CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

markets could recover after Thursday’s heavy losses. Facebook owner Meta Platforms lost a record $232 billion in market value Thursday after releasing a disappointing financial forecast, while shares of other companies including. Global markets have been volatile in recent weeks. In bond markets, the yield on the benchmark U.S.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Atwater previously ran JPMorgan’s asset-backed securities business and served in executive roles at First USA, Bank One and Juniper Financial. He is the author of several books on investing confidence, most recently The Confidence Map: Charting a Path from Chaos to Clarity.

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Adam Kae

JULY 17, 2023

As a Chief Financial Officer (AKA ChiefFUNancial Officer) for digital marketing agencies, CFOAdam plays a vital role in ensuring the financial health and growth of your organization. Capital Investment and Financing Options Scaling a digital marketing agency sometimes requires capital investments.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

He sought to allay concerns over a potential spike in yield in the wake of a larger-than-expected market borrowing of Rs 14.95 Yield is a function of demand-supply fundamentals in the market and several factors, including global ones, feed into that. The Centre’s gross market borrowing is estimated at Rs 10.47

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Bloomberg customers will now be able to use the news site's terminal to look at Credit Benchmark 's credit risk data, which comes from risk views of the world's largest financial institutions, according to a press release. The pandemic has created rifts of uncertainty in the markets. They can also assess ongoing credit quality.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

China’s stock market rallied as it reopened after a weeklong break for Lunar New Year, while futures for major U.S. markets in Monday’s trading session. The prospect of tighter monetary policy has prompted investors to shift toward investments that are deemed safer. In the bond market, the benchmark 10-year U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2020

Morgan Chase and dropped an investment in Goldman Sachs. Based on its second quarter filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Reuters reported Berkshire reduced its Wells Fargo stake by 26 percent to 237.6 million share investment worth $563.6 million shares, lowered its stake in J.P. Buffett bought a 20.9

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

The big news in B2B FinTech investment this week came from Airbnb , which is bolstering its presence in the business travel market with new funding, while corporate card startup Brex also secured a prominent debt capital investment.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

Much of that spend (nearly one-third, by Gartner accounts), will go toward investment in consulting and implementation services as companies seek guidance for changing cybersecurity regulations like GDPR in Europe. Less than half of IT professionals in the U.S.

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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

My Two-for-Tuesday morning train reads: • Rising Bond Yields Change the Calculus for Stocks : Whether markets get any reprieve from their recent selloff depends in part on what happens at the Fed meeting. Chief Investment Officer ). • ‘Poison’ Ivy Zelman—the analyst who predicted the 2008 housing bust—sees U.S. Some Are Tax Traps.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2020

Morgan Chase and dropped an investment in Goldman Sachs. Based on its second quarter filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Reuters reported Berkshire reduced its Wells Fargo stake by 26 percent to 237.6 million share investment worth $563.6 million shares, lowered its stake in J.P. Buffett bought a 20.9

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

This is the beginning of the adoption phase,” Ehrlich said, “as regulation legitimizes crypto assets, and yields remain ahead of traditional investment products.”. With the treasury market for S&P 500 companies valued at $2.3 Ehrlich said stablecoins, including the U.S. dollar-backed USDC , currently offer APR rates as high as 8.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Malaysia's microLEAP has secured $3.3 Reports in e27 said MAA Group provided the investment, which microLEAP plans to use for marketing, new staff hires and technological enhancements. million investment round, which it said it will use to expand its team and expand its product. In total, Qolo has now raised $6.8

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CFO Talks

MARCH 19, 2024

A CFO committed to the agenda invests not just financial resources but personal time and effort, visibly participating in key initiatives. Investing Time and Resources Commitment is also measured in terms of resource allocation. Fostering Commitment to Change True leadership is shown by example.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

Cybereason has announced it has received a series of investments and commitments totaling $200 million by SoftBank Group Corp. It also plans to build the world’s first full stack offering for truly autonomous security, as well as increase investment in its core organic R&D. and its affiliates.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2016

Small business banking technology firm D3 Banking announced a new funding round led by West Partners on Monday (June 27), a move the firm said will help it invest in research and development. West Partners President Dennis O’Brien pointed to D3’s innovative market strategy as cause for the investment.

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CFO Share

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Business valuation is influenced by several key factors, including: Earnings and Revenue Assets and Liabilities Market Conditions and Competitors Growth Potential Brand Value and Reputation Strong Earnings and Revenue When evaluating a business’s valuation, stable earnings and a consistent revenue trajectory are paramount.

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Scenario analysis may also leverage AI to model various scenarios to better understand potential consequences of different decisions and market changes. Moving too fast to grab the first shiny object you see in the AI landscape could easily result in a poor investment — and more technical debt the business doesn’t need.

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Spreadym

AUGUST 17, 2023

Financial reporting dashboards can be used by various departments within an organization, including finance, operations, sales, marketing, and executive leadership. Data Security and Access Control : Implement appropriate data security measures to ensure that sensitive financial information is accessible only to authorized personnel.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

While the funds are branded by SoFi, they are actually being issued through a trust, with Toroso Investments serving as the investment advisor, Exponential ETFs running the funds on a daily basis and Solactive creating the benchmarks. 30 for every $1,000 invested. trillion market in U.S. trillion market in U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2018

PayNet’s data, which analyzed small business borrowing activity in February, found only a slight increase in SMB investment, but the seventh month in a row of loan origination decreases. The slight downturn comes at a time of broader market volatility as the U.K. Private companies are captives of their global markets,” he said.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In securities, financial institutions will benefit from improved reconciliation, reporting and asset servicing processes as well as end-to-end visibility of transactions to reduce settlement fails and fines, SWIFT added. The post SWIFT announces new strategy for instant, frictionless payments appeared first on FutureCFO.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

However, as Westpac Banking Corp said in a submission to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, “Westpac does not believe that there is significant utility in requiring the verification of living expenses.” CBA, which the report said is “the largest,” noted it would lessen its reliance on the measure.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2016

The National Retail Federation has asked the FTC to investigate the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council on the grounds that credit card companies “unfairly leverage their brands.” The NRF further notes that the government ought to find a new method by which to benchmark data security.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

To help speed the transformation, with a nod to a bit of hybrid approach for some firms, Rangachari noted that “we have invested in many tools, including a plug-in for Excel powered by APIs, so that clients can get real-time data into their own Excel environment.”. Different Approaches To APIs.

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Spreadym

JUNE 6, 2023

They provide a roadmap for managing income, expenses, investments, and other financial activities. Investment analysis: Investors and financial institutions use financial forecasts to assess the financial viability and attractiveness of investment opportunities.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

In every introductory finance class, you begin with the notion of a risk-free investment, and the rate on that investment becomes the base on which you build, to get to expected returns on risky assets and investments. What is a risk free investment?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2017

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has denied the second bitcoin-based ETF bid up for consideration in the month of March — the Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.’s The SEC still sits on one remaining bitcoin ETF proposal filed by Grayscale Investments LLC back in January, seeking to launch with some $500 million. billion. “We

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Enterprise cloud company Deskera raised $60 million from Jungle Ventures, Cisco Investments, Tembusu Partners, Susquehanna International Group and InnoVen Capital, a press release said this week. The firm said it will use the investment to focus on operational expansion. billion, according to a press release.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

From warehouse robots to R&D analytics, the B2B startups covered in this week’s VC Investment roundup scored close to $200 million from investors. that topped the week with a $60 million investment. PYMNTS breaks down the latest B2B startups to secure funding rounds below. Exotic Solutions. FreightWaves.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2017

As more businesses join collaborative groups and invest in internal research and development (R&D) to explore using blockchain for new services, some firms have begun to use the technology themselves. The nation’s Financial Services Commission (GFSC) wants to create a licensing system for blockchain startups in the market.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 7, 2022

For investment advisers looking to attract prospective clients, advertising the performance of their investment strategies would be a logical way to market their services (at least if they had strong historical returns!). Executive Summary.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Marta Norton, Morningstar Investment Management , is below. BARRY RITHOLTZ, BLOOMBERG RADIO HOST: This week on the podcast, I have an extra special guest, Marta Norton is the Chief Investment Officer for Morningstar Investment Management. What makes a good investment strategy?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

By its very nature, the market of cross-border payments presents a significant opportunity for financial authorities around the world to collaborate as they make it easier for money to move between each others’ markets. times global GDP in 2016.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The new version of the App Store was crafted to drive more app discovery and downloads through the separation of apps and games, increased investment in editorial content and features like “App of the Day,” which gives exposure to different developers daily. Google Play Malware Defense. In 2016, that percentage dropped to 0.05

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2017

Businesses are all too aware of these issues, Nurmi said, and have been looking to the market to provide a means to address them. For their part, Basware recently announced a move to meet market demand by incorporating a strategic sourcing offering into its P2P solution suite.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The fact that WeWork has failed to go public may mark a line in the sand, where public markets will not throw money to companies that are looking for capital and have valuations in the tens of billions of dollars. One notable example is Peloton , whose shares debuted below the offer price and sank lower.

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