PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

One example: giving consumers the option of making purchases using a mobile wallet without having to open their own accounts. “If The added time and effort users might save by using a mobile wallet they already use often entices them to subscribe because the sign-up process is faster and easier.

Data Analysis 97

Data Analysis Prioritization eCommerce Leverage 97

CFO Talks

JULY 28, 2022

‘ Accounting is only made complex if we make it complicated’. Today’s podcast is sponsored by Draftworx, which provides automated drafting and working paper financial software to more than 8000 accounting and auditing firms and corporations. CFO Talks is a brand of the South African Institute of Business Accountants.

CFO 52

CFO Accounting Auditing Finance 52

PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

While authentication methods may vary, users across all channels seek secure, frictionless access to their account information, meaning medical providers must make authentications seamless while keeping it strong enough to ward off cybercriminals. . Biometric Benefits .

Healthcare 43

Healthcare Accounting Securities Banking 43

CFO Share

MAY 25, 2021

As a forensic accountant , I am often called into a “failing” business only to discover an employee is stealing all the profits! And most of the time the fraudster is the accountant or bookkeeper whom you trusted to implement internal controls! Embezzlement and other advance accounting frauds. Commission fraud.

Auditing 52

Auditing Accounting Manufacturing Education 52

PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2020

One example: giving consumers the option of making purchases using a mobile wallet without having to open their own accounts. “If The added time and effort users might save by using a mobile wallet they already use often entices them to subscribe because the sign-up process is faster and easier.

Data Analysis 75

Data Analysis Prioritization eCommerce Leverage 75

PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2019

percent of streaming media consumers plan to shut down their accounts because costs outweigh value. According to the Index, Middle Performers, which make up 76 percent of the sample, saw their index scores decline, from 63.5 in Q2 2019, up from 80.3 Happy Birthday, Netflix, and happy watching to all you PYMNTS readers.

Entertainment 71

Entertainment Planning Accounting Investments 71

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

FIN also recognizes that getting the Fed’s interoperable network up and running will take some time, so in the interim its members would like to have direct access to the Fed’s national payments settlement system. It doesn’t require a huge investment to throw up a basic website, write a letter and put key stakeholders on notice – publicly.

Banking 77

Banking Financial Systems Leverage Accounting 77

PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2018

Or where merchants wait for card transactions to settle to get money into their bank accounts, which can take days. Either way, it’s hurry up and wait. Existing Paysafe customers can activate same-day settlement through their current accounts via a contract amendment. billion different card and wallet accounts.

Accounting 44

Accounting Technology Banking Sales 44

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Typing “STEM toys” into Amazon’s search bar pulls up about 5,000 results, most of which are brightly colored, well-packaged and, in some cases, are even electronic (because it’s never too early to start learning to write computer code). Wonderbly also snapped up some funding this summer, to the tune of $8.5

Education 40

Education Budgeting Technology Sales 40

PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Not to worry, I was told, my charges would be applied to my card on file — an account that I didn’t even realize I had with them, even though I have been going to the same shop for probably six years and have always used the same card to pay. One of our favorite establishments now has a card-on-file account for me as well.

Retail 58

Retail Advertising Sales Accounting 58

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

MoviePass , as regular readers know, has fallen on rather rough times. That meant their movie tickets were, on the whole, more expensive — and they used up a lot of movie tickets. AMC said the service, an extension of the company’s loyalty program, has accounted for about 1 million admissions, or roughly 4 percent of attendance at U.S.

Profit and Loss 40

Profit and Loss Advertising Economics Accounting 40

PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

This new feature, available to PayPal customers in good standing, leverages the company’s partnership with Chase, and Chase’s connection to The Clearing House’s RTP network, to move money instantly into the bank accounts of consumers and SMBs. and every consumer and business with a bank account, regardless of where they bank.

Banking 80

Banking Accounting B2C B2B 80

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Because shimmers are so thin and can easily be hidden inside of an ATM or card reader, they the potential to capture the data when a card’s chip is activated. Phishing opens up a gigantic world of opportunity for cybercriminals, whereas shimmers may be sly and clever but in a much more localized, smaller manner,” he added.

Numbers 56

Numbers Accounting Technology Sales 56

PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2016

After a long failure to launch, MCX officially said goodbye last week, folded up its tent and took a bow. Then, in perhaps the most overt sign of its finishing blow, in late Dec. WePay CEO Bill Clerico said that the debut of the new reader “allows anyone to compete with Square.”. Dick Durbin (D-IL) decided to take on EMV.

Invoicing 43

Invoicing Concentration Reconciliations Accounting 43

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Boost Payment Solutions , a New York-based FinTech focused exclusively on B2B payments, announced late last month that they’d signed a strategic alliance with Mastercard to bring straight-through processing — via the company’s Boost Intercept platform — to the Caribbean.

B2B 40

B2B Marketing Accounts Payable Education 40

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

This week, in honor of the Big Sizzle – Amazon’s announcement that it would be offering grocery delivery directly from Whole Foods – we thought we would give our readers a chance to take a special quiz. First, and most obviously, the level of the game just went up for every other player in the grocery. The above is the sound of…. .

Restructuring 53

Restructuring Treasury Accounting Forecasting 53

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2016

This fully autonomous payment service uses a small device located inside the vehicle that locates the car and submits a payment to the local Parking Authority’s ParkPlus account, according to Mobilepaymentstoday. “With the Skymeter, all you need to do is park your vehicle, walk away and let the system pay for your parking.”

Manufacturing 65

Manufacturing Retail Technology Planning 65

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

Banks can’t just sign on new users a la Facebook or Twitter: Instead, they are required to go through a rigorous KYC process to ensure that account holders are all actual, verifiable human beings. Moreover, they realize that if they aren’t willing to play that role, there is certainly a start-up that would be delighted to fill the gap.

Banking 64

Banking Compliance Leverage Accounting 64

PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2017

As of last quarter, Apple’s market share was up 4.7 percent of the smartphone market, up from 32.9 In the top five European Union markets, Android operating system phones accounted for 79.5 Marketplace tea leaf readers take this as a sign that production for new iPhone devices is gaining momentum.

Sales 40

Sales Numbers Marketing Accounting 40

PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2018

Speeding Up Discovery And Recovery. Financial crime officers, he noted, have specialized training so they know what to look for in counterfeit cards, which often have telltale signs. Pak told Webster that Mastercard has been cooperating with and supporting law enforcement for many years.

Securities 43

Securities Compliance Banking Technology 43

PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2016

But having an electronic vehicle fleet means overhauling the way managers and drivers pay for fueling; after all, these vehicles no longer have the option of fueling up at retail gas stations with traditional POS terminals. Spend on the RFID card can also automatically be charged to a PayPal account or credit card for smaller fleets.

Invoicing 40

Invoicing Technology Economics Sales 40

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Here’s a rundown on what saw the most engagement among EPI’s readers: The gap between productivity and a typical worker’s compensation has increased dramatically since 1979 : Productivity growth and hourly compensation growth, 1948–2021. All these important topics were among the Economic Policy Institute’s top charts this year.

Economics 130

Economics Education Numbers Securities 130

Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 24, 2023

He is the person who essentially stood up the LBO department at Goldman Sachs when essentially there were half a dozen or so private equity firms in the country. Eventually, Steve takes his experience and knowledge and stands up his own firm, New Mountain Capital, which is one of the largest private equity shops in the world.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 102

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Leverage Numbers 102

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 26, 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, I am once again so thankful to all of you, the ever-growing number of readers who continue to regularly visit this Nerd’s Eye View Blog (and share the content with your friends and colleagues, which we greatly appreciate!). Executive Summary.

Planning 130

Planning Benchmarking Profit and Loss Communication 130

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 24, 2022

She has a fascinating career, starting a PLS working away up as an analyst and eventually, head of outcome-based strategies for Morningstar, eventually rising from that position and portfolio manager to Chief Investment Officer. doing research and just soaking things up. So I put my head up. And so — RITHOLTZ: Right.

Investments 52

Investments Valuation Benchmarking Marketing 52

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Intuit is adding a new service for its small business (SMB) users of accounting solution QuickBooks. According to Intuit, the SMB accounting tool could help small business owners get paid two times quicker than before. According to Intuit, the SMB accounting tool could help small business owners get paid two times quicker than before.

Invoicing 40

Invoicing B2B Accounting 40

PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

What this means is that, for the first time, consumers can directly deposit funds into their bank account to be available in real time. The move comes as Apple and Samsung are installing fingerprint scanners on their phones and big consumer banks, like Chase and BoA, are allowing biometric sign-ins. While, in the U.S.,

Valuation 41

Valuation Banking Startups Planning 41

The Charity CFO

APRIL 27, 2022

For more nonprofit accounting resources check out www.thecharitycfo.com. And helping organizations understand a little bit more about human behavior and maybe how that impacts fundraising and listen, I’m in the accounting world. How, how did you end up here? And the rest is up to you kid. Thanks for watching.

Nonprofit 98

Nonprofit Communication Accounting Advertising 98

PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2018

Hence the ongoing growth and strength of the subscription commerce market – according to the PYMNTS Subscription Commerce Conversion Index , the health of the industry picked up to 63.2 They are mostly as they sound: Time refers to how long it takes to set up the subscription –generally speaking, the shorter the better is the rule.

Restructuring 40

Restructuring Planning Communication Securities 40

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2018

The findings — reflected in the list below — take into account the newest payment technologies while also paying attention to legacy methods that for various reasons continue to command consumer and business loyalties. It’s been a year of P2P payment gains, and all signs point to even more growth in 2019. 2: With Their Voices.

Securities 83

Securities Education Technology Retail 83

PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Later today, millions of Americans will pack up their gear and head to a favorite spot to celebrate our Independence from the British. And still others look like an idea bound for the ash heap of history, only to end up being that which customers the world over love and adore. But the other shoe sort of dropped yesterday when the $7.25

eCommerce 40

eCommerce Retail Advertising Planning 40

PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

For example, one shopper scanned a QR code on a Heinz Ketchup bottle and ended up on a site full of pornography. EMVCo’s QR Thumbs Up. With EMVCo signing off officially, it seems QR codes are finally what they had always striven to be: totally legit. Square : Remember when Square was just a card reader? ” Sizzle.

Technology 49

Technology Banking Valuation Manufacturing 49

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 27, 2023

DOMINIQUE MIELLE, AUTHOR, “DAMSEL IN DISTRESSED”: Well, it started with an article that I wrote as a hobby about my experience as a woman at Lehman Brothers, and it was picked up by Business Insider, and I realized a couple things. How did you end up in finance? Like, are those companies really going to go belly up it?

Investments 108

Investments Restructuring Profit and Loss Finance 108

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

However, readers may quibble with Galbraith not including food shortages (avian flu, supply chain interruptions, some poor harvests) in his list of inflation drivers. A third significant (though smaller, and considerably later) price increase occurred in the housing component of the CPI, which accounts for about thirty percent of the index.

Economics 100

Economics Construction Profit and Loss Marketing 100

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The promise of a pandemic-era refuge from all the COVID restrictions up north. Vanity Fair ) • The Brutal Reality of Plunging Office Values Is Here : Commercial-property deals in the US are starting to pick up — at deep discounts that are forcing lenders around the world to brace for souring loans. The appeal of a mild winter.

Banking 56

Banking Marketing Accounting 56

PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2020

The letter V is emblematic of the sharp drop as a result of the mandated business lockdowns and #stayathome restrictions imposed by COVID-19 — and then the sharp rise back up once those lockdowns and restrictions are removed. Readers of these pages have had a weekly, real-time ringside seat to the shifts in U.S.

Accounting 93

Accounting Economics Finance Securities 93

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

He just lays it out as he saw it, as a fly in the wall and lets you, the reader, figure it out. And Sam Bankman-Fried a few weeks later ends up on my front porch and I take him for a, a hike in the hills of Berkeley. I had no idea it was gonna turn up. Barry Ritholtz ] 00:03:16 Like that first meeting, you actually set this up.

Math 60

Math Profit and Loss Numbers Marketing 60