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What Investors Need to Know

CFO News Room

We specifically mentioned three cryptocurrencies in this article, but there are actually more than 10,000 coins in the crypto world, so it’s important to categorize the coins before making investment decisions. Categories include smart contract platforms , media and entertainment (metaverse) , DeFi , and infrastructure applications. .

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A Business Upended: Streaming disrupts the Entertainment Business!

Musings on Markets

The recent troubles in entertainment, though, reflect a longer term disruption that has occurred in the business, with the rise of streaming as an alternative to the traditional platforms for movies and television shows. That said, the movie business remained concentrated, with the biggest players dominating each segment of the business.

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Where Is Tech Going in 2023?

CFO News Room

Leaders will have to search for ways to do more with less, find value where innovations overlap, and strategically invest in technologies that are hitting a tipping point. When looking at how you plan to invest in technologies over the next year, try to think holistically and consider how they make work together to unlock new opportunities.

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Affirm’s IPO Filing Shows Narrowing Losses, Surging GMV And BNPL’s Growing Appeal

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Customer Concentration . As for the pandemic, Affirm noted in the filing that “our revenue from merchant partners in the travel, hospitality and entertainment industries declined, but we saw a significant increase in revenue from merchant partners offering home fitness equipment, home office products and home furnishings.”. a year ago.

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SoundHound Raises $100M In A New Round Of Funding

PYMNTS

“We believe that connectivity in vehicles will become a part of everyday life in the near future, and it will soon be possible to control entertainment, navigation and real-time driving information by voice command,” said Sajjad Khan, VP of Digital Vehicle & Mobility at Daimler, which invested in the company.

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CFO Leadership Council Highlights Our First 10 DEI Ascend Honorees

CFO Leadership

Kim Ngyuen came to the US from Vietnam to further her education and obtained her MBA with a concentration in Accounting at Albertus Magnus College. Indri Ongko, Controller, Western Technology Investment. Indri Ongko, Controller, Western Technology Investment.

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Transcript: Tom Hancock, GMO

Barry Ritholtz

I love finding these people who are just absolute rock stars within their space that most of the investing public probably is not familiar with, haven’t heard about them. Tremendous track record, unusual background comes from computer science and software and, and pivoted into quantitative investing. Really fascinating guy.