PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Failing to properly secure consumers’ online payments can have costly consequences for merchants that are also trying to meet the need for more payment variety. Using automated technologies that can create that necessary fraud barrier also means that retailers can concentrate more on responding to consumers’ changing payment needs.

Concentration 79

Concentration Retail Leverage Entertainment 79

PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

We see large and small brands/retailers leveraging Instagram’s leading reach, data, and ‘browsing/aspirational’ behavior to grow their online businesses.”. Security firm UpGuard posted about the news on April 3. Nowak said advertisers could potentially be willing to pay up to 10 percent commission on sales from click-through ads.

eCommerce 57

eCommerce Advertising Concentration Leverage 57

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

According to PYM NTS’ research, 57 percent of all FIs will focus on this area over the next three years, making it the highest item on an agenda that also includes user experience, consumer engagement, and fraud and security. We found that 52 percent of all FIs will concentrate on this area over the next three years.

Concentration 60

Concentration Banking Leverage Technology 60

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Uber is leveraging its platform assets, and its critical mass of drivers and consumer users, to find new sources of value for its platform and the stakeholders who are part of it,” wrote Webster. Khosrowshahi said the users who leverage both apps are “the most satisfied customers,” and that the relationship “becomes closer.”

Concentration 53

Concentration Construction Leverage Transportation 53

VCFO

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

What’s critical to understand today is that the intensity of the environmental factors we now face is going to be matched by a similarly intense and concentrated period of businesses changing positions along this continuum – some for the better, and some for the worse.

Concentration 77

Concentration CFO Strategic Planning Practice Management 77

CFO Share

APRIL 11, 2024

But many fear remote bookkeeping exposes them to security risks – hackers, fraudsters, and embezzlement – especially if the virtual bookkeeping solutions use employees in foreign countries. Bookkeeping security risks are always a valid concern, especially since internal staff perpetrate 57% of small business fraud.

Securities 52

Securities CFO Education Auditing 52

PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2016

Ninety percent of the $10 trillion “push” payments market opportunity is concentrated in a variety of disbursements made between businesses and consumers that today rely on cash, checks and ACH to move money between those parties. Cecelia Frew, SVP of Visa Direct U.S.

Planning 50

Planning Concentration Healthcare Accounting 50

CFO Simplified

APRIL 15, 2022

But it also provides additional security for the company. Customer concentration had become an ever-bigger problem as borrowing increased. Significant Findings and Recommendations: Reduce Customer Concentration. Many companies view 20% of your total sales as a limit on customer concentration. Location – Chicago, Illinois.

Concentration 52

Concentration Profit and Loss Sales B2C 52

PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

FinTech investments targeting B2B and corporate services spanned the globe, with particular concentration this past week in SMB lending across India and Europe. The new funding will be slated to boost company operations, with plans to build the world’s first full stack products and services for autonomous security. ScaleFactor.

B2B 46

B2B Accounts Payable Concentration Leverage 46

The Finance Weekly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

While this may not be a full-time role in the early growth stages, it does necessitate self-discipline, concentration, and dedication. Hence, the CFO must be able to , narrate the financial story that complements the company's vision, strategy, and product offerings to secure and retain investors.

Startups 52

Startups Finance CFO Forecasting 52

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

More appropriately called the concentrated market power of global finance and the multinational corporate structures that dominate the market under the auspices of the hands-off model. And more specifically vulnerabilities linked to the concentrated structure of global production. And that needs to be exploited.

Economics 100

Economics Concentration Investments Finance 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

All in, the company sells over 35 SKUs of skincare and bath and body products that are “formulated with pure, active, highly concentrated vitamins, minerals and botanicals.”. The brand’s “big break” moment occurred after they had been in business for about four years, when in 2015 it secured a spot on the shelves at Sephora.

Concentration 43

Concentration Manufacturing Leverage Marketing 43

PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2017

The OCC is urging corporate banking firms to upgrade security software and hardware, enhance authentication measures and deploy greater management of privileged user access. Many banks have increasingly leveraged and become dependent on third-party service providers to support key operations within their banks,” the report stated.

Banking 46

Banking Compliance Currencies Concentration 46

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2017

Looking at the geographic concentration of activity, the US was the most active region, with 47 percent of activity, followed by China at 41 percent. OrderGroove announced back in mid-January the close of a $20 million Series C round of venture funding led by National Securities Corporation. They’re now circling your brand.

B2C 49

B2C Concentration Leverage Investments 49

PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2017

For retail specifically, the top performers are going to be the retailers who leverage the power of fast data to drive their business. Or enabling fast, secure mobile payment, to eliminate the checkout counters of yesteryear. PYMNTS: What is next? What does the future look like? Or even virtual retail environments.

Retail 44

Retail Concentration Advertising eCommerce 44

Future CFO

MARCH 7, 2021

It’s important to learn from different industries and leverage each other’s best practices to create a more diverse and inclusive business environment. Microsoft’s effort in promoting diversity and inclusion has empowered colleagues from all walks of lives to achieve their ambitions. Soriano: Women need to advocate for other women.

Finance 52

Finance SAP Leadership CFO 52

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

As consumers have become more comfortable to pass credit card information online in a secure way, there’s a growing number of people that use mobile devices not just for communicating but now for transacting, so the timing was right for something like this to operate and grow. JK: We did that a couple different ways.

Leverage 46

Leverage Advertising Concentration Numbers 46

PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

The card provisioning is elegant, the user experience secure, the tap-and-go a magical experience. OpenTable retrenched and instead concentrated on building a critical mass of consumers and restaurants in cities that then gave them the ability to expand with a critical mass of both in tow. Solving The Wrong Problem.

Numbers 66

Numbers Concentration Technology Retail 66

PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

We also saw a 350 percent increase last year in customers sending live payments, and we’re beginning to see more customers flip the switch and leverage XRP for on-demand liquidity.”. The ability to make QR code payments offers our customers convenient and secure alternatives to carrying cash.”.

Concentration 62

Concentration Banking Leverage Economics 62

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Another area where advisor expertise can add value for clients is in the decision-making process surrounding employee stock options or an otherwise concentrated stock position. leveraging trusts when appropriate, and selecting the optimal assets for charitable giving. Psychology Of Financial Planning.

Tax Planning 130

Tax Planning Planning Investments Profit and Loss 130

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 26, 2022

stocks (which have a lengthy track record of outperforming inflation over long time horizons) and Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS). The first of these questions asks clients to dream about their future and freedom, brainstorming how they would live their life if they were financially secure.

Planning 130

Planning Benchmarking Profit and Loss Communication 130

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The most prominent of which is Facet Wealth, which has stated a goal of getting advisors up to 250 clients/advisor by leveraging their own proprietary technology to make their advisors maximally productive. It’s the physical security protections that ensure the money cannot be stolen by thieves.

Planning 130

Planning Technology Valuation Communication 130

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2017

But they do exist – and CanPay has made it easy for them to become part of an integrated, interoperable, secure payments network into which dispensary business can lawfully be paid using a digital method of payment – and not cash. Dispensary owners especially want to normalize their businesses,” Eide said.

Concentration 47

Concentration Accounting Banking Currencies 47

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

You do the math and you’re like, “Okay, well, an advisor can handle about 100 clients, an associate advisor can help with some of those clients, you can leverage maybe an associate advisor with a couple of advisors, but there’s a capacity limit for each of the roles.” And then we have the 0% cap. Cean: Correct.

Restructuring 130

Restructuring Planning Accounting Marketing 130

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 6, 2022

And we were very lucky because we were able to secure this ticker, RATE, which is definitely a very young product. So if it’s, for example, a strategy tracking a Nasdaq Index, or an S&P, or a MSCI, typically, you leverage an index that is already available through the index providers. RITHOLTZ: Yeah.

Investments 61

Investments Marketing Numbers Risk Management 61

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Innovators also find new use cases for these new currencies, including Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), to raise money to fund innovation outside of the realm of existing securities regulation. Bitcoin’s core principle of anonymity is anathema to operating a safe and secure global financial system. At least I hope so.

Currencies 71

Currencies Concentration Financial Systems Investments 71

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Stock as collateral for debt : The motive for the stock price manipulation, at least according to Hindenburg, is that some of the debt in the Adani companies has been backed up or secured by shares in the company, with a higher market capitalization then allowing these companies to borrow more than they should.

Marketing 130

Marketing Investments Auditing Restructuring 130

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Stock as collateral for debt : The motive for the stock price manipulation, at least according to Hindenburg, is that some of the debt in the Adani companies has been backed up or secured by shares in the company, with a higher market capitalization then allowing these companies to borrow more than they should.

Investments 100

Investments Valuation Auditing Restructuring 100

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And of course, I was well known, and I think they had a lot of anxiety about security and other things. I mean, he actually expected a lot of me, in a very loving, respectful way, but he was teaching me kind of the power of concentration and focus. They were fairly strict, not in any kind of harsh way, but fairly helicoptering way.

Leadership 100

Leadership Problem Solving Entertainment Concentration 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Bitcoin’s processing operation is highly concentrated within a handful of miners in China — which is getting more concentrated now, since the price of bitcoin has crashed and fewer players can afford to keep the lights on (literally, since bitcoin processing requires a massive amount of electricity). The Talk Of The Blockchain Tech.

Currencies 85

Currencies Concentration Financial Systems Leverage 85

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 4, 2023

In their case, it was called Chase Securities, it’s now JPMorgan Securities. KENCEL: — and the ability of banks to consolidate and form their own investment banking and their own securities businesses led banks to effectively was a higher margin business, right? KENCEL: So, now, leverage is lower.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 57

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Finance Investments Banking 57

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

It is not just about changing the capacity of the missiles; it’s about changing the concept of national security … If China attacks Taiwan, it will threaten the lives of the Japanese. China does have a history of using its economic clout as leverage and Japan has experienced it first-hand. Source link.

Manufacturing 100

Manufacturing Economics Investments Securities 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Consumers will often be willing to trade some privacy for more utility,” Sondhi said, noting that this trade is predicated on the consumer believing their data is still being kept secure, and on seeing a tangible value in the exchange. Markets like Australia, which has a highly concentrated banking and retail system, make ignition easier.

Banking 75

Banking Concentration Marketing Communication 75

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

What did was the ability of my AI-enabled, voice-activated personal assistant to save me time, allow me to connect with her in a number of ways — via an app on any smartphone or a slew of devices that she now powers — and to get me what I wanted without a lot of friction, securely. Apps as commerce gateways have stalled too.

Sales 51

Sales Retail Advertising Leverage 51

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

What did was the ability of my AI-enabled, voice-activated personal assistant to save me time, allow me to connect with her in a number of ways — via an app on any smartphone or a slew of devices that she now powers — and to get me what I wanted without a lot of friction, securely. Apps as commerce gateways have stalled too.

Sales 44

Sales Retail Advertising Leverage 44

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 31, 2023

I was hired to cover, I think, securities litigation or insurance regulation, something like truly technical and awful. They’d come into the pandemic incredibly leveraged, huge amounts of debt. RITHOLTZ: Sounds dry and tedious, but. And so he says, “I think the market is not aware of the risks here.” Okay, how do I express it?

Treasury 52

Treasury Economics Retail Entertainment 52

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Pundits continue to expect “SECURE 2.0” Among other restrictions in the proposal, only one broker would be permitted to work at each RSL, the broker would not be allowed to meet with clients or handle securities or funds at the location, and the broker would be required to use the parent firm’s electronic communication system.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 130

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Profit and Loss Investments Valuation 130