CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Rapidly rising interest rates and in some cases the risk of an associated currency mismatch makes life harder for borrowers. And there’s a very, very serious danger now of a vicious circle taking hold in which, as interest rates rise, international investors become nervous about the investments they’ve made in the developing world.

Economics 100

Economics Concentration Investments Finance 100

Musings on Markets

MARCH 19, 2022

Consequently, I will concentrate this post on how this crisis is playing out in markets, and the effects it has had, so far, on businesses and investments, and whether these effects are likely to be transient or permanent. In fact, since trading has been suspended on both indices, the extent of the damage is probably understated.

Economics 100

Economics Valuation Treasury Forecasting 100

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. More than half of U.S. Google Play Malware Defense.

Concentration 67

Concentration Benchmarking Securities Currencies 67

PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

According to a Crunchbase article published in February of 2018, investments in blockchain and blockchain-related startups (excluding initial coin offerings, or ICOs) were already 40 percent of what they were in 2017. And in 2017, those investments were off-the-charts nuts. Most of that spend will be concentrated in the U.S.,

Banking 73

Banking Investments Concentration Accounting 73

PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2016

His disdain isn’t because money is germ-laden paper passed from who-knows-who doing who-knows-what with it, but because he says it’s the currency of criminals. It’s not the safest thing to do, nor is it the most financially sophisticated, but it makes some people feel secure. They’d figure something out. In fact, they already have.

Currencies 41

Currencies Banking Accounting Budgeting 41

The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 13, 2021

As much of the developed world reopens, many businesses are optimistic and looking to invest in a new era of growth. Company leadership can evaluate which investments make the most financial sense and have the greatest potential for continued revenue development by simulating various scenarios, products, and market circumstances.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 52

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Economics Risk Management Reconciliations 52

PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

It’s been nearly two years – 20 months to be precise — since it was launched after significant investments in engineering, marketing and promotion. The card provisioning is elegant, the user experience secure, the tap-and-go a magical experience. UNDERESTIMATING THE VALUE OF TIME AS A CURRENCY. Solving The Wrong Problem.

Numbers 66

Numbers Concentration Technology Retail 66

PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2017

Its creator, the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, gave it all of the qualities of cash, but in a digital format: peer-to-peer transfer of a currency in the absence of any intermediary that is pretty much anonymous — only wallet IDs are shared. There’s only so many things you can buy on the dark web though.

Math 62

Math Currencies Startups Concentration 62

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2017

It’s a storyline with some very strong parallels to the cryptocurrency stories being told and the investments that they now garner. These early advocates have stimulated a vast amount of investment into this vision; $1.7 billion has been invested into bitcoin/crypto-related ventures over the last eight years.

Currencies 71

Currencies Concentration Financial Systems Investments 71

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Perhaps the time is ripe as never before for talking about when and why to invest in blockchain assets, AKA bitcoin, in the wake of an election that has injected uncertainty into just where the United States may be headed in terms of fiscal and monetary policy over the next four years. They also like the dollar, too, Webster pointed out.).

Concentration 82

Concentration Currencies Investments Education 82

PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

Banks have invested time and money into creating their own virtual assistants to give consumers access to their bank account information via their mobile phones. That firm, GSR, previously invested $160 million in tZERO tokens during its ICO in June. On the heels of that news, Overstock’s shares spiked 20 percent.

Banking 44

Banking Transportation Investments Currencies 44

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

31, 2018, will mark the 10th anniversary of the day that a link to a paper , authored by Satoshi Nakamoto , describing the digital currency called bitcoin was first publicly circulated. Ten years after bitcoin launched, it remains the go-to currency of criminals and a way for cybercrooks to wash their money. The end of this month, Oct.

Currencies 85

Currencies Concentration Financial Systems Leverage 85

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 26, 2023

He is Chief Equity technical strategist at B of A Securities, and he’s a double threat. And I think you will also, with no further ado, my conversation with B of A Securities, Steven Sutt Meyer. I don’t think I’m allowed to do that at, at b of a security. I find his work to be very informative and very useful.

Marketing 61

Marketing Leadership Finance Investments 61