CFO News

MAY 10, 2023

Companies said there was a significantly higher growth in sales of branded packaged foods than their unbranded counterparts because of their lower share compared to other household products. In the past few months, companies have been reversing grammage cuts to bolster volume growth amid easing inflationary pressures.

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CFO News

MARCH 2, 2023

The company, which on Thursday introduced an updated version of its mid-size sedan -- City, plans to focus on products which are over Rs 10 lakh price tag powered by petrol and hybrid powertrains. The company, which is present in India through a wholly-owned subsidiary, plans to do away with diesel models in the country.

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CFO News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The company owes a group of 10 lenders led by State Bank of India (SBI) a total of ₹4,900 crore. Delays in payments had meant the account was tagged as NPA in the fourth quarter of last fiscal. However, the company cleared its outstanding dues in the last three months and has proposed a fresh payment schedule to banks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Patel, centers around the issue of whether Facebook broke the law in Illinois when it instituted a photo-tagging feature that honed in on users’ faces and tagged them against their will. Illinois ‘ biometrics privacy law says that companies must obtain written consent before collecting information about users’ faces.

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Future CFO

MARCH 3, 2024

Sometimes, it is to look beyond the price tag or CV and to look at the talent’s potential. It is fascinating to see how some companies are implementing digitalisation projects successfully while others are struggling to do so. Everyone’s wishlist is long and wants a 100% fitting candidate or a perfect job—but it rarely / doesn’t exist.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

Still, that seems so old-fashioned in this digital age — at least according to Andrea Chavez, Founder of Pawscout , a company whose signature product is a Bluetooth-enabled tag that not only helps pet owners find their wayward pets, but gives them access to other digital and mobile services.

Retail 77

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Facebook has announced it’s going to stop using its controversial Tag Suggestions feature, and facial recognition technology is going to be available to all of its users, Reuters reported Tuesday (Sept. Tag Suggestions, a feature that lets people tag friends, has been controversial.

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 6, 2023

Venture-capital investments are plunging, along with valuations of prepublic companies. Barron’s ) • Why It’s So Hard for China to Shake the ‘Uninvestable’ Tag : In 2021, Goldman Sachs said the word was starting to feature in a number of client conversations about the country’s stocks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

One goal for the company, according to Reuters, is to boost the role of women in the formal economy. The app, called TAG, will work to provide assistance for the 100 million Pakistan adults who are unbanked. The Raast system was also supported by the World Bank, Britain and the United Nations.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Online payments firm Paysafe is nearing a deal with billionaire Bill Foley for a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger, according to a Bloomberg report, intending for Paysafe to go public. In addition, Foley launched another SPAC, Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp.,

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 90

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

According to Anneke Stender, executive vice president at accounting and software solutions provider TAG , this is a growing segment at a time when new, younger millionaires are continuing to emerge from places like Silicon Valley. The rising threat of cyberattacks against companies hasn’t gone unnoticed by this market, either.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

What began as an eCommerce site has grown to include social elements, such as allowing users to upload photos and videos, tag products, and follow brands and other users, announced in a company press release. According to the release, Verishop believes it has identified the most important social features for an eCommerce app.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

Google’s security experts had their hands full in April, as its Threat Analysis Group ( TAG ) emailed 1,755 warnings to users whose accounts were targets, the California-based global technology company wrote on its blog Thursday (May 27). Slovenia, Canada, India, Bahrain, Cyprus, and the U.K.

Healthcare 70

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Companies can allow their users to choose between various IDs, including driver’s licenses, passports or biometric ID cards. Humans can also train the ML algorithms by tagging IDs with either valid or fraudulent tags, creating a highly sophisticated verification system. . PYMNTS research revealed that 68.8

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

One of the latest developments comes from a company called Pawscout. Its main mission is to update those analog lost-pet posters via a a Bluetooth-enabled tag that not only helps pet owners find their wayward pets, but also gives them access to other digital and mobile services. Better Pet Tag.

Retail 48

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Facebook has announced it’s going to stop using its controversial Tag Suggestions feature, and facial recognition technology is going to be available to all of its users, Reuters reported Tuesday (Sept. Tag Suggestions, a feature that lets people tag friends, has been controversial.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The wearables category — which includes Apple Watch and AirPods — is now the biggest slice of Mac’s revenue, resembling the scope of a Fortune 150 company. Tag Heuer, for example, has released several smartwatch models, including one that costs $180,000. The window for Swiss watch brands to make an impact in smartwatches is closing.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

In a Tuesday (June 23) press release , the company said it will be opening up Instagram Shopping to a wider array of businesses, including Instagram creators who have products or other offerings to sell. And Instagram clearly is thinking of not just small businesses, but even small, independent contractors or freelancers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The price tag on those properties came out to over $130 billion, according to WSJ, citing a review of public property and corporate records from Reconomy, the commercial real estate database. The WSJ analysis linked various limited liability companies to Kalanick's CloudKitchens parent, City Storage Systems.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2018

NXP Semiconductors in late September introduced its latest NTAG DNA tag chip, providing privacy-enabled, multi-layered security for NFC and IoT authentication applications. With the new NTAG 424 DNA, brands can fight counterfeit and grey market activities at a cost that enables mass-market deployment of advanced NFC tags.

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CFO Thought Leader

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

CFOTL: Tell us about Poshmark … what does this company do, and what are its offerings today? I’ve now worked with a series of companies, including the likes of eBay and Amazon. You can sell used products or you can sell new with tags, but the main thing is that it’s really fun. So, what is unique about Poshmark?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Sales order management company Aleran Software rolled out its OneMart B2B online shopping technology, according to a Thursday (Oct 1.) announcement. The technology’s drag and drop creator lets users quickly make safe, branded shopping experiences without the need to have technological know-how.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2020

bitcoin has become available at over 16,000 ATMs in December of this year, a press release from East London-based cryptocurrency company BitcoinPoint says. The new partnership will do well for the mass-adoption of crypto, the company anticipates. That resulted in limited liquidity for users, a company blog says. In the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

SMBs will also have the capability to save money through the partnership, the company noted. Using the Rise program, customers have the option to offer customized travel content while managing policies and approvals, as well as allowing customers to shop for airfare, hotels and ground transportation according to each company’s rules.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Additionally, companies are looking to use smart packaging to engage with consumers in new, more compelling ways. With RFID- and code-enabled smart packaging models, products are connected to a digital platform, enabling companies to collect data and respond to consumer interactions. Customer interaction. Smoothing sales.

Retail 62

Retail Manufacturing Communication Technology 62

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

In a first-of-its-kind partnership, FLEETCOR company Sem Parar is teaming with Nissan on contactless payments in Brazil. Nissan vehicles that have the Sem Parar tag will become available to consumers starting in late 2019. FLEETCOR serves businesses, partners and merchants in North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific and Europe.

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Manufacturing Securities Technology Marketing 49

PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

Pioneers of the first diamond-coated unclonable security tag for supply chain security and end-to-end tracking, DUST Identity has announced $10 million in Series A funding. Led by Kleiner Perkins, provider of the company’s initial $2.3

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Securities SAP Manufacturing Investments 40

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Amazon 4-star’s selection is a direct reflection of our customers — what they’re buying and what they’re loving,” the company wrote in a blog post. The company added that the average rating of all the products in the new store is 4.4 Interestingly, though, there are no price tags. million 5-star customer reviews.

eCommerce 66

eCommerce 66

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Tags are created, which helps the video become searchable. The technology, according to Bloomberg, is essential for software that companies use for search and recommendation engines for videos and other media. On its website, now defunct, the company said the idea is to not just recognize items, but also understand them.

Technology 61

Technology Planning Securities 61

PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Amazon ’s New York expansion plans will now include the former Lord & Taylor building in downtown Manhattan, as the eCommerce company announced that it will purchase the storied building from office sharing startup WeWork , according to the New York Post. billion over a decade and bring in tens of thousands of jobs as a result.

Startups 67

Startups eCommerce Sales Retail 67

PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

As noted in this space over the weekend, there already exists a preliminary agreement between Cardtronics and the investment firms, but the higher price tag offered by NCR will likely spark a re-examination of a deal. That technology would work with ATMs and with other settings such as the point of sale, the company has said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Looks like Jessica Alba’s co-founded Honest Company might be in a bit of honest trouble. According to emerging news reports, the five-year-old home and body care product company is looking to raise $75 million in new Series D venture capital funding at $19.60 So, is Honest no longer a unicorn? It seems possible — verging on likely.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Then they buy the company and flood the market, but that’s beside the point. For the 35 th anniversary of the mustachioed plumber who put Nintendo on the video gaming map, the company is reintroducing its vintage Game & Watch console. A brief, priceless moment of innocent joy. Bad graphics. Great times.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

In a blog post , Google said the attackers’ attempts included impersonating health organizations and major fast-food companies in an effort to trick people into downloading malware. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said hackers had been targeting the World Health Organization (WHO), as revealed in early April by Reuters.

Securities 68

Securities Retail 68

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The Facebook-owned company has been giving users shopping-specific features for about a year now, including the ability to bookmark things in photos and videos they might want to purchase. Brands can tag items and users can get more details about them, with the goal of eventually being sent to websites to complete purchases.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The new partnership between the two firms will, according to their joint release, offer shoppers the benefit of seamless payments via their smartphones no matter where they happen to be in a store, using the combined power SES-imagotag’s digital price tags and Wirecard’s payment technology.

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Retail Sales Technology Marketing 43

PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

The court decision could have billions of dollars in consequences for the company, and it follows in the heels of a recent fine of $5 billion that Facebook agreed to pay to the Federal Trade Commission over privacy issues. . The key issue is Facebook’s “Tag Suggestions,” which let users tag friends in previously uploaded photos.

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