CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

labor market boosted investors’ expectations that central banks will begin steadily raising interest rates to fight inflation. Expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise rates multiple times in 2022 sparked an early year bond rout that has jarred financial markets, fueling declines in stocks and other riskier investments.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

It stands to reason that firms that have been around for decades, with far-flung operations and payments done across multiple currencies, have a range of legacy systems in place with less-than-efficient processes entrenched in back-office functions. Looking Ahead.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2016

Corporate treasurers continue to struggle with managing foreign exchange risk and exposure. Without accurate measurement, value erosion from negative currency rate movements can’t be anticipated or prevented.”. New analysis from Deloitte drives that point home.

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Foreign Exchange Treasury Forecasting Risk Management 40

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The star of this week’s roundup is undoubtedly data: Two Robotics Process Automation (RPA) companies focusing on enterprise data analytics and automation landed a combined $565 million, while other high-value rounds were closed in the workspace sharing and asset-based lending markets. Automation Anywhere. million raised, U.K.-based

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

The dispute over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ‘s (OCC’s) national bank charter, which became available to FinTech firms last year, has reportedly caused technology conglomerates to shy away from a tool that aims to provide nonbank firms with a more streamlined way to operate on a national level. Top Performers.

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Foreign Exchange Currencies Healthcare Forecasting 40

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Targeting China’s SMB community, XTransfer provides cross-border payments, collection and foreign exchange solutions, with its eye fixed on exporters. Following the new funding, Neat said it would be developing more multi-currency solutions and integrations with third-party platforms.

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Foreign Exchange B2B Invoicing Startups 77

PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2016

Cross-border operations can expose companies to an array of risks, including foreign exchange risk. According to Western Union, its newest tool for Hong Kong SMEs provides capabilities for favorable currency movements, reports said, while hedging against risk in the case of unfavorable FX fluctuations. A strong U.S. ” .

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

Some of the biggest industry trends, including faster payments, open banking and bank-FinTech collaboration, have found their ways into the Canadian market, the B2B payments space is not immune to disruption from these shifts. Faster Payments. Open Banking. Plus, those back office platforms aren’t always integrated with each other, either.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2016

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. But not every firm is prioritizing the use of technology that can provide more sophisticated financial forecasting. “Corporates want to forecast,” he said.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

To that end, MoneyGram and Ripple are joining forces to pilot a real-time settlement system and protocol that incorporating XRP, Ripple’s digital currency, into MoneyGram’s payment flows. Ripple’s xRapid is a foreign exchange investment vehicle that allows companies to take their U.S. Operating as a U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

The FinTech that sets its sights on Africa must grapple with the vagaries of 54 markets, 54 central banks, disparate tax and legal policies, and changing foreign exchange ( FX ) rates. billion in revenue in 2017, and is forecast to hit $29 billion in 2022, even with a relatively low internet penetration of around 35 percent.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2016

These profits are coming from the 3–5 percent foreign exchange fees that banks can charge for conducting a cross-border transfer, often through the costs that get tacked on as a payment moves between corresponding banks. To India, And Beyond . percent growth this year. percent in the three months to Dec. 2015, outpacing the 6.9

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Banking Foreign Exchange Currencies Forecasting 73

Future CFO

AUGUST 22, 2019

“The HKD is governed by a linked exchange rate system, which is written into the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,” she said. What can be changed is the linked currency, which is now the US dollar, and the range of the linked exchange rate level.”. Interest rates will then rise versus the greenback.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

That means retailers and other companies need to up their risk management and hedging games — and do so before one crisis or another (a currency collapse in Turkey one week, who knows what next?) These long-term trends can derail a business irrespective [of] how they are performing in the local currency.”. Quantify Risk.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2016

More than half of treasury departments surveyed by the firm, however, say that a lack of visibility into their corporations’ exposure to this risk, as well as unreliable FX forecasts, are their top challenges. At the same time, a continued dependence on manual analytics can similarly mean a weak grip on FX risk mitigation.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The company said that the API-led platform will let partners — including banks, retailers, credit unions and others — access payment and foreign exchange services through a single place. Services include cash management and cross-border payment and currency conversion across APIs.

Foreign Exchange 68

Foreign Exchange Treasury Currencies B2B 68

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Apart from supplier payments, the shift could have significant impacts on foreign exchange conversions for faster hedging, real-time investments, faster risk-mitigation capabilities and real-time visibility into more accurate cash positions. “As

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Treasury Foreign Exchange B2B Accounts Payable 44

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Alibaba Chief Marketing Officer Chris Tung said the key to successful events like Singles’ Day, which cranked out $74 billion in sales this year, is to make shopping fun. In the historic spirit of Black Friday , Fitch is forecasting that solid fourth-quarter sales could save the entire year. “We

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eCommerce Foreign Exchange Entertainment Sales 113

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

In an interview with Karl Schamotta, chief market strategist of Cambridge Global Payments , the executive weighed in on the risks and rewards of business done across borders, where growth far outpaces the rate seen in the United States. history, businesses were relatively sheltered from changes in the currency markets.

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Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 16, 2022

If you’re all interested in macro investing, trend following, commodities, currencies, fixed income, various types of quantitative strategies, and most important of all, risk management, you’re going to find this conversation to be absolutely fascinating. TROPIN: So it was very fertile to do what we do because markets moved a lot.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 8, 2023

It is never pleasant to be in the midst of a market correction, but a market correction does operate as a cleanser for excesses that enter into even the most disciplined investors’ playbooks in the good times. and which ones to include (cash acquisitions, foreign exchange gains or losses etc.).

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 25, 2022

It is never pleasant to be in the midst of a market correction, but a market correction does operate as a cleanser for excesses that enter into even the most disciplined investors' playbooks in the good times. and which ones to include (cash acquisitions, foreign exchange gains or losses etc.)

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Valuation Profit and Loss Forecasting Investments 92

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

When it comes to currency and global trade, “stability” seems like a quaint concept these days, an increasingly distant memory that takes on the trappings of nostalgia. One currency goes into crisis, and then another. Currency fluctuations can hurt payments and commerce operators that are not prepared to manage that risk.

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