The Finance Weekly

MARCH 5, 2024

Next, came a new solution, Datarails Connect , which leverages Excel's success to transform it into a kind of self-service BI solution, enabling finance professionals to become truly independent by connecting their entire data stack to Excel in a simple and self-service manner. The Winners!

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 52

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Finance Leverage Cash Management 52

Navigator SAP

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Automating and streamlining tasks related to budgeting, cost and cash management, activity-based costing, and other accounting or finance functions also helps ensure compliance with financial regulations. Manufacturing ERP is designed to optimize efficiency in quality and compliance.

SAP 130

SAP Invoicing Manufacturing Compliance 130

Future CFO

MARCH 30, 2021

Except that in the case of startups, they try and cover the challenges of improving product profitability, talent recruitment and retention, scalable risk management and compliance strategies with a limited (and many times shrinking) pool of funding. Compliance with financial regulations. Compliance with financial regulations.

Compliance 40

Compliance Risk Management Startups Leverage 40

PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

In the life of a startup, there’s no better news than growth, be it across new verticals, devices or geographies. As startups such as DadeSystems , FitPay and Jewel Paymentech expand across devices and functions, Tipalti , AvidXchange and Emailage announce new growth for their local, national and global footprints. AvidXchange.

Startups 40

Startups Compliance Currencies Leverage 40

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

29) announced a deal for the AML platform of Beam Solutions , a San Francisco-based startup that focuses on transaction monitoring and helping financial companies comply with KYC regulations. The Palo Alto-based firm on Tuesday (Sept. The announcement comes on the heels of Jumio’s Sept. That’s the real promise of this partnership.”.

Compliance 61

Compliance Leverage Startups Numbers 61

PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2016

FS must leverage the FinTech ecosystem.”. The R3 effort aims to explore how these financial institutions can work with the R3 startup group. The bank compared early venture capital investments in blockchain to the funding patterns seen in Internet startups in the 1990s. The free lunch is over,” PwC concluded. “FS

Startups 50

Startups Banking Compliance Leverage 50

CFO Talks

MARCH 14, 2024

No longer confined to the guardianship of financial reporting and compliance, modern CFOs are now pivotal strategists and advisors at the heart of corporate decision-making. Building on this foundation, it’s essential to explore the broader spectrum of the CFO’s role in today’s fast-paced business environment.

Prioritization 52

Prioritization CFO Leverage Risk Management 52

PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

Cannabis operations that partnered with Hypur to leverage the company’s financial technology can tap into the digital HypurPay app to access a safer and more convenient payment environment. In separate news, WAYV, the cannabis logistics startup, rolled out a payment solution for the cannabis supply chain last December.

Risk Management 72

Risk Management Compliance Leverage Startups 72

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Plus, online lending startup SoFi is looking to go public through a SPAC. Social Finance (SoFi), a San Francisco-based online lending startup, is holding talks about selling to a blank-check acquisition company to debut on the stock market. Economists: Stimulus, Vaccine Key To Full Recovery By Year-End 2021.

Startups 52

Startups Economics Compliance Forecasting 52

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Venture capital funding landed at startups focused on accounts payable (AP) and cybersecurity this week — with one payables startup raising $23 million in funding. million) landed by the firm in October of last year, EU Startups reported. Qatalog notched approximately €12.7 million (about $14.86 million (about $3.4

B2B 69

B2B Accounts Payable Management Consulting Startups 69

PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

Surecomp noted the solution was developed in partnership with banks, meaning it supports compliance and security while integrating directly into FIs’ back offices. And so, it’s predicated on those with big balance sheets and data able to leverage their positions, versus the startups and those it was designed to foster.”

Banking 95

Banking Foreign Exchange Invoicing Finance 95

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Consumers have reason to be concerned, especially when choosing which mobile services to trust with their personal finances, and many may resultantly prefer to use apps from major financial companies with long-established reputations over those from fledgling startups. Such caution presents a high bar that app-based startups must overcome.

Securities 45

Securities Startups Compliance Budgeting 45

PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2020

Swiss banking software firm Temenos is partnering with London accounting API startup Codat , Temenos announced on Friday (Jan. Temenos will leverage Codat’s functions to magnify its business banking contribution. . I am very pleased to welcome Codat to the Temenos community.

Banking 52

Banking Compliance Leverage Accounting 52

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The blockchain team is a startup within Facebook, with a vision to make blockchain technology work at Facebook scale,” the ad said. “We’re Do you want to use data to influence product decisions for products leveraging fascinating blockchain technology? Do you like working with data?

Risk Management 70

Risk Management Compliance Leverage Startups 70

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Startups in India saw the majority of that activity, while France and the U.S. But it was a Singapore startup building out a holistic suite of small business financial services that landed the largest round this week, by far. In the waning days of summer, venture capitalists appear to be in a lull: only $51.2

B2B 62

B2B Invoicing Accounts Payable Startups 62

PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2019

To that end, Passbase , a digital identity (ID) startup based in London, has focused on serving as “the Stripe of user identification,” as noted in an analogy by Co-founder and COO Dave McGibbon during an interview with Karen Webster. However, the two sides of any given transaction may never see one another, so trust is crucial.

Compliance 68

Compliance Startups Risk Management Leverage 68

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

And Singapore FinTech startup Nium is dropping its pursuit to compete for a digital wholesale banking license in the city-state. Nium, a Singapore FinTech startup that was formerly branded InstaReM, is dropping its pursuit to compete for a digital wholesale banking license in the city-state.

Profit and Loss 40

Profit and Loss Leverage Startups Compliance 40

PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2018

They are moving away from the old-fashioned “check box” approach to compliance, instead favoring a risk-based approach, as per the U.S. IdentityMind Global CEO Garrett Gafke said that traditional players are taking a leaf out of FinTech’s book and exploring automation around compliance, leveraging digital identities to reduce risk.

Compliance 51

Compliance Leverage Banking Startups 51

PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2018

B2B payments startup Candex announced $3.5 Candex brings the speed and ease of consumer payment apps to large businesses, leveraging a private blockchain to ensure compliance and massively streamline financial system records.”. million in new funding late last week.

Accounts Payable 43

Accounts Payable Vendor Management B2B Leadership 43

PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

Social distancing is a crucial element in this effort, though ensuring consistent compliance by hundreds of visitors a day is no small challenge.”. Pathr is a startup that leverages machine learning (ML) and data analytics to gain knowledge of how consumers move through environments. SocialDistance.ai SocialDistance.ai

Retail 53

Retail Leverage Securities Manufacturing 53

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Peter Hazlehurst, CEO of Synctera, tells Karen Webster that Synctera is a next-gen banking-services platform that facilitates FinTech scale by enabling banks to leverage their current compliance and account-servicing capabilities in new ways. The FinTech as a Service launched Tuesday (Dec. Report: Digital Lender SoFi Eyes IPO Via SPAC.

eCommerce 70

eCommerce Cash Management Retail Compliance 70

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Separately, a report from New Zealand’s innovation agency, Callaghan Innovation, has said there can be growth in the country’s largest export if firms leverage blockchain. The startup helps other firms access APIs that in turn work with health firms and their systems. The site noted that Change may announce a deal later in the week.

Healthcare 62

Healthcare Auditing B2B Compliance 62

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

But, in fact, banks and FinTechs may make for the perfect marriage, as each works to leverage their unique strengths and opportunities. The relationship between FinTechs and banks has been complicated, with relatively young upstarts competing with established financial institutions in a new and growing world of digital payments and commerce.

Banking 82

Banking Accounts Payable Treasury Compliance 82

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Its cloud-based software supports purchasing, purchase order management, approvals, invoice data capture and vendor compliance, the firm added. “We are excited to work with the Mainsail team and leverage their experience helping software companies scale and succeed.”

Accounts Payable 62

Accounts Payable Invoicing Compliance Leverage 62

PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

It’s development that Movile has a front row seat for as a Brazil-based holding company that’s developed, as well as invested in, a host of Latin America tech-based startups in an attempt to build a regional digital ecosystem and a mobile commerce platform. Leveraging an Ecosystem to Ride Out Uncertainty.

Construction 61

Construction Education Compliance Leverage 61

PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

America’s eCommerce giant is reportedly playing with blockchain via its cloud computing arm, Amazon Web Services (AWS) , with a focus on health care, financial services, supply chain management, and security and compliance. In 2016, Rakuten acquired a bitcoin wallet startup, Bitnet.

Currencies 47

Currencies Leverage eCommerce Compliance 47

PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

A certain amount of anonymity must be sacrificed to meet regulations like anti-money laundering (AML) compliance standards. where the startup is based. Once this population has been reached, then the startup can start to grow into other socioeconomic and geographic categories, Brisker said, with merchants and Canada next on the list.

Startups 47

Startups Currencies Transportation Banking 47

The CFO College

APRIL 8, 2021

You can talk about the importance of compliance, especially in certain niches, and how your services can mitigate expensive penalties and give them peace of mind. Skills and processes you might leverage to provide this include cash forecasting tools, deep dive analytics, and efficient startup models.

CFO 52

CFO Benchmarking Tax Planning Accounting 52

PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2017

Visa’s push into mobile payments continues when late last month it announced its strategic investment in Klarna, the 12-year-old, Sweden-based startup focused on payments and POS financing that counts 70,000 eCommerce sites among its 65 to 70 million customer roster throughout 18 countries.

Investments 40

Investments Compliance Banking Sales 40

PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

Startups are full of surprises, sometimes even for the people who found them. Second, those evolving relationships are throwing off and taking in ever larger amounts of data, and managing, processing and leveraging that data isn’t exactly terribly straightforward. Such was the experience of FluidAI co-founder and CEO Abhinav Aggarwal.

Banking 43

Banking Compliance Retail Technology 43

PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2016

In financial services, it’s really about starting with the consumer and making sure you are innovating around the consumer need, then leveraging that change,” one panelist noted. Many agreed that the biggest thing they hoped to one day see throughout the industry is invisible payments, but the roadmap of how to get there remains unclear.

Securities 41

Securities Leadership Compliance Banking 41

Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 24, 2023

And what was interesting was the first leveraged buyout of a public company happened when I was in graduate school. KLINSKY: In 1979, it was the first leveraged buyout of a public company. We had sold the family business, maybe buy another family business one day through a leveraged buyout. KLINSKY: Yeah.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 103

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Leverage Numbers 103

Spreadym

AUGUST 10, 2023

When choosing the best financial reporting software solution, it's important to consider factors such as ease of use, scalability, integration with existing systems, compliance with accounting standards, cost, customer support, and any unique requirements your organization might have.

Financial Reporting 52

Financial Reporting Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) CFO Accounting Standards 52

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Among other things, it makes running a footrace with FinTech startups — tough. A statement that triggered a logical follow-up question: In the face of global regulations and massive compliance complexities, can big banks really move fast? It’s not easy dealing with 200 years of legacy, technology and compliance debt,” she noted.

Compliance 94

Compliance Banking Leverage Startups 94

Centage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

When leveraged correctly, a forecast is useful for implementing innovative decisions and changing strategies. When you understand the role financial forecasting plays in your business operations, you can successfully leverage financial forecasting methods. This method is critical for startups without historical data.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 98

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Planning Forecasting Profit and Loss 98

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

WENGER: Yeah, that had really been my goal since my own first startup in ’96, ‘97, which was a company called W3Health that ultimately failed. From that experience, I realized that I really loved startups, but then I was never going to be good operator, but I thought I could maybe be a decent investor. Why is that?

Valuation 117

Valuation Investments Marketing Technology 117

Centage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

When leveraged correctly, a forecast is useful for implementing innovative decisions and changing strategies. When you understand the role financial forecasting plays in your business operations, you can successfully leverage financial forecasting methods. This method is critical for startups without historical data.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 52

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Planning Forecasting Profit and Loss 52