CFO News Room

JANUARY 8, 2023

By fall of 2022, NFT markets were down 90% , we’d entered a cold crypto winter, and a bustling metaverse was still more of a dream than reality. Doing this requires the board to prioritize budget for upgrading IT foundations that enable speed, security, resiliency, and reusability. The cloud is changing security.

Budgeting 130

Budgeting Securities Economics Technology 130

Future CFO

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

We onboarded with Docusign to facilitate more secure digital signatures for transactional and legal documents. We also started to utilise Power BI for the creation of consolidated reporting materials that are easy to digest instead of referring to heavy excel sheets for the numbers. “We

Treasury 98

Treasury Cash Management Restructuring Accounts Payable 98

PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

New customers for Amazon grocery delivery will be directed to a waitlist so the eCommerce giant can concentrate on fulfilling backlogged orders, the company said on Sunday (April 12). In the coming weeks, we will launch a new feature that will allow customers to secure time to shop.

Concentration 71

Concentration eCommerce Securities Sales 71

Musings on Markets

MAY 5, 2023

The overarching questions for us all are whether this crisis will spread to the rest of the economy and market, as it did in 2008, and how banking as a business, at least in the US, will be reshaped by this crisis, and while I am more a dabbler than an expert in banking, I am going to try answering those questions.

Banking 76

Banking Profit and Loss Securities Investments 76

PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

is marketed by them. DFA has a number of milk-bottling plants as well as consumer dairy brands. A couple of farm groups have expressed concern that the deal would concentrate milk buyers in different parts of the country. In November, the two entities announced they were looking into making a deal with each other.

Concentration 60

Concentration Securities Sales Retail 60

PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

In addition to grocery stores, online EBT enablement using PIN on Glass technology is also being deployed at two of the nation’s largest farmer’s markets, given the high concentration of EBT customers who are served in those markets. They, too, want to provide more options for payment via online or mobile channels.

Concentration 72

Concentration eCommerce Technology Securities 72

PWC UK

OCTOBER 26, 2021

ESMA will identify any difference in basis available between TC and EU CCPs, and model any concentration add-ons. It will prepare its own estimate, but will ask EU and TC CCPs, as well as a number of market participants, for their estimations. 3 - Other, i.e. general consequences of non-recognition for EU market participants.

Credit Risk 52

Credit Risk Concentration Banking Marketing 52

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Taking the pulse of where we stand coming into the last few months of 2019, deal activity has seemingly been concentrated within the alternative finance and investment arenas. Groww focuses on investment products and services marketed to millennials. Of that, logistics holds sway, at just over 29.5 percent, eCommerce at 23.8

Finance 57

Finance Concentration Startups Investments 57

CFO News Room

JANUARY 17, 2023

As the world’s attention is focused on the war in the Ukraine, it is the human toll, in death and injury, that should get our immediate attention, and you may find a focus on economics and markets to be callous. The Market Reaction. Bond Markets and Default Risk. Equity Markets and Equity Risk Premiums. The Lead In.

Economics 130

Economics Valuation Treasury Forecasting 130

Corporate Finance Lab

MARCH 27, 2023

The impact on the market of corporate control First, one may wonder what the impact of these two brand-new FDI screening mechanisms will be on the Benelux market for corporate control. [1] According to this theory, hostile takeovers serve as a device for discipling the target company’s incumbent management. [5]

Economics 57

Economics Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Concentration 57

The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 27, 2023

Encompassing tasks such as analyzing financial data, creating budgets and forecasts, managing accounting processes, and ensuring tax adherence and regulatory compliance, these advanced solutions empower finance teams to concentrate on strategic decision-making and higher-value tasks. What is Datarails’, FP&A Genius?

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 52

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Planning Forecasting Budgeting 52

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Some of the companies leading the omnicommerce charge recently concentrated their efforts on introducing innovative plans to expand both their consumer base and also bolster their payment offerings.

Concentration 74

Concentration eCommerce Retail Securities 74

The Finance Weekly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Entrepreneurs are typically smart engineers who have created a revolutionary product or creative marketing professionals who have identified an underserved customer base or a market need. While this may not be a full-time role in the early growth stages, it does necessitate self-discipline, concentration, and dedication.

Startups 52

Startups Finance CFO Forecasting 52

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

This interview of Richard Kozul-White of UNCTAD cover a very broad scope of economic issues from the developing country perspective: how unregulated financial markets have hindered emerging countries, how the Global Financial Crisis market failure has been ignored, and how even before Covid, these countries were facing a decade of lost growth.

Economics 100

Economics Concentration Investments Finance 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

With the recent global explosion in skincare and wellness products, there are all kinds of stories of how various entrepreneurs wound their way into the market. 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.”.

Concentration 43

Concentration Manufacturing Leverage Marketing 43

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

smartphone owners now download a grand total of zero apps per month, and most new app downloads are (unsurprisingly) concentrated in the millennial demographic. consumers – the tech giant may see better results in other global markets where smartphone adoption is still in its early stages. More than half of U.S. Third Party.

Concentration 67

Concentration Benchmarking Securities Currencies 67

Musings on Markets

MARCH 19, 2022

As the world's attention is focused on the war in the Ukraine, it is the human toll, in death and injury, that should get our immediate attention, and you may find a focus on economics and markets to be callous. The increase in default spreads was not restricted to foreign markets, as fear also pushed up spreads in the corporate bond market.

Economics 100

Economics Valuation Treasury Forecasting 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2016

PYMNTS: What is the most innovative thing that you have introduced into the market and what value did it deliver to the stakeholder group that was its target? We concentrated on easy integration, appropriate pricing, sales support, client success, and four profitable (for the merchant aggregation points) use cases. And since the U.S.

Concentration 40

Concentration Profit and Loss Technology Sales 40

PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2017

In some ways, the risks facing banks are longstanding: Non-traditional FIs and innovation are forcing banks to rethink their position in the market. The OCC is urging corporate banking firms to upgrade security software and hardware, enhance authentication measures and deploy greater management of privileged user access.

Banking 46

Banking Compliance Currencies Concentration 46

PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

For all that has changed dramatically in the last several weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic, consumers are still looking for the same two core offerings in every transaction, no matter what it is or where it takes place: seamlessness and security. An awful lot of other things have changed all around that core, however.

Securities 129

Securities eCommerce Concentration Accounting 129

Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

When it comes to exploring new revenue streams, expanding market share, and merging or acquiring potential startups, their decisions count. Concurrently, the company concentrated its IT functions in Australia and reducing the number of CIOs to one. Your data centre is no longer behind secured doors.

Finance 52

Finance Budgeting Concentration Technology 52

PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2016

The only way to predict what the emerging payments trends are for today is to seek out the one group of people who has the power to control the entire market: consumers. TSYS does this regularly – and most recently dug into two of its markets — the U.K. Consumers need reassurance that mobile is secure. Even in the U.K.,

Currencies 44

Currencies Concentration Securities Numbers 44

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 2, 2020

In this post, I will argue that there are good reasons for Airbnb's IPO timing, and make my first attempt at valuing this latest entrant into public markets. Acquisitions : As the number of hosts and guests on Airbnb have climbed over the years, the company has invested in building a more robust platform for its rentals.

Profit and Loss 52

Profit and Loss Valuation Investments Numbers 52

PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2018

Most of that can be traced back to trade on illegal online markets and intellectual property theft. It’s why HYAS is approaching the enterprise security sphere with the initiative to take the moles out of the game altogether. Cybercriminals make an estimated $1.5 trillion every year from cybercrime.

Concentration 41

Concentration Communication Securities Numbers 41

PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2017

PYMNTS caught up with Dennis Duckworth, senior director of product marketing, to find out how VoltDB is supporting retailers and others to keep up in the digital world. PYMNTS: Can you give me some personnel growth numbers? . DD: Fast, early customer wins gave us a distorted view of where we fit in the market.

Retail 44

Retail Concentration Advertising eCommerce 44

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.

B2C 49

B2C Concentration Leverage Investments 49

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 24, 2022

So there are a number of us heading in out of college into the BLS. So litigation around unfair competition or the like, a company would pull in our expert witness and I was part of the team to put together the case to explain the market size or the market share or what have you. It’s not just their security.

Investments 52

Investments Valuation Benchmarking Marketing 52

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

Should you add more to marketing or in collections, right? ” Who are the number one users of TurboTax? Yeah, they were pioneers in emerging markets and really kind of global equity. As the big banks moved upscale, they left a void underneath and private markets stepped right in. I don’t want to deal with it.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 85

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Finance Technology 85

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

With 2 million customers that buy from a growing number of 12,000 merchants on the platform every day, making purchases across different verticals, Kleckner said restaurants remain a top category of the local commerce Delivery.com facilitates. “We KW: Why did you decide to approach the hyperlocal market in this way?

Leverage 46

Leverage Advertising Concentration Numbers 46

PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

Most of that spend will be concentrated in the U.S., trillion; on security-related hardware, software and services at 10 percent a year from a 2018 base of $91.4 They’re also using software and cryptographic techniques and permissioned-based networks to digitize and move assets around the world faster and in a secure, compliant manner.

Banking 73

Banking Investments Concentration Accounting 73

Simply Treasury

JULY 12, 2021

Paradoxically, "retail" developments are often faster and more intense than "corporate" developments, notably for reasons of security and integration into the IT systems of large companies. Number of fintech’s, but for whom? We could not name the solutions given their huge number. What are they doing in such situations?

Treasury 130

Treasury Cash Flow Forecasting Concentration Finance 130

Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

The first is that there is no risk that the issuer of the security will default on their contractual commitments. If you do assume that markets will price away this excess profit, you then have the basis for the models that are used to value options and other derivative assets.

Investments 80

Investments Currencies Treasury Hurdle Rate 80

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. Adoption: The number of people who’ve tried the service once has tripled since launch. Apple Pay total adoption is up – as defined by the total number of people in the U.S.

Numbers 66

Numbers Concentration Technology Retail 66

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

This is the approach that a number of automakers are embracing. The system assigns scores to each critical component and commodity based on types of risks, such as environmental, geopolitical, lead time for production capacity, and geographic concentration of suppliers.

Concentration 130

Concentration Prioritization Investments Manufacturing 130

CFO Thought Leader

APRIL 15, 2024

This principle of concentrated effort not only transformed his approach to investment management but also became a guiding principle throughout his career, which includes his latest stint as CFO of Semperis, a leading cybersecurity firm. Top-of-mind for Bray is a careful analysis of sales productivity and pricing integrity.

CFO 52

CFO Investments Concentration Restructuring 52

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Combined with growing advisor (and consumer) interest in comprehensive financial planning services, the number of ways advisors can add value for their clients has expanded greatly. Luckily, advisors have a large number of ways to add value to their clients’ lives (more than 101 in fact!), Author: Adam Van Deusen. Team Kitces.

Tax Planning 130

Tax Planning Planning Investments Profit and Loss 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

directly via email: Resources Featured In This Episode: Looking for sample client service calendars, marketing plans, and more? And so, that’s how this actually started was, at first, I knew I wanted to just get a deeper dive into our numbers, into our business, our process, and, so, I engaged in the CFO solutions services.

Leverage 130

Leverage Planning Concentration Tax Planning 130