CFO Talks

MARCH 14, 2024

Leveraging Technology: In today’s data-driven environment, tasks that involve implementing or improving technological solutions should be high on the CFO’s priority list. Leveraging Technology for Integration: Modern technology platforms offer powerful tools for integrating data and processes across departments.

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Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 21, 2023

Prior to founding New Mountain Capital in 1999, Klinsky was co-founder of the leveraged buyout group at Goldman Sachs, where he helped execute over $3 billion of pioneering transactions for Goldman and its clients. He also explains how Forstmann Little was the white shoe alternative to the firms doing junk bond financing.

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Strategic Treasurer

APRIL 20, 2023

Description : With interest rates rising and other factors creating a complex economic environment, managing the cash conversion cycle and working capital efficiently is a major challenge for many organizations. Gain understanding regarding how to leverage technology to improve working capital management.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 16, 2023

Bain’s report, Taking the Hyperbole Out of the Metaverse, concludes that the metaverse poses real and growing economic opportunities for businesses. These virtual worlds are likely to remain independent silos as private companies seek to recoup their investments by leveraging the value of the underlying data sets, Bain pointed out.

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Strategic Treasurer

AUGUST 15, 2022

During uncertain times, treasury teams must be on the frontlines to plan for business continuity by monitoring external factors such as seasonality, currency fluctuations, and broad economic indicators. Know how to leverage predictive analytics to generate reliable scenario models.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Cost cutting might be the first thing that comes to mind when there's economic uncertainty. Lee Thong Tan, CFO Practice Lead, Asia, Workday (Photo: Workday) Future CFO: How can risk management help organisations build business resilience and ride through economic uncertainty? Why cost cutting isn't the best way?

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CFO Thought Leader

JUNE 10, 2023

In the ensuing months at Redbox, Aronson dug into the numbers and began to educate others on the true economics of Blu-ray versus SD and the practices that optimized the buying and allocation of Blu-ray discs at Redbox. She would subsequently join Redbox’s strategy team after having completed an MBA degree.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Despite wide-ranging economic uncertainties and a challenging investment environment, venture capital (VC) firms and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are actively raising or seeking fresh funds for investment in the payments space. Some of the latest fundings include: Greycroft. The SPAC Attack.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

As a business, we need to accelerate digital transformation and leverage on new digital technology to harness big data and provide timely and comprehensive end-to-end business analytics/insights/forecast to drive the right strategic decisions."

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Building resiliency in an organization requires proper oversight from the boardroom based on a clear plan built on business and economic analysis. The CISO, in collaboration with the chief risk officer, leverage financial analytics to assist with bridging the gap between the cyber exposures to operational losses.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 11, 2022

Elevated deal volumes and values and an increased focus within the APAC region suggests that APAC companies are leveraging M&A as a vehicle to transform their businesses. Global macro-economic and geopolitical challenges have weighed on deal maker sentiment and the Asia Pacific M&A activity in the first half of 2022, Mak noted. .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The economic picture is certainly less than rosy, where unemployment may be high well into the next few years. When asked how B2B might be transformed as a result of that collaboration, Gavrity stated that volumes may be down (as firms grapple with economic headwinds), but moving forward he expects to see the “verticalization of B2B payments.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2018

Through the development of best practices and by maintaining a transparent dialogue, the Council strives to leverage the speed and convenience that AI and ML can provide industries such as finance, healthcare, retail, manufacturing and others. Machines cannot by definition be better than humans,” noted Bessant.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2020

The following Deep Dive explores the methods bad actors are leveraging to scam bank customers and the methods FIs are using to stem the tide of fraud. The ongoing pandemic and resulting economic downturn have made individuals so concerned about their finances that even those who should know better have fallen victim to these scams.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

This calls for a radical transformation of accounting education in order to equip accounting graduates with relevant work skills that will allow students to navigate a future workplace where computers and technology are the norm. We foresee such collaboration between industry and universities to grow in the years to come.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2020

It’s also confusing at times as options for homeowners looking to stay afloat and in their residences during this unexpected and difficult economic downturn can be a bit complicated to untangle. Some segments will likely have a particularly long road to walk back, like travel, and could recover for the next three years or more.

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In work on economic games, he explores how choices commonly presumed to be economic in nature actually hinge more on psychological factors, such as social norms and emotion. And actually, I wish schools would teach journalism skills or at least fact checking skills more prominently in the American education system.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

As to where they are happening, Europe is a standout, with a “more sophisticated fraudster” with a higher relative level of education and tough economic climate — all which help lift fraud attempts “as they are not afraid of the FBI knocking on their door.”. noted Reitblat.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 27, 2023

I want to underline that non-vax nasal prophylactics leverage the time difference as well. From the Economic Times of India, “ Bharat Biotech’s nasal Covid vaccine iNCOVACC launched “: The shot will be on the Covid-19 list of vaccines and be accessible in private institutions. Both of those are pretty significant endpoints.”

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2017

People are traveling the world, and they are selling and purchasing property, getting educated, purchasing healthcare, spending and shopping. For First Data, the opportunity is to leverage their client base to drive more business in large-scale international payments, with greater presence in healthcare, education and B2B verticals.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

It was that shortage of ventilators, hospital beds and other necessary equipment, Karen Webster noted in a conversation with ResMed ’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Carlos Nunez, that ultimately drove the economic shutdown we are all now living through. And, he noted, nothing about COVID-19 has been a pleasant experience.

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VCFO

JANUARY 27, 2022

total economic melt downs, (2000, 2008), terrorist attacks, pandemics (bird flu, swine flu, coronavirus), natural disasters (fires, earthquakes, hurricanes and floods), and geo-political tensions and disruptions. Start the process by educating yourself on the insidious and dangerous impact of inflation. Leverage Your Relationships.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

On a personal note, Penny is an advocate for the advancement of women in the financial services industry, and public education. She has dual degrees in Economics and Corporate Finance and a certification in Advanced Behavioral Analysis. Ability to powerfully leverage partners, including custodians and tech partners, to serve clients.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Department of Education has confirmed that a new cyberthreat is targeting school districts across the country with an extortion attempt that warns educators to pay them – or risk the school’s private records going up on the public web. “In Netflix balked, and the episodes were released. Chinese Tourists Traveling To The U.S.:

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Consumers are leveraging pawn shops more frequently and investors are taking the industry more seriously as a vehicle for growth. According to a recent economics paper by Stefanie R. Which is why it might be surprising to note that 2018 and 2019 have in many ways been strong growth years for the pawn industry in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2016

As Massaro explained in this week’s edition of The Matchmaker Is In with Karen Webster and economist and author of “ Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms ,” David Evans , both senders and receivers need a helping hand when these high dollar, low frequency transactions cross international lines. .

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Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 24, 2023

STEVEN KLINSKY, FOUNDER, CEO AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, NEW MOUNTAIN CAPITAL: I come from the Detroit area of Michigan as a public school kid, went to University of Michigan and studied both economics and philosophy. And what was interesting was the first leveraged buyout of a public company happened when I was in graduate school.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 20, 2022

So, there were one-on-one meetings, and then there were group education meetings. And so, I felt like how I grew was by the more that I learned, the more I was able to educate people on. And so, I started then providing educational meetings on social security, and Medicare, and other topics, state planning.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The Company Lab was the entrepreneurship and economic development center for Chattanooga and the surrounding areas, which include North Georgia, North Alabama, and Southeast Tennessee. RITHOLTZ: What’s some of the economic sectors within that area? RITHOLTZ: So let’s talk a little bit about education.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In an interview with Lynn Parramore of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Nomi Prins takes up and extends the argument that she has made over a series of books, that central bankers are ever-more administering policies that are good for the markets but very bad for the real economy and real people. economy and Wall Street.

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BlueLight

JUNE 5, 2020

One great way to leverage observers is for domain expertise to drive strategic discussions based on their knowledge of the market or technology. Founder of multiple companies, including two energy technology ventures and an education services business.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 17, 2022

How firms can best leverage their internal data to improve the number of client referrals they receive. In order to obtain the CFP certification, an individual must complete what are known as the “Four E’s”: Education , Examination , Experience , and Ethics. Melanie Waddell | ThinkAdvisor).

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

Instead, challengers are trying to raise the bar by building more into their platforms — more transparency, more financial educational tools and easier access to a wider variety of financial products. Dunning noted that historically, underwriting losses start to mount as an economic downturn deepens and rebound when improved.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

The ongoing pandemic has made the problem worse, as cybercriminals have exploited customers’ economic insecurities and tricked them into surrendering their login details through various schemes. Digital-first FIs like First Bank instead leverage multiple layers of defense, tailoring each to a specific threat.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Often business models are borne out, not just on a unit economics, but become profitable by dent of scale. When you have find opportunity, you figure out how to exploit it for all of its potential economic value. And by the way, in economic terms and unit economic terms, you can support. You look for opportunity.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

These increases are only accelerating during the COVID-19 pandemic as fraudsters take advantage of the uncertainties and economic stresses that have made bank customers less vigilant against their schemes. Employee and customer education is the first defense banks should leverage to prevent attacks, she said. million in losses.

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Jabil leveraged available analytic tools in ensuring data accuracy as well, with various checkpoints for additional validation even in report reviews before they finalise the forecasts to be used by the management.

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