PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Today, however, the rise in artificial intelligence-powered digital assistants like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa make the use of similar technologies in the corporate space not only a possibility, but in many cases, already a reality. There are two major opportunities for a corporate,” he told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

Corporate Finance 55

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

It appears to be a relatively straightforward process, particularly as documents like invoices and purchase orders digitize, payments go electronic, and automation technology allows for quick, easy data matching. Yet the reality is that the reconciliation process is rarely ever straightforward. Payment Rail Confusion. Beyond the Status Quo.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 11, 2024

Most of you are not enrolled at NYU, paying nosebleed prices, and that is prerequisite to be in the classroom, but thanks to technology and a loose reading of the rules that constrain me, you can get a close approximation of the classroom experience, wherever you are in the world, with broadband being your only constraint.

Corporate Finance 128

Corporate Finance Valuation Finance Investments 128

CFO News Room

JANUARY 25, 2023

I know that many of us, especially as we age, take the dystopian view that technology has hurt more than helped, and while I share the concern about the damage that social media has wrought on society, I remain thankful for the good that has come from technological advances. allowed me to deliver my classes from home, with some help.

Marketing 130

Marketing Corporate Finance Valuation Finance 130

CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 18, 2023

AI coupled with The Digitization of the Finance Function create powerful levers for today’s CFO. This technology offers unprecedented rewards, but it also presents new risks that we all must navigate. However, they still have a place in corporate finance and accounting. What is Artificial Intelligence?

Finance 52

Finance Accounting Auditing IFRS 52

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In this post, I will revisit Facebook's most recent earnings report, and argue that while it contained disappointing news on growth and profitability, the bad news was exaggerated by systematic inconsistencies in how accountants categorize expenses, skewing earnings and invested capital down in firms that don't fit the accounting prototype.

Accounting 74

Accounting Advertising Valuation Investments 74

PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

It is, in part, why businesses are digitizing and adopting technology, as they look toward software solutions that can unlock information more quickly. The race to digitize has introduced a new conundrum in corporate data management, however. Real-time access to data is a driving force behind enterprise modernization.

Corporate Finance 69

Corporate Finance Finance Accounts Payable Communication 69

Future CFO

APRIL 1, 2021

Despite confidence in their ability to get their jobs done with current technologies, the COVID-19 crisis is prompting some financial reporting professionals to rethink their technology needs, IMA pointed out. Companies can benefit, however, by considering technology for the post-pandemic world, she advised. Key findings.

Financial Reporting 40

Financial Reporting Technology Corporate Finance Budgeting 40

PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

In a 2017 report from job hunting site Indeed , researchers found that “small business accountant” was nowhere to be found in the top-10 job positions sought after by most small business employers. “Bookkeeping is the low-value work performed by accounting firms,” he said.

Accounting 71

Accounting Corporate Finance Accounting Firms Auditing 71

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Steve Troy, CEO of AeroFund Financial, says that’s a trend permeating many components of corporate finance today: Businesses don’t just need better tools – they need, in some cases, an entirely new way to manage finances. That could mean new payments rails to automated accounts payable solutions. In the U.S.,

Corporate Finance 43

Corporate Finance Finance B2B Invoicing 43

PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

Financial technology innovation has opened the doors to massive transformation of corporate finance departments. While flashy corporate FinTech is exciting, innovation efforts have rarely focused on a mainstay of corporate finance teams: the financial close process, a crucial, but continually outdated function.

Corporate Finance 87

Corporate Finance Accounts Payable Finance Accounting 87

Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The growing variety and complexity of tasks within the finance function has resulted in the creation of a discipline that is supposed to become a bridge between the finance and business to support decision-making process by leveraging data and technology. This relates to FP&A which stands for financial planning and analysis.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

With market volatility and economic pressure higher than it has been in more than a decade, the ways businesses manage and account for their money is inevitably included in that wave of operational change. That means significant implications for the ways accountants and auditors operate both within an enterprise and externally from it.

Economics 77

Economics Accounting Auditing Forecasting 77

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2016

Rising corporate finance metrics don’t always mean good news. Find out which figures led to good growth — like digital corporate payments increases or a rise in SME hedging practices — and which signal bad news for corporate FinServ. The numbers are on the up this week! But don’t let that fool you.

Corporate Finance 40

Corporate Finance Finance Treasury Education 40

PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

The competition is heating up between payment technologies in accounts payable, with ACH and virtual cards seeing significant pushes in the B2B payments space to combat the dreaded paper check. There has been a surge in B2B payments technologies in recent years in an effort to pull businesses, especially smaller firms, off of paper.

Accounts Payable 57

Accounts Payable Accounting B2B Reconciliations 57

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Banks and businesses alike are heading toward the 11th hour of changes in accounting standards, which will have a major impact on how companies report financial metrics and performance. Experts say the move will not go unnoticed when the accounting standards begin to take effect for public companies in 2021.

Accounting Standards 61

Accounting Standards Accounting Banking Corporate Finance 61

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

The future of the corporate accountant is in flux. FinTechs are developing ways to automate accounting tasks, forcing human accountants to provide more strategic, value-added services. That doesn’t mean corporate accountants are jumping ship, however. Embracing The Cloud.

Accounting 43

Accounting Corporate Finance Risk Management Forecasting 43

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

The technology is proliferating financial markets, particularly for some of the world’s largest financial institutions in need of enhanced compliance solutions. More than three-quarters of accountants surveyed by BlackLine last year said they believed AI would play a “significant” role in corporate accounting.

Corporate Finance 77

Corporate Finance Finance Data Analysis Accounting 77

Future CFO

MAY 1, 2024

A career “Expectation for a controller continually evolves,” according to Giselle Arellano-Geronimo , vice president – head of finance, accounting & procurement (controller) at Shearwater Health , and the winner of the 2024 FutureCFO Controller of the Year Award.

Leadership 98

Leadership IFRS Finance Communication 98

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Like many positions in corporate finance, the role of chief financial officer (CFO) is facing new pressures in a climate of innovation and novel challenges, from cybersecurity to geopolitical events. ” Seventy-seven percent of CFOs said they are driving digital technology adoption , Accenture found.

Corporate Finance 75

Corporate Finance CFO Finance Leadership 75

PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

Microsoft is hardly new to cloud technology, and its enterprise-focused cloud computing platform, Azure, is the culmination of the tech giant’s recent Software-as-a-Service focus. The company said this week that its new enterprise accounting solution, Dynamics AX, will run entirely on the Azure cloud infrastructure.

Corporate Finance 40

Corporate Finance Finance Accounting Financial Data 40

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

Like an aftereffect of a sci-fi film, the rise in automation within corporate financial teams has led to fears and anxiety: Will humans no longer be needed in the accounting department? Are the CFO and corporate treasurer becoming extinct? Automation and accounting software may be to blame, the publication said.

Accounting 41

Accounting Corporate Finance B2B CFO 41

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

As enterprise digitization initiatives permeate beyond IT departments and into corporate finance functions, executives are exploring new approaches to modernizing the ways they manage money. Accounts receivable (AR) is also increasingly joining this conversation. The Three As. ” Customer Relationship. .

Corporate Finance 57

Corporate Finance B2C Finance Accounting 57

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2024

In fact, that objective of value maximization drives every aspect of the business, as can be seen in this big picture perspective in corporate finance: For some companies, especially mature ones, value and profit maximization may converge, but for most, they will not. That said, global (US) companies collectively generated $5.3

Hurdle Rate 79

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

As the peaks and valleys of blockchain hype continue to rise and fall, more doubt has surfaced over the future of distributed ledger technology, particularly in the area of B2B payments. Analysts point to the challenges associated with adoption and implementation of blockchain-powered B2B payment solutions as a key hurdle for the technology.

B2B 74

B2B Cash Flow Forecasting Corporate Finance Forecasting 74

CFO News Room

JANUARY 24, 2023

A few of these variables are macro variables, but only those that I find useful in corporate finance and valuation, and not easily accessible in public data bases. Rather than replicate that data, my macroeconomic datasets relate to four key variables that I use in corporate finance and valuation.

Marketing 130

Marketing Valuation Corporate Finance Currencies 130

PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

In a recent report published by Protiviti and North Carolina State University, analysts found just how important technology and innovation are becoming for corporate executives. Separate research last month also examined how corporate finance expects are bracing for this digital disruption.

Corporate Finance 80

Corporate Finance B2B SAP Finance 80

PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2016

The heat of competition has hit record levels in the financial services and technology space. Advancements in FinTech are enabling corporate payments tools to become not only more efficient but a strategic part of the enterprise. “They want it automated. ” It seems simple enough.

Accounts Payable 42

Accounts Payable Accounting SAP Corporate Finance 42

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 15, 2021

I know that many of us, especially as we age, take the dystopian view that technology has hurt more than helped, and while I share the concern about the damage that social media has wrought on society, I remain thankful for the good that has come from technological advances. The place to start is with accounting.

Corporate Finance 56

Corporate Finance Valuation Finance Investments 56

PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

Corporate finance teams were not simply tasked with finding ways to continue operations in a remote work environment as a result of the coronavirus crisis. Finance and accounting workflows lend themselves well to these three pillars, he said, and Fitzmaurice agreed. “It The Biggest Pain Points, Revealed.

B2B 125

B2B Prioritization Invoicing Corporate Finance 125

PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

The enterprise resource planning ( ERP ) system has been a staple of corporate finance operations for years, acting as a central repository of data and a hub to initiate a range of processes, from accounting to procurement. But the ERP of today doesn’t look like it used to. Disruption Ahead.

Cash Flow Forecasting 104

Cash Flow Forecasting Accounts Payable General Ledger Corporate Finance 104

PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

Financial Reporting Council’s Financial Reporting Lab has released a new report on the potential applications of blockchain in the corporate accounting space. According to reports, the group is taking a cautious approach to the technology.

Financial Reporting 40

Financial Reporting Corporate Finance B2B Compliance 40

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As a provider of back-office financial technology, it's vital to speak with chief finance officer (CFO) and finance executive end-users about what they need and which friction points are giving them the most pain. Technology as an enabler is one part, but it's not the only part. Manual Pain Points. AI Steps in to Help.

Cash Flow Forecasting 59

Cash Flow Forecasting Accounts Payable Invoicing Corporate Finance 59

CFO News Room

JANUARY 7, 2023

Check rules of thumb : Investing and corporate finance are full of rules of thumb, many of long standing. In the three posts that follow, I will look at the shifts in corporate hurdle rates (in post 6), debt loads and worries (in post 7) and dividends/cash returned in post 8.

Marketing 130

Marketing Valuation Corporate Finance Financial Analysis 130

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

"Businesses and consumers must prioritize cyber resilience and recognize that it is everyone's responsibility to protect their data," said OpenText CEO and Chief Technology Officer Mark J. This week's B2B Data Digest looks at the latest figures behind such fraud targeting corporate finance teams. Barrenechea in a statement.

Accounts Payable 96

Accounts Payable Invoicing Treasury B2B 96

Bramasol

APRIL 26, 2023

And on the back-end the company needs to integrate with revenue management and compliance reporting processes that properly account for various revenue streams. However, if any significant custom requirements exist, opting for Public Cloud may also require interfacing with Business Technology Platform (BTP) functionality.

SAP 86

SAP Corporate Finance Compliance Invoicing 86

Future CFO

APRIL 3, 2023

CFOs are preparing their teams for a time when finance will operate autonomously, driven by technologies such as AI, but not many finance leaders are learning digital skills themselves, said Marco Steecker, research director in Gartner’s Finance practice. “An

Finance 52

Finance Corporate Finance Education CFO 52