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UK Financial Reporting Group Says Blockchain Too Immature For Adoption

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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.

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Pulling Back The Curtain On Corporate Finance Reports

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“We found the results to be consistent with the argument that managers can successfully hide adverse information by writing complex financial reports, which leads to stock price crashes when the hidden bad news accumulates and reaches a tipping point,” he said, according to Phys.org reports last week. In the U.K.,

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CFOs, Buried In Data, Struggle With Financial Reports

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CFOs are struggling to keep up with how quickly the requirements for financial reporting are changing, researchers have found. EY researchers released new data this week that concluded CFOs and financial controllers are struggling to keep up with the pace of change when it comes to corporate reporting standards and demands.

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Head Of UK’s Financial Reporting Council Quits Amid Scrutiny

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s Financial Reporting Council is reportedly stepping down from the position amid continued scrutiny that the FRC lacks effectiveness to prevent corporate accounting scandals and industry failures. Reports in Reuters on Friday (Nov. The head of the U.K.’s Sir John Kingman, a civil servant asked by U.K.

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Accounting Expertise In C-Suite Can Compromise Financial Reports

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It’s common sense that a corporation would want its C-Suite to have some knowledge of accounting practices, and one could assume that a lack of understanding of corporate accounting may heighten the risk for misstatements on financial reports.

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How Real-Time Data Recharges The Monthly Financial Close

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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.

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How Data Guides A New Era For The ERP

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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. He pointed to financial reporting as one example of this shift. The ERP’s Role in a FinTech World.