CFO News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In the payments business, access to sensitive data needs to be monitored and many payment companies do not have such access controls, or do not maintain proper audit checks. The regulator wants fintechs to be serious about these aspects of business before they are issued a licence.

Auditing 52

Auditing 52

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Integrated into its Business Spend Management (BSM) platform, the tool aggregates the buying power of multiple businesses with similar procurement needs to connect them with discounts. The latter collaboration will see American Express virtual cards be integrated as a payment option within Coupa’s BSM platform.

Risk Analysis 42

Risk Analysis Leverage Finance B2B 42

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Recruiting customers is hard to do — and comes with a big price tag. So what are all the stops — and will this help the restaurant delivery aggregator hold on to all those new customers they just spent all that money recruiting? But growth and keeping customers came at a cost — the firm reported an adjusted earnings loss of $4.2

Profit and Loss 52

Profit and Loss Leverage Sales Marketing 52

PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2018

A consumer on the hunt for fresh food and grocery items steps into a convenience store with nary a human physical worker in sight and checks in with a mobile payments app. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. The consumer then chooses the desired products, scans them via mobile phone, checks out and leaves.

Retail 41

Retail Startups Planning Investments 41

CFO News Room

JANUARY 17, 2023

Lenders may be the first to worry, when there is a crisis that puts their payments at risk, but equity investors are often with them, pushing down stock prices and pushing up equity risk premiums. I have seen no evidence, so far, that this is the case, but that may change.

Economics 130

Economics Valuation Treasury Forecasting 130

PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2017

Friendship has been a key lever in moving progress forward, even in payments, commerce and technology. On average, Americans pay friends back almost 35 times a year, to the tune of nearly $5,000 per year in aggregate. And person-to-person (P2P) payments have made it easy to send a monetarily infused message of encouragement.

Technology 41

Technology Accounting 41

Musings on Markets

MARCH 19, 2022

Equity Markets and Equity Risk Premiums Lenders may be the first to worry, when there is a crisis that puts their payments at risk, but equity investors are often with them, pushing down stock prices and pushing up equity risk premiums. I have seen no evidence, so far, that this is the case, but that may change.

Economics 100

Economics Valuation Treasury Forecasting 100