PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

Large corporates across Asia are driving digital transformation of banking and treasury management in the region, according to new analysis from Greenwich Associates. The portion of treasury officials prioritizing digitization has nearly doubled since the fourth quarter of 2018 to 22 percent, the report revealed.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As a provider of back-office financial technology, it's vital to speak with chief finance officer (CFO) and finance executive end-users about what they need and which friction points are giving them the most pain. 1, they want to accelerate the transformation of how work gets done," Gupta told PYMNTS in an interview.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2020

To determine eligibility, the CCFF will assess credit ratings from before the virus hit, and firms with an investment grade rating will be prioritized. In a letter to the BoE this week, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) wrote that the vast majority of U.K.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2018

“Spreadsheet” can be a four-letter word in corporate finance, but analysts say professionals continue to rely on the manual tool for everything from reconciliation to payroll. When looking for automated solutions, CFOs prioritize forecasting abilities as well as dashboards to display data insights.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

This time around, the SBA is prioritizing underserved groups such as minority-owned businesses and will only accept applications from community financial institutions during the first two days after its loan portal opens, said Lendio CEO Brock Blake in an article for Forbes. TripActions Adds Integrations for Microsoft, SAP and Others.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

What emerged is a picture of CFOs prioritizing collaboration as part of their broader digitization efforts, with the rising need to look beyond financial data to reshape corporate finance.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2016

The Hackett Group found that, on average, corporate headcounts have declined by an average of 2.7 CFOs Prioritize. A survey of CFOs across the mid-sized and large corporate population found five top priorities for the year amid this environment: Improve finance leadership skills and business acumen.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Nearly a third said they’ll be looking to better data analytics technologies to improve their reporting efforts, while 28 percent said they are prioritizing flexibility and agility in their reporting functions. “Until reporting catches up with technological advancements, it will continue to be compromised.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Levels of uncertainty remain high, and CFOs are prioritizing “defensive strategies,” reports said. Nearly 90 percent of companies’ CFOs surveyed said the uncertainty regarding financial and economic matters is abnormally high; nearly half said they will be prioritizing reducing costs for the next year.

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Corporate Finance Lab

MAY 3, 2022

On the one side are those who believe that shareholders, subject to short-term pressures in the capital markets, have a negative influence on a company’s sustainability performance by prioritizing short-term profits over long-term investments (such as Lipton or Bainbridge ). The EY study came to a similar conclusion.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2017

According to the report, mid-market CFOs are prioritizing their ability to keep pace with technological change in the years ahead, which includes the proliferation of electronic payments, real-time payments and big data. In an announcement Thursday (Dec.

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Planful

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Organizations that don’t prioritize net-zero transition run the risk of having BlackRock voting against management and selling its shares. Financing indicators, such as the use of sustainable corporate finance instruments including green/sustainable/social bonds and loans.”. Recently, Larry Fink , CEO of BlackRock Inc.,

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

But cyberattacks and data breaches represent just one piece of the risk profile pie — and according to researchers, today’s CFO is prioritizing other threats facing the enterprise today. Talent Management, Economic Disruption.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2016

But not every firm is prioritizing the use of technology that can provide more sophisticated financial forecasting. Globalization has enterprises of all sizes keeping a closer eye on their exposure to risks related to foreign exchange volatility, political changes and the like. Following the U.K. referendum?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

Corporate finance teams were not simply tasked with finding ways to continue operations in a remote work environment as a result of the coronavirus crisis. Moving forward, said Fitzmaurice, will require focusing on the tools that can strengthen transparency and drive corporates toward their strategic goals.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2024

In fact, that objective of value maximization drives every aspect of the business, as can be seen in this big picture perspective in corporate finance: For some companies, especially mature ones, value and profit maximization may converge, but for most, they will not.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

She has dual degrees in Economics and Corporate Finance and a certification in Advanced Behavioral Analysis. How would you prioritize them? On a personal note, Penny is an advocate for the advancement of women in the financial services industry, and public education. What were the client’s goals?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

It wasn't until the second half of the year, she said, that organizations were truly able to prioritize the acceleration of their digitization journeys. Now, with 2021 underway, organizations will begin to demonstrate the progress they've made as they move from digitizing workflows to optimizing payments and finance.

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The Finance Weekly

JULY 31, 2023

In a recent webinar sponsored by Datarails , the FP&A solution for Excel users, three distinguished finance leaders came together to discuss the impact of AI on corporate finance. They highlighted how AI technology is transforming the way finance and accounting teams work with data and make decisions.

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Corporate Finance Lab

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Furthermore, the hierarchy established by bankruptcy laws prioritizes certain creditors, such as employees and tax authorities, over unsecured creditors like banks. Given this hierarchy, banks tend to be more risk-averse when extending credit, particularly to risky growth firms (Rostamkalaei & Freel, 2016).

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Corporate Finance Lab

MAY 19, 2023

Because some private benefits of control are not easily transferred, controlling shareholders may be “locked in” and forced to think of the long-term future of the corporation. For example, a family controlling shareholder may prioritize its short-term liquidity needs over the long-term investments needed by the corporation.

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The Finance Weekly

JULY 19, 2022

For companies that want to grow and scale exponentially, investing in strategic corporate finance is equally as important. Assess utilization, analyze workload, prioritize and distribute resources, and visualize how time is spent. Why do you need FP&A? Every business performs accounting as part of its standard operations.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2016

Indeed, a recent study by East & Partners published this year uncovered a significant lag in small and medium-sized businesses prioritizing their exposure to FX risks, like currency fluctuations. Only between 20 and 25 percent of SMEs surveyed across the U.K.

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Corporate Finance Associates

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Food-related commodity prices are expected to rise in 2021 because of several factors, including higher demand from China, tighter supplies due to harsh weather occurrences, and anticipation that the Biden administration will prioritize biofuels investment.

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