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    Cybersecurity startup Horizon3.ai taps new CFO

    Founded in 2019, San Francisco-based Horizon3.ai in June completed a $100 million Series D funding round. 

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    Rare earth CFO’s financing strategy hinges on auto contracts

    The Canada-based mining company Aclara's finance chief is priorizing securing contracts from customers who will use its products in order to secure more than $1 billion in financing.

    Updated Aug. 20, 2025
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    State data highlight stability in US labor market: San Francisco Fed

    Release of a report on gauging employment by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco precedes an annual Fed meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, titled “Labor Markets in Transition.”

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    State AI rules trigger rising small business angst

    Nearly two-thirds of survey respondents said they were worried about potential compliance and litigation costs related to state laws on privacy, AI and technology.

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    Upwork leans on AI deals for greater ‘optionality,’ CFO says

    The company is “by no means done with M&A,” CFO Erica Gessert said, but is continuing to prioritize a key mix of profitability and growth.  

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    Opinion

    Stablecoins now have a green light. What’s next for CFOs?

    Even with legislation in place, adoption will still require a willingness to reimagine how corporate funds are allocated, writes Sygnum Bank’s Katalin Tischhauser.

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    Lax IRS review opened way for Form 941 business fraud: Inspector General

    The report identifies errors that preceded a historic agency shakeup this year under the Trump administration.

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    CFOs elevate tax to strategic leadership: BDO

    Tax leaders have seen their roles as strategy drivers grow since many stepped up to help with cash planning needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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    PwC Kunai acquisition to bolster tech enablement for bank CFOs

    With Kunai, PwC aims to help bank CFOs prototype and measure results of tech transformations, arming them with early evidence to win internal backing.

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    Retail sales rise despite persistent inflation, soft labor market

    After robust buying in July, consumer sentiment faltered in August for the first time in four months, according to a University of Michigan survey.

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    CFOs must take ownership of managing culture risks: AuditBoard

    When it comes to hedging against cultural risks, CFOs need to “keep their eye on the ball” and make sure the critical players have the resources they need, AuditBoard’s Richard Chambers said.  

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    Producer prices rise as high tariff costs trickle through supply chains

    “It’s going to take another two to three quarters for tariffs to play through” the inflation data, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President Alberto Musalem said.

    Updated Aug. 15, 2025
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    Cisco AI infrastructure orders top $2B

    Newly minted CFO Mark Patterson will focus on “financial discipline” and profitable growth as Cisco looks to position itself as a “critical infrastructure provider” for the AI age.

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    Opinion

    New cloud-based digital tax rules are here. They warrant CFO attention.

    With remote work driving cloud spending to new heights and states competing aggressively for the related tax revenue, CFOs face mounting pressure to comply with a growing patchwork of tax obligations.

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    Urgently narrows operating loss, leveraging AI, ML

    Urgently, while shifting leadership, is opening its AI model to clients in an attempt to boost renewals and spark new relationships.

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    AI cuts monthly financial close time by 7.5 days: MIT/Stanford study

    Accounting firms that adopt artificial intelligence can yield “remarkable improvements in productivity, task allocation and reporting quality,” researchers said.

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    Opinion

    Why CFOs must stop treating compensation as a cost

    Today’s economic uncertainty presents an opportunity for CFOs to get ahead of competitors struggling with the whiplash of boom-and-bust pay tactics, Payscale’s Philip Watson writes.

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    Circle courts broader payments community

    The company is seeking partnerships to boost the use of its USDC coin in payments, along with its cryptocurrency tools and services.

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    Core inflation heats up to 3.1%, fueled by resurgence in services prices

    Despite higher-than-forecast price pressure data, traders in interest rate futures held to their bet that the Federal Reserve will trim the main interest rate next month.

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    Urgently CFO steps down after two months

    The CFO’s departure comes as the digital roadside assistance company looks to continue addressing material weaknesses in its financial reporting.

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    Citizens taps Barclays vet as next CFO

    Aunoy Banerjee will become Citizens’ CFO in October, replacing John Woods, who’s leaving the Providence, Rhode Island-based regional lender to become CFO at State Street.

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    Why the EU AI Act could be a wake-up call for US CFOs

    Staggered effective dates and uncertainty about which companies must comply could yield fresh financial pressures for CFOs, according to an attorney who specializes in cybersecurity.

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    Research shows AI agents are highly vulnerable to hijacking attacks

    Experts from Zenity Labs demonstrated how attackers could exploit widely deployed AI technologies for data theft and manipulation.

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    Fed to cut rates next month as tariffs give prices one-time spur: survey

    A handful of Fed officials have voiced optimism since July that the highest U.S. tariffs since the 1930s will stoke just short-term price pressures.

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    OneStream CEO highlights ‘deterministic’ AI approach

    After a strong second quarter, OneStream is keeping its focus on creating AI solutions that can provide CFOs with clear, rather than subjective insights, CEO Tom Shea said.