Musings on Markets

JANUARY 10, 2025

In corporate finance and investing, which are areas that I work in, I find myself doing double takes as I listen to politicians, market experts and economists making statements about company and market behavior that are fairy tales, and data is often my weapon for discerning the truth. Financing Flows 5.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG , which works in lending and public loans, will work with Hypoport subsidiary and corporate finance platform fundingport on corporate finance improvements, according to a press release. Corporate finance has shifted during the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

” The common denominator between these two trends — robots replacing human accountants, and human accountants shifting into an advisory role — is technological disruption, and the professionals themselves aren’t the only ones facing changes. Changing Demand. That demand for human talent, by the way, hasn’t decreased.

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The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Collaborative technologies and virtual worksites have also generated greater potential around off-cycle reporting and self-service. Finance leaders should understand that there is a broader shift in needs and capabilities as CFOs become more integrated within the C-suite, armed with better financial insights and larger strategic thinking.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Artificial intelligence adoption continues to grow in the corporate world, and as businesses look to broaden margins, save money and drive strategic operations, the finance department is a prime target for AI-powered solutions. Polaris Market Research says intelligent virtual assistant technology is expected to be a $21.5

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

From the ongoing global conflicts to the lingering effects of high inflation, corporate finance professionals are gearing up to navigate an environment marked by volatility and uncertainty. Staffing challenges and technology adoption Staffing emerges as a central theme for corporate treasurers.

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Castle Corporate Finance

DECEMBER 9, 2024

appeared first on Castle Corporate Finance. The winners will be announced at the Insider South East Dealmakers black-tie dinner, which will be held at G Live, Guildford, on 27 February 2025. Good luck to all those shortlisted! The post Awards nominations!

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Accountancy Today

MARCH 26, 2025

James Cowper Kreston Corporate Finance team has provided financial and tax due diligence and tax structuring advice to Queens Park Equity on its investment in Wordwall, an educational technology platform. The platform also offers access to approximately 88 million resources created by a global community of teachers.

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Fox Corporate Finance

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

PRESS RELEASE Munich-based Financing Specialist FCF Fox Corporate Finance advises Dutch Agricultural Technology Innovator In Ovo in a pivotal funding round of EUR 40 Million. Munich, November 6, 2023 – FCF Fox Corporate Finance, a. appeared first on FCF Fox Corporate Finance GmbH.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Today, however, the rise in artificial intelligence-powered digital assistants like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa make the use of similar technologies in the corporate space not only a possibility, but in many cases, already a reality. There are two major opportunities for a corporate,” he told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

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CFO Talks

AUGUST 21, 2024

Anticipating Financial Challenges: Strategic Measures for Corporate Finance As a CFO in South Africa or elsewhere in Africa, you’re no stranger to the financial hurdles that come your way. Economic shifts, new regulations, and technological changes constantly test your ability to keep your company financially stable.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

It is, in part, why businesses are digitizing and adopting technology, as they look toward software solutions that can unlock information more quickly. The race to digitize has introduced a new conundrum in corporate data management, however. Real-time access to data is a driving force behind enterprise modernization.

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One to One

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Investor interest remains strong, particularly in technology, energy, and sustainable Read More. The post Why Europes small and midcap companies are poised to win big in the M&A boom of 2025 appeared first on ONEtoONE Corporate 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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Global Finance

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Listed on Euronext, the chemicals company develops and commercializes technologies that produce materials from sustainable carbon feedstocks. He was formerly corporate finance director at SBM Offshore and vice president, Oil & Gas Asia, at NIBC Bank. What makes it unique?

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 16, 2022

When it comes to AI in corporate finance, there are five top use cases for FP&A leaders to consider, said Gartner recently. According to Gartner, its analysts examined 23 uses cases related to AI in corporate finance that represents the types of processes a future-looking autonomous finance organisation will work on.

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Accountancy Today

APRIL 22, 2025

James Cowper Kreston Corporate Finance team recently provided financial due diligence services to LDC-backed RDi on their acquisition of Inicio Health, a leading provider of healthcare interoperability, automation and AI-driven solutions.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

It appears to be a relatively straightforward process, particularly as documents like invoices and purchase orders digitize, payments go electronic, and automation technology allows for quick, easy data matching. Yet the reality is that the reconciliation process is rarely ever straightforward. Payment Rail Confusion. Beyond the Status Quo.

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Centage

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Next, we asked John Murdock, CEO of Centage , and Nick Fischer, CEO of Cadilus to address these challenges head on, which they did in a webinar, People, Processes & Technology (available for free and on-demand). A good FP&A technology platform will integrate and organize native data sources into a single source of truth.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 11, 2024

Most of you are not enrolled at NYU, paying nosebleed prices, and that is prerequisite to be in the classroom, but thanks to technology and a loose reading of the rules that constrain me, you can get a close approximation of the classroom experience, wherever you are in the world, with broadband being your only constraint.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

I spend most of my time in the far less rarefied air of corporate finance and valuation, where businesses try to decide what projects to invest in, and investors attempt to estimate business value.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

Accounts receivable (AR) is a function that spreads across multiple tasks of an enterprise, from corporate finance to sales teams and vendor relationship management initiatives. Yet AR has widely been viewed as a friction-filled manual task that doesn’t add value to the organization. Digital Disruption Takes Hold.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 25, 2023

I know that many of us, especially as we age, take the dystopian view that technology has hurt more than helped, and while I share the concern about the damage that social media has wrought on society, I remain thankful for the good that has come from technological advances. allowed me to deliver my classes from home, with some help.

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Global Finance

JANUARY 2, 2025

Its the alleged technology used by the target to penetrate a new type of market. If the buyer does not do a very good job in due diligence to really verify the technology they are trying to acquire, it can turn out to be worthless to the buyer.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

Financial technology innovation has opened the doors to massive transformation of corporate finance departments. While flashy corporate FinTech is exciting, innovation efforts have rarely focused on a mainstay of corporate finance teams: the financial close process, a crucial, but continually outdated function.

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CFO Thought Leader

DECEMBER 2, 2024

His fascination with technology eventually led him to KPMG’s technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) group in the UK, where he developed a reputation for his work with IT service companies and tech firms. In 2006, Lam relocated to New York to lead KPMG’s global TMT corporate finance team.

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Global Finance

JANUARY 31, 2025

Government officials divulged that nuclear power sector powered by private capital, technology and expanding market will help India achieve 500 GW green energy capacities by 2070. As per officially available data, 100 GW would be created through nuclear power by 2047.

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Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The growing variety and complexity of tasks within the finance function has resulted in the creation of a discipline that is supposed to become a bridge between the finance and business to support decision-making process by leveraging data and technology. This relates to FP&A which stands for financial planning and analysis.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

From accounting to treasury to corporate planning and corporate finance to tax management, and cash flow management that all falls under my scope of work and I am ultimately responsible for that, says Cheng of his responsibility as the CFO of the top real estate developer. .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

The technology is proliferating financial markets, particularly for some of the world’s largest financial institutions in need of enhanced compliance solutions. More than three-quarters of accountants surveyed by BlackLine last year said they believed AI would play a “significant” role in corporate accounting.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

In a recent report published by Protiviti and North Carolina State University, analysts found just how important technology and innovation are becoming for corporate executives. Separate research last month also examined how corporate finance expects are bracing for this digital disruption.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Like many positions in corporate finance, the role of chief financial officer (CFO) is facing new pressures in a climate of innovation and novel challenges, from cybersecurity to geopolitical events. ” Seventy-seven percent of CFOs said they are driving digital technology adoption , Accenture found.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

” Technology can “level the playing field” for small businesses to compete, Priest added, though another recent survey revealed that SMBs often struggle to use technology to its full advantage. The survey asked nearly 300 business owners with 1o to 99 employees about how they deploy technology.

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Global Finance

MARCH 1, 2025

In February, electric vehicle battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) submitted listing documents to HKEX. According to Bonnie Chan, HKEXs CEO, nearly 100 companies were in the citys IPO pipeline as of January. The Ningde-based company will likely raise $5 billionpotentially the SARs biggest IPO in more than four years.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

As the peaks and valleys of blockchain hype continue to rise and fall, more doubt has surfaced over the future of distributed ledger technology, particularly in the area of B2B payments. Analysts point to the challenges associated with adoption and implementation of blockchain-powered B2B payment solutions as a key hurdle for the technology.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2025

The AI story, before DeepSeek The AI story has been building for a while, reflecting the convergence of two forces in technology - more computing power, often in smaller and smaller packages, and the accumulation of data, on technology platforms and elsewhere. What is it that makes the DeepSeek story so compelling?

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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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