PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

In Other Brick-and-Mortar News. McDonald’s Corporation announced an agreement to acquire conversational tech company Apprente to grow its Bay Area presence and integrate teams with advanced technology skills into its business. Combine that with the value we can provide, [and] our customers can’t lose.”.

Retail 97

Retail CFO Technology Planning 97

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Acknowledging the high failure rate of tech startups, Brex takes on that liability. Reports said some investors have pointed to Brex’s potential to expand into new customer segments beyond tech startups. DST Global’s Founder Yuri Milner has also previously invested in the company.

Startups 70

Startups Valuation CFO Investments 70

PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

In terms of hiring, Airbnb is still looking for two executives – a new CMO and a new CFO – as well as additional independent board members. Former CFO Lawrence Tosi departed the company in February , and Jonathan Mildenhall left the CMO position a few months later in May.).

Valuation 60

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

WBA has also been piloting in-store advertising on the glass doors of its chilled and frozen foods section via a partnership with ad-tech startup Cooler Screens. While presumably bad news for ad agencies, the trend could be a boon to retailers. And it's not just Walgreens that’s getting into the advertising game.

Retail 86

Retail Advertising Manufacturing CFO 86

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The latest earnings reports from Big Tech giants and social media platforms show that advertising spend is through the roof at present, after basically falling off the roof earlier this year. What exactly is playing out is a bit of a poser, but the news itself points to something big. Google parent Alphabet Inc.

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Sales Advertising Profit and Loss Budgeting 70

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Broader indices including the tech-heavy NASDAQ slumped more than 3 percent. As has been reported in news outlets including The New York Times , France and Germany are putting shutdowns in place (with France under national lockdown), while here, cities like Newark are also imposing limits on gatherings.

CFO 49

CFO Marketing Numbers 49

PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2019

CFO Brian Olsavsky donated $1,500. CNBC said there were no 2019 donations to Cicilline’s campaign from the other tech companies involved in the antitrust probe. Experts said the timing of Amazon executives’ payments likely reflects the company’s heightened urgency over growing regulatory scrutiny, the article said. “It

Compliance 49

Compliance CFO Economics eCommerce 49

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Apple is not as popular with hedge funds as other tech stocks. Even though Apple is a “big five” technology company, Goldman Sachs analysts said in a note that it’s not in the “top five” holdings by hedge funds, according to news from CNBC. Apple takes the eleventh spot on the list and is a top 10 holding in 34 hedge funds.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

All of this, unfortunately, is likely to make the lawmakers even more eager to regulate or break up Big Tech — or both. Of course, the role of Big Tech in enabling these digital-first experiences is by now all too familiar. So do innovators with new tech and big ideas to help improve the experience. Outside of the U.S.,

Sales 93

Sales CFO Retail Numbers 93

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2018

International Business Machines, the tech giant known a bit more colloquially as IBM, has been among the firms investing both money and mindpower into blockchain, evidenced by a string of announcements across the last several months – and as evidenced, too, in a drive to file scores of blockchain-related patents.

B2B 74

B2B CFO Numbers Investments 74

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Separately, Sachin Mehra, CFO of Mastercard, said on the earnings call that “…fortunately, a decent portion of our inbound and outbound cross-border from China is [eCommerce]-related. But the survey was taken before news of the virus hit – and the latest reading is the lowest seen in five months. So it provides some level of a hedge.

eCommerce 62

eCommerce Transportation CFO Marketing 62

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Separately, Sachin Mehra, CFO of Mastercard, said on the earnings call that “…fortunately, a decent portion of our inbound and outbound cross-border from China is [eCommerce]-related. But the survey was taken before news of the virus hit – and the latest reading is the lowest seen in five months. So it provides some level of a hedge.

eCommerce 59

eCommerce Transportation CFO Marketing 59

PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2018

The report noted that it chose the Temenos T24 banking system, with Grasshopper aiming to provide commercial banking products and services to businesses in New York. FinTech Futures noted that Grasshopper’s CFO is Sangeeta Kishore and the CEO will be Judith Erwin, former executive at Square 1 Financial.

Banking 40

Banking Valuation CFO Startups 40

The Charity CFO

AUGUST 15, 2023

Given the increasing use of accounting software to do day-to-day tasks, accountants need to not just be proficient in accounting, they have to be tech savvy. The Ideal Nonprofit Accounting Job With all of this being said, here is the good news: the ideal nonprofit accounting job DOES exist. That said, this is not the only option!

Nonprofit 52

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2016

The company is also revamping its customer outreach with a legion of tech support specialists who provide on-site support to around 5 million homes, Fortune reported. Best Buy is also betting on driving engagement through in-store special areas for tech companies such as Apple, where customers can get exclusive presentations and services.

eCommerce 40

eCommerce CFO Sales Retail 40

PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

It’s the end of a busy week, one full of news about payments and commerce. The emails look legitimate, and purportedly come from the company’s CEO, CFO or payroll director. PYMNTS chews into the issue, and tells the story of how even the Girl Scouts are facing pressure to become more payment tech-savvy. Just for Fun.

Healthcare 51

Healthcare Nonprofit Retail Banking 51

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

This week gave us the answer to a question that’s been popping up a lot as 2018 comes to a close: Which of the household name tech unicorns will be first out of a gate with their announced 2019 IPO? To make our services more efficient and remove friction, we want their tech to drive improvements.”. This is fundamental to our business.

Transportation 41

Transportation Valuation Treasury CFO 41

PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

T-Mall has been enjoying strong sales, but there is still concern over fake goods on the platform, a fear that a transparent supply chain built on blockchain tech could potentially help to alleviate. What could these two things possibly have to do with each other? Mastercard.

Currencies 47

Currencies Leverage eCommerce Compliance 47

CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Farhaan Moolla: Innovative Leadership: The Journey of a modern and dynamic CFO Written by: Staff writer In this podcast Farhaan Moolla, a seasoned CFO with a notable career in financial leadership and strategic planning, shared his journey, beginning with his entrepreneurial family background. Farhaan : Mornin g, Nicola a s !

CFO 52

CFO Leadership Accounting Finance 52

PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2016

News out of Oregon implies significant appetite among investors for cybersecurity firms. The company hired a new CFO in March. But more recent news is that ID Experts just raised $27.5M That new capital infusion, according to JDA, will fund expansion and product development. In 2014, ID Experts reported $22.8

B2B 40

B2B Investments CFO Sales 40

PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

The expanded service will be online and available for consumers in the Dallas-Forth Worth area — the new tech-driven store also happens to be in Dallas — and in St. The service, dubbed “Shop BJs.com — Pick Up in Club,” allows shoppers to pick up their online orders as soon as two hours after placing them, Supermarket News reported.

Retail 43

Retail eCommerce CFO Leverage 43

CFO Thought Leader

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Just as Zhi Li was entering the world of investment banking in 2008, many of his future CFO peers were making hasty exits from the banking realm. “We We were the smallest incoming associate class on record,” recalls Li, who joined Credit Suisse’s New York office during some of the darkest days of that economic downturn.

CFO 52

CFO Finance Communication Leadership 52

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have officially ended a two-year investigation of LendingClub, its subsidiary LC Advisors (LCA), its founder and former CEO Renaud Laplanche and its former CFO Carrie Dolan. The SEC Finding. Those effects, however, were short-lived.

Valuation 54

Valuation Startups Banking CFO 54

PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

The news follows big next-day delivery announcements from both Walmart and Amazon — in a week where both retailers had a lot of news about repositioning themselves in the market and reporting some pretty major changes. The news had little effect on Amazon’s stock price, which ended the day of the announcement up 2.6

eCommerce 40

eCommerce Retail Leverage Startups 40

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2016

While it’s bad enough that the biggest data breach in history wasn’t disclosed until years after it took place, this week’s news made what we already knew official: That compromised data is now being sold to the highest bidders on the Dark Web. According to a report , the new card is resonating with consumers. Yahoo’s Breach Bungles.

Securities 46

Securities Accounting Education CFO 46

PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

Grubhub made news a couple weeks ago when it simultaneously delivered a very strong Q2 2018 earnings report and announced the acquisition of LevelUp. With LevelUp, Grubhub can now offer restaurants that are part of its network order ahead/pickup in-store and new CRM/loyalty initiatives to their mobile wallets using LevelUp’s white label tech.

Economics 50

Economics Sales Marketing CFO 50

Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

We didn’t see a lot of great companies coming out of Chattanooga in the late ‘90s during the tech bubble, and so forth. RITHOLTZ: So you mentioned tech, I tend to think of the West Coast as the, you know, center of tech in the U.S. RITHOLTZ: So what did you accomplish when you were there? SHAW: Yeah.

Investments 56

Investments Finance Education Leadership 56

PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2016

by 27 percent year over year and international markets by 24 percent – fueled by a big spike in international Prime members, according to Amazon’s CFO. The most valuable company in the world shed $40 billion in market cap this week as analysts reacted badly to the news that Apple sales declined for the first time since 2003.

Advertising 40

Advertising Valuation Sales Construction 40

PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

In other news, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, a nonstop social media cheerleader for the notion of building a high-tech ecosystem in South Florida, publicly embraced exploring using cryptocurrency to store some government financial reserves and blockchain to secure processes such as online voting. AMBCrypto reported Wednesday (Dec.

Investments 80

Investments Banking Treasury Compliance 80

CFO Thought Leader

APRIL 4, 2023

Don’t hesitate to step into new roles or challenging domains and to take up new responsibilities. ” – Galit Yaakobovitz, CFO, AmyriAD Bold Moments [18:44] Moving to the US and working with international teams. [38:55] Your past experience will always come into play.” 38:55] Adopting a Career-Journey Mindset. [48:06]

CFO 52

CFO Finance Data Analysis Leadership 52

PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

Big News of the Week: The $4 Billion Cost of Fighting COVID-19. It’s taking longer to get things into our warehouse than out of our warehouse,” CFO Brian Olsavsky told investors after earnings were announced, adding that it’s still unclear when operations will go back to normal. billion in revenue, the $10.22

eCommerce 61

eCommerce Healthcare Economics Transportation 61

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Yabuki spotlighted the news on Thursday that New York Community Bank (NYCB), with more than $51 billion in assets, is converting to a real-time platform, marked by Fiserv’s digital banking and payment solutions. The firm signed up nearly 100 new clients for Zelle in Q4, said the executive.

GAAP 58

GAAP Leadership Banking CFO 58

PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

News came Wednesday (Jan. The company is six months into what Solomon termed a “six year build” in cash management tech operations, and Goldman is on track to become the first corporate to use (its own) cash management platform beginning this year, with a launch planned for next year to embrace use from other firms. and the U.K.,

Investments 74

Investments Cash Management Treasury CFO 74

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

26), the firm managed to beat expectations on sales and earnings (though same-store sales missed) and investors were happier for the good news — sending the brand’s stock up 4 percent in pre-market trading. CFO Paula Price reiterated that notion, telling investors that “2019, like 2018, will be a year of investment.”. billion or $4.38

Sales 49

Sales Forecasting Restructuring CFO 49

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

Citi ‘s latest report on how the corporate finance world plans to navigate volatility in 2019 suggests chief financial officers (CFOs) have a role model toward which to look: the so-called “tech titans.” These trade tensions should prompt a reevaluation of global supply chains and production locations.”

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 46

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Corporate Finance Finance Economics 46

The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

I’m your host, Tosha Anderson, the founder and CEO of The Charity CFO, but we’re not talking necessarily about accounting today. So let’s talk a little bit more about some of the examples on, you know, some of the nonprofit industry have, have recently, um, kind of come under tech, some bigger ones.

Nonprofit 98

Nonprofit Accounting Healthcare Securities 98

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

” The rapidly emerging spirit of competition has been great news for consumers, since increased competition among grocery vendors, combined with low food prices and low fuel prices, have dropped food prices to 10-year lows that are widely expected to continue through the end of 2016 and likely through the first half of 2017.

Profit and Loss 40

Profit and Loss Retail Sales CFO 40