CFO News Room

JANUARY 17, 2023

The table below summarizes the market cap change, by region of the world: It is no surprise that Eastern Europe and Russia, which are in the eye of the hurricane, have seen the most damage to equities, but other than the Middle East, every other equity market in the world is down, with the US, EU and China shedding significant market capitalization.

Economics 130

Economics Valuation Treasury Forecasting 130

PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2017

The latest is global consulting firm McKinsey, whose new report has put a price tag on the potential of blockchain: $110 billion. From product development through underwriting, pricing, payment and collections, claims, back-office functions and risk capital, distributed ledger technology could have a hand in all phases of the insurance space.

Treasury 79

Treasury B2B Education Technology 79

PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

The news sent the company’s shares soaring as high as 12 percent, which was the stock’s largest gain within nearly six years, Bloomberg reported. That deal came with a price tag of $4.65 billion , and Symantec brought in several of the company’s executives.

Planning 40

Planning Auditing Securities Investments 40

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Through these in-store installations, the retailer could gain insights into customer preferences and drive customers to visit stores. Amazon opened an Amazon Books location in the nation’s capital in March. In some cases, retailers are dedicating small spaces to brands inside their brick-and-mortar stores.

Retail 58

Retail eCommerce CFO Planning 58

Musings on Markets

MARCH 19, 2022

The table below summarizes the market cap change, by region of the world: It is no surprise that Eastern Europe and Russia, which are in the eye of the hurricane, have seen the most damage to equities, but other than the Middle East, every other equity market in the world is down, with the US, EU and China shedding significant market capitalization.

Economics 100

Economics Valuation Treasury Forecasting 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

Capital One’s Earnings Flub. Though Capital One had lots of positive forward-looking statements to make after releasing its Q4 earnings information last week, its stock sank as what investors and analysts most noted was that the bank missed on both earnings and revenue. Mastercard got tagged with a $648.3 percent, down from 2.89

Advertising 51

Advertising Retail Currencies Banking 51

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

And though putting an end to a 108-year championship drought has brought with it much excitement, media attention and disbelief, it’s also delivered big gains in commerce. Airbnb hosts weren’t the only one looking to capitalize on the World Series frenzy and the possibility of the Cubs being able to lift its long-standing curse.

Economics 71

Economics Sales Numbers 71

PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2016

Though Kohl’s had no choice but to react in this situation, the company did try to capitalize on the burgeoning fame its talking Chewbacca masks were enjoying by presenting Payne’s family with a cornucopia of non-mask Star Wars toys , as well as about $2,500 in Kohl’s gift cards.

Retail 40

Retail Sales Accounting 40

PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

Once closed, the conjoined firm will offer enterprise banking, payments, capital markets and global eCommerce services to financial institutions and businesses around the world. As a result of the pair-up, Worldpay merchants will essentially gain push-button access to Amazon Pay at checkout, without a heavy or complicated integration process.

Reconciliations 50

Reconciliations eCommerce Retail Currencies 50

PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2016

” A big price tag is in part an outcome of a big operation. More marketshare is the key to gaining efficiencies that make flashy moves like big technical upgrades possible. It’s one of the keys to their success: they’ve been good investors in their own business.” million shoppers visit a Kroger every day.

Concentration 40

Concentration Retail Sales Investments 40

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

And then of course as a CEO, doesn’t matter the size of the company, you’re always talking about where to allocate capital. And honestly, with the discussion around, which I have strong opinions on, discussion around more capital requirements post the regional banking crisis, I think that’s only going to get worse.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 85

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Finance Technology 85

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

While that effect tends to fade as businesses get larger, the tumult at Open AI, where the board dismissed Sam Altman as CEO, and then faced with an enterprise-wide meltdown, as capital providers and employees threatened to quit, illustrates that even at larger entities, a person or a few people can make a value difference.

Valuation 113

Valuation Profit and Loss Entertainment Investments 113

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

For those who see Libra as the hero — where an alternative currency takes root and challenges central bank fiat, gains acceptance, promotes financial inclusion for more than a billion people — this past week’s event means that the Libra Association will live to fight another day. But the uphill climb remains steep. and Women’s World Banking.

Currencies 43

Currencies Nonprofit Banking Securities 43

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Wipro didn’t disclose how much it invested in Tradeshift, though, but noted that the funding was provided through Wipro’s venture capital unit, Wipro Ventures, and will be used by Tradeshift to continue to develop its B2B applications in the eProcurement and eCommerce spaces. Jubilee Capital Management, based in Singapore, led the funding.

B2B 50

B2B Startups Finance Investments 50

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Though not venture capital, the private equity raised for New Jersey-chartered community bank Cross River Bank is noteworthy not only for its impressive price tag of $100 million, but for its reflection of investors’ support for financial institutions that collaborate with the tech startup scene. Cross River Bank.

B2B 70

B2B Startups Benchmarking Manufacturing 70

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 25, 2023

ADVERTISEMENT) RITHOLTZ: Prior to 2022, when rates were cheap, when rates were zero, when capital was plentiful, it seemed like the entire industry went through this wild merger frenzy. What shocked me more than the slowdown was the intoxication of capital, right? They can’t engage in selling away. RITHOLTZ: Wow. HAMBURGER: Yes.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 60

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Compliance Investments Finance 60

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 20, 2022

It’s just a fascinating conversation about looking at the world from both bottoms up and top-down, as well as thinking about what valuations are like, how likely are macro events, the impact you’re getting not just the return on capital, but as famously said in fixed income, a return of your capital. I’m like 25 years old.

Restructuring 60

Restructuring Investments Marketing Banking 60

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 2, 2023

And then within LVMH, I moved to Tag Heuer, which is a pure watch business — RITHOLTZ: Right. It was really kind of in the Tag Heuer timeline for me, career-wise, that I became aware of Ben and of Hodinkee. Then we raised our first venture capital. And Louis Vuitton has a watch business and division. Hand wound moon watch.

Retail 64

Retail Advertising Numbers Economics 64

Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

And we literally talk about during the show, I got a tag to present to the SEC, about their new single stock product. But he also has an incredible depth of knowledge about market structures, about what people get wrong about thinking about systems, about what we get wrong about humans, and capitalism and finance. Hold that aside.

Finance 107

Finance Investments Math Marketing 107

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 3, 2023

We had some very good markets going on in the commodity space, and we were able to capitalize on those things in the early two thousands after I would say the.com bubble had burst, you know, I was asked to go over and run the equities business. And realized that, look, we had one of the most unbelievable capital markets syndicate shops.

Marketing 107

Marketing Treasury Banking Profit and Loss 107

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 9, 2022

So many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.” Video surveillance captured Brinton removing the suitcase from the carousel and putting the bag’s tag in their handbag before leaving ‘at a quick pace,’ the police complaint read.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Numbers Planning Economics 130