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

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 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 technology helps small and mid sized firms access loans from banks and other financial providers. The combined total is about $396 million for the week in VC funding.

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

But not only that, I mean, UNCTAD from its inception was focusing on the financing challenges, on the technological challenges that face developing countries as they moved from being politically dependent to being independent economies. And more specifically vulnerabilities linked to the concentrated structure of global production.

Economics 100

Economics Concentration Investments Finance 100

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. The retail landscape is changing fast in the face of new technologies and shifts in buyer behavior and consumer demand. OrderGroove Funds Frictionless Commerce With $20M Series C.

B2C 49

B2C Concentration Leverage Investments 49

PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2017

VoltDB’s cloud-friendly, in-memory database also enables companies in the telecommunications, financial services, ad technology, gaming and other sectors to meet data management challenges posed by the fast-evolving Internet of Things. Or enabling fast, secure mobile payment, to eliminate the checkout counters of yesteryear.

Retail 44

Retail Concentration Advertising eCommerce 44

Future CFO

MARCH 7, 2021

Ng: When it comes to gender equality, finance and technology industries have progressed much recently, but more work can still be done to inspire and empower female talent in these areas: Vyin Ng, Finance Director of Microsoft Hong Kong and Macau. Soriano: Women need to advocate for other women.

Finance 52

Finance SAP Leadership CFO 52

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

The cost of developing technology for a local merchant at scale was really an insurmountable task, and there wasn’t the proliferation of mobile, as well as a means for commerce in a local environment, like there is today. What gave you the idea? In the last 18 months, we’ve also started to operate with partners on a logistic side.

Leverage 46

Leverage Advertising Concentration Numbers 46

PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

So how did one of the most powerful technology companies in the world miss this mark so badly? Apple Pay is a slick use of the technology – there is no question about it. The card provisioning is elegant, the user experience secure, the tap-and-go a magical experience.

Numbers 66

Numbers Concentration Technology Retail 66

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Welcome to the December 2022 issue of the Latest News in Financial #AdvisorTech – where we look at the big news, announcements, and underlying trends and developments that are emerging in the world of technology solutions for financial advisors!

Planning 130

Planning Technology Valuation Communication 130

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

DECEMBER 26, 2022

stocks (which have a lengthy track record of outperforming inflation over long time horizons) and Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS). Furthermore, technological tools are emerging that can help reduce some of the time and resource burden on firm owners to track and analyze their financial data.

Planning 130

Planning Benchmarking Profit and Loss Communication 130

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 6, 2022

And before that, Morgan Stanley, doing technology and operations planning for the wealth and asset management group. which was our Global X Lithium and Battery Technology. And we were very lucky because we were able to secure this ticker, RATE, which is definitely a very young product. BERRUGA: You know, great question.

Investments 60

Investments Marketing Numbers Risk Management 60

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

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

times revenues in the most recent two years. By itself, the surge in pricing multiples is a feature of volatile markets, and it is a phenomenon that we saw with technology companies in the last decade. You see similar movements in the price to book, where the stock has gone from trading under book value to 6.7

Marketing 130

Marketing Investments Auditing Restructuring 130

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

By itself, the surge in pricing multiples is a feature of volatile markets, and it is a phenomenon that we saw with technology companies in the last decade. You see similar movements in the price to book, where the stock has gone from trading under book value to 6.7 times revenues in the most recent two years.

Investments 100

Investments Valuation Auditing Restructuring 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) 56

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Finance Investments Banking 56

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. Japan has no choice but to reinforce their weapons. And Japan is ramping up its military capabilities to meet that perceived challenge.

Manufacturing 100

Manufacturing Economics Investments Securities 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Advances in technology improved the mass production of textiles there and gave rise to new merchant centers outside Istanbul. Earthquakes in the late 1890s weakened the Bazaar’s physical market structure that had already begun to feel the destabilizing impact of the growth of the textile industry in Western Europe decades earlier.

Sales 51

Sales Retail Advertising Leverage 51

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Advances in technology improved the mass production of textiles there and gave rise to new merchant centers outside Istanbul. Earthquakes in the late 1890s weakened the Bazaar’s physical market structure that had already begun to feel the destabilizing impact of the growth of the textile industry in Western Europe decades earlier.

Sales 44

Sales Retail Advertising Leverage 44

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Pundits continue to expect “SECURE 2.0” Nevertheless, the shift could lead some advisors currently using TD to consider changing custodial platforms as they look for the right ‘fit’, both technologically and culturally, to meet their firm’s needs in the future if they don’t want to continue to be a small fish in Schwab’s very large pond!

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 130

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

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. 00:26:19 [Speaker Changed] It, it’s, it’s usually it is aggressive shorts from leveraged funds on s and p futures.

Marketing 60

Marketing Leadership Finance Investments 60

CFO News Room

JANUARY 16, 2023

SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration and linked longitudinal seroprevalence: a spatial analysis of strain mutation, post-COVID-19 vaccination effect, and hospitalization burden forecasting (preprint) medRxiv. Findings: We found strong linear association between wastewater concentration and estimated community prevalence (r=0·916).

Concentration 130

Concentration Economics Forecasting Communication 130

CFO News Room

JANUARY 17, 2023

This could be explained by several factors including insufficient concentration, improper formulation and/or amount of PVP-I, inadequate duration of exposure, inappropriate method of administration, and mucociliary clearance of PVP-I from the nasal cavity. As aforementioned, 0.45–10%

Concentration 130

Concentration Economics Manufacturing Numbers 130