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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CFO News Room

JANUARY 6, 2023

Economic Uncertainty. Recognize what you do well and cost effectively, and understand the economic variables. economic trends contractors need to pay attention to. In any economic environment, companies need to closely manage cash flow, and by extension, their accounts receivable. construction industry challenges.

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Fabrizio Palmucci According to a research by Climate Bonds Initiative and the CFO coalition of the UN Global Compact , CFOs can leverage their expertise in capital allocation and fundraising to drive low-carbon transition.

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CFO Share

MAY 6, 2022

You still own the same number of shares, but the total number of shares has increased. This advice hinges on other factors like economic conditions – downturn or bullish–and how much demand for your business you’ve generated. What was 10% ownership of the company may become 8% after a Series A. Three years? Five years?

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Future CFO

JANUARY 31, 2024

Meanwhile, Jason Wang , CFO & COO of Hong Kong-based health and nutrition company H&H Group , thinks that the number one risk is demographics amid declining birth rates, followed by the supply chain risk as they operate in all these continents and have a very complex global supply chain.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Many stores, which came to rely on software-connected systems during the Covid-19 pandemic, are now leveraging these capabilities to eke out efficiencies that can help keep prices down amid stubbornly high inflation and rising interest rates, industry analysts said. Newsletter Sign-up. WSJ | CIO Journal. Goya Foods Inc. Suvajit Basu.

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CFO Thought Leader

APRIL 11, 2023

As did that of many of his CFO peers, Chrnelich’s early career appears to have weathered no shortage of economic hijinks, thanks to the dotcom bubble (2002) and Wall Street’s subprime mortgage crisis (2008). Over the past several years, we’ve grown through a number of acquisitions. Of course, they are hardly a secret.

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Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 3, 2023

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that amid economic and market headwinds, the pace of RIA M&A activity was slower in January and February compared to the same period last year.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

CUs cannot rest on their laurels, however, given that competition in the banking space has been intense during the current economic downturn. TCU has therefore kept a select number of physical branches open during the pandemic to safely serve the needs of members who still want to physically interact with tellers and other staff.

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Technology Leverage Banking Economics 101

Future CFO

JANUARY 12, 2024

AI makes FP&A teams more agile Business executives expect their FP&A teams to create a variety of scenarios, budgets, and projections daily or weekly in light of rapid economic changes. Cloud-based financial management platforms (FPM) leverage AI to generate scenarios much faster than manual processes.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 18, 2022

As we move into 2023, economic uncertainty will continue to define and challenge M&A activity, but there will also be opportunities, said Massimo Borghello, Head of Human Capital M&A Consulting, Asia Pacific at WTW. . “In When it comes to global M&A trends in 2023, WTW said that deals will be smaller while pace will be slower.

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Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Economics Leverage Technology 52

PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

The 79-year-old finance professor emeritus at New York University’s Stern School of Business and creator of the Z score, a formula that predicts business failures, estimated 2020 will challenge the record number of bankruptcies set following the 2008 economic crisis, The New York Times reported. In 2009, the number was 49.

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Economics Leverage Numbers Finance 59

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Moreover, significant “insurers” of these wagers were highly leveraged, systemically important financial institutions. The collapse of the cryptos has triggered the collapse and bankruptcy of a number of crypto exchanges, crypto lenders, crypto hedge funds, crypto miners, etc. By Wolf Richter, editor at Wolf Street.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

This interview of Richard Kozul-White of UNCTAD cover a very broad scope of economic issues from the developing country perspective: how unregulated financial markets have hindered emerging countries, how the Global Financial Crisis market failure has been ignored, and how even before Covid, these countries were facing a decade of lost growth.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The virus itself is not the only factor in play, however, with the devastating economic downturn and record-high unemployment rates also sharply reducing consumers’ purchasing power and their willingness to make retail purchases. As such, SMBs are embarking on eCommerce initiatives in record numbers. A PYMNTS study found that 71.7

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Kris Giswold (KG): My journey in finance began with my love of puzzles and numbers. I can vividly remember my first high school economics class, that was when I first realized that math wasn’t only theoretical. Numbers could tell a story, they could explain behaviours and predict the future.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Businesses are really seeking ways to harness data to leverage their data. The Office of Finance can lead the business in setting financial goals but also to look at more critical business decisions and forecasting some of their financial planning activities, by leveraging predictive analytics,” he opined. Marko Horvat.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

He said AP-focused FinTechs have sought to leverage the economics around commercial cards (especially digital ones) to create additional revenue streams even as they seek to get as many invoices under management as possible. Another factor — there hasn’t been a real diversity of economic models across open-loop networks, Aquilina said.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

citizens who paid rent this month was down 12 points, from 82 percent in March to 69 now, as a result of the economic disruption from the coronavirus, according to a housing survey released Wednesday (April 8). He said those who have high vacancies would struggle to fill them, and those with high leverage would have trouble servicing it.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2020

Trouble may be brewing in the key auto finance sector in the months ahead amid the economic fallout from the coronavirus , despite a drop in loan delinquency rates in the United States in the first quarter, a new report by credit agency Experian finds. Both 30- and 60-day delinquencies on auto loans dropped in the first quarter, to 1.93

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Jedox Finance

JANUARY 3, 2023

Organizations that have accelerated digital transformation and invested in upskilling their talent to embrace this transformation may find themselves in a better position to leverage the full potential of their tech investments. More economic uncertainty demands closer partnering between FP&A professionals and the broader organization.

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Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Forecasting Planning Finance 98

Future CFO

AUGUST 13, 2023

While demand has recovered strongly with passenger numbers quickly approaching pre-pandemic levels, driven primarily by pent-up leisure travel demand, airline capacity continues to be constrained by labor shortages and supply chain issues. The ATP rose by 72.2% YoY to $749 in 2022, far surpassing 2019 levels ($670). in 2023 and 1.8%

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

Flexible in-store payment plans that can help consumers handle both everyday and big-ticket purchases are gaining popularity in the United States, where the pandemic’s economic effects are causing consumers to temper their spending. The Tracker also considers how in-store BNPL solutions could drive business as stores reopen.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The bank is expecting to deliver services like planning and financing advice to help firms in danger of becoming junked to get out of predicaments, according to Daniel Rudnicki Schlumberger, who jointly runs the bank’s Leveraged Finance Origination for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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CFO Thought Leader

MAY 23, 2023

This is a very big number that is going virtually untouched. Fortera has developed a patented process that has benefited from a number of things. It has more than 100,000 hours of R&D behind it, which to me is sort of a staggering number. Think about this: 8%!

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The ongoing pandemic has drastically changed day-to-day life and generated economic turbulence the world will feel for years to come. Another recent survey found that 73 percent of bank customers are now primarily leveraging digital channels for their banking needs and that 21 percent of these regular users are first-time adopters.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2020

The number of personal bankruptcy filings, one indicator of the American consumer’s financial health, fell to the lowest level in 15 years from April through June, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI). bankruptcy filings totaled 38,428 in April, down from 71,303 for the same month one year ago, a 46 percent drop.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Debit has become exceedingly popular over the past year as social distancing and stay-at-home orders reduce consumers’ cash reliance and the ongoing economic decline and rising unemployment rates make them wary of taking out loans or leveraging credit.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Nearly overnight, that created an opportunity for leveraging digital more expansively. Kostick said the company had to say to itself: “We have these great knowledgeable retail associates in our stores, so how do we leverage that? Is there a way we can leverage them to support the digital side of the business? And will U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

The deal is part of a potentially risky strategy by Simon and Brookfield to gain leverage over major mall fixtures like JCPenney at a time when enclosed shopping venues across the country are under severe stress from the fallout from the coronavirus and the sharp economic downturn it has triggered.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Economic challenges brought on by the COVID crisis have heightened the need for businesses to manage supply chains more efficiently, and in many cases that means turning to banks for the help they need. Gupta said there are a number of critical elements of automation involved in SCF. Supply Chain Financing.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Blair Robinson Reimagine Finance Operations The CFO has the opportunity to leverage technology, data, and insights to model future business options and to critically analyze prior decisions. Considering all these, Kuralay and Robinson give tips to ensure that CFOs are future-ready for the business.

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Jedox Finance

APRIL 4, 2023

Working capital indicates how readily organizations can withstand disruptions and uncertainty, such as economic downturns, inflation, and recession. 3 Working capital management is not a one-time event, but an ongoing effort to increase the availability of cash and protect organizations from economic volatility.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Using average numbers to illustrate America’s love affair with leverage can sometimes be misleading. If you divide that total figure by the number of households you’re left with an average debt balance of nearly $150,000 and a median debt balance of close to $70,000. trillion as of the third quarter of 2020.

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CFO Thought Leader

OCTOBER 1, 2023

However, turn back the clock to his ExactTarget days, and it’s easy to see that for a number of months, Salesforce did indeed flip Leet’s world upside down. “I Jack Sweeney “Leverage your 360 degree view of your business to deliver valuable actionable insights to your leadership team.

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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. This is my number one priority these days.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Armistead recently offered PYMNTS an inside look into the different techniques that fraudsters leverage as well as the initiatives Zelle undertakes to protect itself and its users. The economic anxiety associated with the pandemic has made victims especially vulnerable. Leveraging AI To Fight Cybercrime.

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