concentrated form, has been cause for concern in the recent past , given the potential uses of such data.”.

eCommerce 57

eCommerce Advertising Concentration Leverage 57

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2017

challenger bank, has positioned itself to disrupt retail banking. 4) that Starling is launching a business banking service early next year, just months after the company rolled out its app-only current account service for consumers. At the moment, opening a business account can take many hours at a branch. Starling Bank, a U.K.

Banking 40

Banking Planning Concentration B2B 40

Future CFO

APRIL 27, 2020

The majority of downgrades were in industries with high or moderate exposure to coronavirus disruption, such as auto, commodity related, property, retail and REIT," Di Chiara noted. billion issued in the first quarter, said Moody’s, adding that issuance was largely concentrated in January from Chinese property developers.

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. .” And in yet another June bid, Hudson Executive Investment Corp.,

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Concentration Investments Marketing 52

PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

Those receivables, an asset to the business, are only an asset when they become cash in that SMB’s bank account. As much as 24 percent of monthly revenues for SMBs are tied up in accounts receivable or trade credit, which stymies cash flow. “The trillion within two years, and will account for 13 percent of all U.S.-focused

B2C 63

B2C B2B Concentration Credit Risk 63

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The money is concentrated, at least for now and at least in terms of where it is headed. The two companies are tapping the fundraising well, and where Thailand’s Central Group, a retailer, at the end of last month confirmed that it has invested $200 million in Grab’s Thailand operations. billion seen in 2017.

Valuation 49

Valuation Concentration Investments Retail 49

PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2019

Synchrony already offers consumer financing to those merchants across verticals such as retail, auto and health. Consider the funding gap that exists when a retailer needs to both procure and make payments on inventory — before the goods ever hit the market and are sold. Hiccups — And The SMB Financing Need.

B2B 52

B2B Concentration Invoicing Finance 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

MAY 5, 2016

The move into real-world — versus digital — commerce comes as retail transactions remain in a transitory phase. Though digital and mobile are increasingly ascendent, physical commerce remains dominant and accounts for over 90 percent of all retail spending in the Western nations where Klarna operates. “We

Concentration 40

Concentration eCommerce Banking Retail 40

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

wholesale by continuing to reduce our concentration in that channel.”. Wholesale now accounts for about 30 percent of the company’s business, down from about 50 percent eight years ago, he told analysts. “Growing our U.S. This will continue to trend down as other parts of the business grow at a faster pace,” Bergh said. “Not

Concentration 55

Concentration eCommerce Sales Leverage 55

Future CFO

DECEMBER 18, 2020

We expect Credit and Political Risk Insurance (CPRI) to play an important and increasing role in supporting lenders in mitigating risk, overcoming concentration issues and improving capital adequacy. James Ponsford: Asia and Singapore, in particular, is a commodities hub with commodity trading business accounting to 4.5%

Marketing 52

Marketing Profit and Loss Finance Credit Risk 52

PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

Now we’re going to take a smaller storefront and concentrate more online. and China –accounted for 82 percent of global sales, down by 2 percent year on year. Part of that is due to the lack of foot traffic. But it’s also a function of the improvements in photography that let people get a better look at what they’re buying. .”

Marketing 60

Marketing eCommerce Concentration Sales 60

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

JULY 10, 2017

Contrary to what “People of Walmart” would have you believe, the big-box retailer isn’t just for one demographic of shoppers, and it’s trying to prove that by making a name for itself in the online marketplace world. Many remain hesitant to join forces with the retail giant, fearing it could hurt their shop’s identity. “I

Concentration 40

Concentration eCommerce Sales Retail 40

PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2016

Service boundaries are determined (according to the firm) by the concentration of Prime members in a given location, proximity to warehouses where goods are stored and the firm’s ability to work cooperatively in an area with other players. Amazon notes that race is not a factor in drawing the boundaries of delivery areas.

Concentration 40

Concentration Accounting Retail 40

PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

Retail is the classic example, he said: eCommerce completely depends on integrated payments. First, he said, larger enterprises and retailers are looking for ways to more deeply engage their customer base. In this changing landscape, Aberman said that many businesses fear irrelevance, so they make a concentrated effort to evolve.

Invoicing 46

Invoicing Concentration eCommerce Startups 46

PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2018

As it turns out, sixty-three percent of Americans reportedly prefer opening new checking accounts in person as opposed to using a mobile app or online interface, and 50 percent consider online banking “less legitimate” than doing business at a branch. Some things customers are doing from their phones with enthusiasm.

Banking 40

Banking Concentration Numbers Accounting 40

PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2018

That’s because people drink fancier things on those holidays — and usually in concentrated windows of time. That tweet came care of the official Twitter account of the police force of Dixon, Illinois. New Year’s, Christmas and the Fourth of July all bring in greater expenditures of money on booze. Carl says, ‘Nah, they’re gross.’.

Math 40

Math Concentration Accounting Planning 40

PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

Most of that spend will be concentrated in the U.S., Goldman Sachs reported on its Q1 earnings call that Marcus, since it launched, has originated $3 billion of new loans and taken in $9 billion of new retail deposits. But that’s not enough to support and service these accounts. billion by 2021. billion growing to $120.7

Banking 73

Banking Investments Concentration Accounting 73

PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2016

Utilizing unique feedback from the marketplace and our Columbus pilot, MCX has made a decision to concentrate more heavily in the immediate term on other aspects of our business, including working with financial institutions, like our partnership with Chase, to enable and scale mobile payment solutions.

Invoicing 43

Invoicing Concentration Reconciliations Accounting 43

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

And, in 2011, eBay acquired eCommerce tech platforms GSI Commerce and Magento to create more synergies with the online retailers that were its customers. Speaking of online retailers, eBay went all out to court them. Facebook Stores was launched in 2009 as a way for online retailers to sell to the fans who “liked” them.

Advertising 51

Advertising Retail Startups eCommerce 51

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

And Tom has helped with the introduction of GMO’s first retail product, the quality ETF stock symbol Q-L-T-Y-G-M-O has been institutional since they launched in 1977. This is the first time they’re putting out a product for retail. GMO has released last quarter their first retail product an ETFI love the symbol QLTY.

Valuation 52

Valuation Investments Finance Math 52

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

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. We were 75% retail. It’s not worth my time.”

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 85

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Finance Technology 85

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. Fighting Fraud On All Fronts.

Securities 129

Securities eCommerce Concentration Accounting 129

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. There has been an explosion of Fintechs serving retail and exceedingly small “SMEs” in the last decade. Number of fintech’s, but for whom?

Treasury 130

Treasury Cash Flow Forecasting Concentration Finance 130

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

grocery business accounts for about 6 percent of the GDP and 6.4 And if you are anticipating 10 years ahead, which any good CEO should, you might realize that you’d rather not put all of your eggs in the online baskets of those two retail giants. The Battle for the (First) Basket. At $627 billion , the U.S.

Sales 54

Sales Concentration Marketing Manufacturing 54