Future CFO

APRIL 22, 2024

Source: Gartner 10 digital must-do for CFOs With the new advancements in technology that are coming in left and right, finance leaders and teams are expected to face challenges in talent, what with all the requisites of attraction, acquisition, and retraining. Yes, companies are doing that.

Finance 98

Finance Budgeting Accounts Payable Concentration 98

Future CFO

JANUARY 2, 2024

In the face of the severe economy situation and the internal and external challenges of enterprises, CFOs expanded role sees them leading transformation initiatives and increasingly turning to technology as an enabler. Seventy-seven percent of the respondents reported expectations of them had increased over the past two years.

Economics 52

Economics Concentration CFO Invoicing 52

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 30, 2023

When she returned to Franklin Templeton, she rotated through various divisions, including investment management, distribution, technology, operations, and high-net-worth. The day Tesla was added to the S&P 500, it became a much riskier investment based on volatility and concentration.

Concentration 52

Concentration Restructuring Leadership Investments 52

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 8, 2023

When she returned to Franklin Templeton, she rotated through various divisions, including investment management, distribution, technology, operations, and high-net-worth. The day Tesla was added to the S&P 500, it became a much riskier investment based on volatility and concentration.

Concentration 65

Concentration Restructuring Leadership Investments 65

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 10, 2023

My back-to-work morning train WFH reads: • What exactly is your problem with stock index concentration? Ever since artificial intelligence was invented eight months ago, people have been writing about the rising concentration of stock indices. Everyone says this much concentration is bad, because obviously.

Concentration 52

Concentration Prioritization Leadership Economics 52

Future CFO

JULY 17, 2023

Global corporate treasury leaders can serve as particularly essential strategic advisers right now— if they can harness the right data, analysis, and technology strategy to navigate choppy market conditions. 3) Enhance working capital management. Treasurers should leverage cash forecasts to achieve better cash conversion.

Treasury 98

Treasury Forecasting Cash Management Concentration 98

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The technology relating to digital assets, including blockchain, is new and developing and the risks associated with digital assets may not fully emerge until the technology is widely used. Small- and medium-capitalization companies may be subject to elevated risks.

Concentration 130

Concentration Investments Securities Currencies 130

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Also in industry news this week: Most businesses that operate in the U.S., Also in industry news this week: Most businesses that operate in the U.S.,

Concentration 91

Concentration Practice Management Treasury Numbers 91

Fpanda Club

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Stress testing or plan for the worst Whether of political, economic, societal, technological or environmental origin, overall, black swans may have rather similar severe impact on the firm’s activities and performance. These weaknesses pushed to their limit values or modeled in the extreme conditions are used to generate stress scenarios.

Concentration 130

Concentration Forecasting Risk Management Risk Analysis 130

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 25, 2023

As outreach and distribution technologies improve, influencer payoffs and income inequality change non-monotonically. More powerful influencers sell better-quality products, but pluralism in style mitigates market concentration by effectively differentiating consumer experience.

Concentration 103

Concentration Treasury Economics Marketing 103

The Finance Weekly

MAY 5, 2024

Crafting and implementing the best possible sales technology stack to support sales operations, including automation tools, CRM systems, and communication platforms. Execution - Evaluate the necessary resources, and identify potential risks and dependencies among various factors such as budget, technology, data, and anticipated shifts.

Planning 52

Planning Sales Forecasting Strategic Planning 52

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Resilience, inclusive growth, and technology-enabled development – the Budget 2022 by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman aims to create an enabling framework to achieve these three benchmarks. By Vidit Aatrey.

Budgeting 130

Budgeting Manufacturing Economics Concentration 130

Future CFO

JULY 4, 2023

Tax leaders who consider transforming their tax and finance functions by leveraging data and the latest technologies will probably have an easier time complying with changing laws and regulations while their tax and finance functions may be better positioned to provide more strategic value to their organisations.” The post BEPS 2.0:

Finance 52

Finance Concentration Invoicing Compliance 52

PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology company Ariel AI has been acquired by Snap. Ariel AI had been concentrating on a type of AI called computer vision, which is used to develop augmented reality (AR) functionalities, CNBC reported. Ariel AI had landed $1.1 Ariel AI was established in the U.K.

Startups 77

Startups Concentration Leverage Retail 77

PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

While Ant calls itself a financial technology company (FinTech), China’s financial regulators are starting to view it as being more like a bank. That’s based on possible proposals from Chinese regulators to curb market concentration in the country’s online payments market. At the time, Ant was worth an estimated $316 billion.

Concentration 95

Concentration Economics Banking Planning 95

E78 Partners

APRIL 12, 2024

When companies grow rapidly via organic and inorganic M&A, there can be a severe strain on the people, process, and technology infrastructure to support the growing enterprise. But when will you know you have overextended your organization’s ability to manage this growth?

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 59

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Concentration Restructuring Planning 59

PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

Klook concentrated on two main areas: digitizing the experiences booking sector and launching new verticals like staycations and car rentals. With this new funding, we have additional ammunition to accelerate our technology innovation, and truly transform and empower this space for future growth.”.

Concentration 96

Concentration Technology Marketing Investments 96

Future CFO

AUGUST 7, 2023

Gartner predicts the concentration of pretrained AI models among 1% of AI vendors by 2025 will make responsible AI a societal concern. Solutions such as AI-specific data management, synthetic data and data labelling technologies, aim to solve many data challenges, including accessibility, volume, privacy, security, complexity and scope.

Concentration 52

Concentration Data Analysis Compliance Investments 52

Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

More than 80% of respondents reported that their organisations are more vulnerable to cyber risk due to the expanded use of technology. Cybersecurity risks, cited by 50% of respondents, remain the number one most challenging risk for treasury professionals to manage.

Treasury 52

Treasury Risk Management Concentration Economics 52

Future CFO

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Adopting new technologies, including AI-powered financial solutions, can help automate vital financial planning processes, accelerate reporting cycles, and ensure budgeting and forecasting are more accurate. Furthermore, CFOs can prioritise a focused set of high-impact initiatives rather than trying to do everything at once.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Concentration Finance Forecasting 52

PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2020

Siri is getting an assistant by way of the artificial intelligence startup Voysis , which Apple acquired to improve natural language technology, according to a Bloomberg report on Friday (April 3). . Headquartered in Dublin, Voysis has been concentrating its efforts on enhancing digital assistants that are integrated with shopping apps.

Startups 64

Startups Concentration Technology Planning 64

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

I recognize the absurdity of so much wealth being concentrated in the hands of one person, and I believe the only responsible thing to do with a fortune this size is give it away—as thoughtfully and impactfully as possible,” Ms. including paid-leave policies, and getting more women in technology and to run for public office.

Prioritization 130

Prioritization Concentration Investments Technology 130

Future CFO

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Private fund firms are now putting idle cash to work in money market funds (MMFs), which has the dual benefit of earning a yield from cash holdings in addition to mitigating concentration risk. The second benefit is improved risk management.

Cash Management 52

Cash Management Marketing Treasury Concentration 52

Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 1, 2023

Tech Concentration : Yes, a handful of giant tech stocks are driving market gains. I keep wondering why technology is only 29% of the S&P500… Expensive Markets : There is this fantasy that markets should always revert back to fair value. Never forget: Forecasts are marketing.

Forecasting 98

Forecasting Concentration Valuation Economics 98

CFO News Room

JANUARY 8, 2023

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. A group of McKinsey’s technology practice leaders have taken a look at what 2023 might hold, and offer a few new year’s tech resolutions to consider.

Budgeting 130

Budgeting Securities Economics Technology 130

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In explaining the creation of the new rules and enforcers, authorities wrote in the announcement that technology brings much good, but "there is growing consensus in the U.K.

Marketing 75

Marketing Concentration Advertising Numbers 75

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 15, 2023

As it’s currently imagined, the technology promises to concentrate wealth and disempower workers. Bonds : Short-term costs for insuring U.S. bonds are skyrocketing, and the long-term effects of repeated flirtations with debt default are already a burden, our columnist says. ( doomers are focused on the wrong threat.

Math 57

Math Concentration Construction Leverage 57

Future CFO

AUGUST 14, 2023

Emerging risks for enterprises now includes AI as technologies such as ChatGPT and Google Bard has become widely available, said Gartner recently. Cybersecurity Hackers are always testing new technologies for ways to subvert it for their own ends, and generative AI is no different. Challenges outside the supply chain.

Concentration 52

Concentration Benchmarking Auditing Leadership 52

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 16, 2023

Economists have lamented the growing coastal concentration of their wealth. Fact and fiction frequently collide when it comes to the technology we use in our daily lives. Major coastal metros have been hubs of the kind of educated workers coveted most by high-powered employers and economic development officials.

Concentration 103

Concentration Leverage Economics Education 103

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Form3 , which works in cloud-native payment technology, will work with Countingup , the U.K.-based They will work with Countingup's long-time partner PPS, which works in processing, banking technology and issuing. Tim Fouracre , Countingup CEO and founder, said all of this “simplifies running a business.”.

Concentration 66

Concentration Accounting Banking Finance 66

PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

The greatest health crisis in a generation is poised to accelerate innovation at the intersection of healthcare , technology and payments as never before. And the retailer ponied up a reported $200 million for pieces of Seattle-based startup CareZone ’s technology, which personalizes prescription drug management for individuals.

Healthcare 87

Healthcare Concentration Startups Retail 87

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Data science company Enigma Technologies has debuted a strategic collaboration with Verisk Financial , which will help to boost insights into companies' financial health, Enigma announced in a Monday (Feb. Enigma Technologies collects and analyzes data on the health and identity of all U.S. 1) press release. businesses.

Analyzing Data 49

Analyzing Data Concentration Technology Investments 49

The Finance Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Delegating responsibilities allows for concentrated efforts on both strategic planning and operational tasks. Closing Skill Gaps and Embracing New Technologies In the field of FP&A, it's common to face challenges related to a lack of skills and the need for ongoing training, especially as new technologies and tools become available.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 59

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Strategic Planning Concentration Data Analysis 59

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Verge ) But see Generative AI’s iPhone Moment : Google’s long-awaited Gemini model shows that the technology is losing its magic. ( The concentration in the S&P500 continues to increase, and the ten largest stocks now make up 35% of the index Source: Torsten Slok, Apollo Global Sign up for our reads-only mailing list here.

Profit and Loss 52

Profit and Loss Concentration Benchmarking Retail 52

PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

Wish’s filing follows a number of startups, including Snowflake, Palantir Technologies and Asana, seeking opportunities amid a crush of investors, Reuters reported. The filing comes on the heels of the popular mobile shopping app raising $300 million in a recent Series H funding round.

eCommerce 70

eCommerce Concentration Valuation Startups 70

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

3) that it has completed its multimillion-dollar acquisition of CPS Payment Services , a B2B payments and accounts payable (AP) automation technology provider. Repay Holdings said on Tuesday (Nov.

Accounts Payable 56

Accounts Payable Reconciliations B2B Concentration 56

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

That could happen under Chinese regulators’ proposals to curb market concentration in the country’s online payments market, Ant, best known for its Alipay payments service, calls itself a financial technology company (FinTech). Bloomberg reported Thursday (Jan.

Concentration 56

Concentration Valuation Banking Marketing 56