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IAG names British Airways CFO as group finance chief
Insider José Antonio Barrionuevo is taking the airline group’s finance reins as IAG’s CEO said it has “built back” its balance sheet and profitability.
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Increased filings and underwriter appetite mark IPO landscape
Increasing filings and growing underwriter demand create fresh opportunities and challenges for companies preparing to go public.
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Growth-oriented Seismic CFO advocates ‘mindful’ cost-cutting
Just cutting costs for the sake of profit is “not the right way to do it,” Seismic CFO Evan Goldstein said.
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Productivity speeds up to fastest clip in two years: BLS
Declining wage pressures, as revealed in Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Thursday, may slow inflation toward the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.
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Chicago’s CFO to exit City Hall as layoffs loom
After a little over two years, Jill Jaworski is stepping down from the city’s top financial post to become CFAO of the nonprofit Navy Pier, a popular tourism destination.
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Deep Dive
‘Strategic openings’: 5 CFO trends for 2026
Financial executives in the new year must keep a competitive edge by adapting to trends including fluctuating tariff rates and refocusing of priorities at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Marqeta names Stripe, JPMorgan alum as CFO
The Stripe veteran is joining the card issuer as it continues to focus on profitability following a 27% jump in gross profit for its most recent quarter.
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CFO software firm OneStream to go private in $6.4B takeover deal
The transaction will allow the company to expand its AI capabilities at a rapid pace, OneStream CEO Tom Shea said.
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Beyond Meat taps new CAO amid accounting overhaul
Tony Kalajian’s appointment comes as the embattled company takes steps to shore up its financial reporting processes after identifying a material weakness late last year.
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Louis Dreyfus names interim finance chief after CFO’s death
The agricultural trading giant said Nigel Mamalis is taking the finance reins after Patrick Treur died unexpectedly last month.
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Fraud attacks expected to ramp up in AI ‘perfect storm’
2026 is poised to be “the year of impersonation attacks” amid an explosion of AI-powered tools, a fraud prevention expert said.
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Claire’s plans tech upgrades despite past financial setbacks
The embattled jewelry company will take steps to elevate customer in-store experiences by improving its technology foundation.
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FTC nixes order against AI startup, citing Trump directive
The move, which stems from President Trump’s 2025 AI action plan, shows the FTC’s willingness to afford AI firms “a relatively longer leash,” Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein attorneys wrote.
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NJ Senate passes CPA licensing bill
The licensing changes coming to many of the country’s most densely populated states will give the majority of aspiring accountants options when choosing career and education paths.
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US multinationals get global minimum tax relief deal
The new agreement exempts U.S. companies from OECD 15% global minimum tax rules that aimed to shut down tax havens and curtail international tax competition.
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Riot Platforms promotes insider to CFO amid AI push
As it appointed a new CFO, Riot adjusted its long-term incentive award arrangements — swapping out a bitcoin metric in favor of two data center-related metrics.
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Tracker
Tracking CPA licensure paths: Removing the 150-hour-rule hurdle
State changes to licensing rules are chipping away at a decades-old system that has largely required CPA candidates to complete what effectively amounts to a fifth year of schooling.
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CFO security tips: Beyond bodyguards
The 2024 fatal shooting of a UnitedHealthcare executive in Midtown Manhattan has led many companies to reexamine their corporate security procedures.
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How CFOs can craft an outcome-driven AI approach: Blaize
To keep pace with changing AI demands, CFOs need to keep their teams laser-focused on outcome, Blaize’s CFO said.
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Match Group CFO sets ‘higher bar’ for AI spending in 2026
The company, which owns the dating apps Tinder and Hinge, is moving away from the practice of allowing a “more or less unlimited budget” for piloting AI tools, the executive said.
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Instacart ends controversial price tests
The pilot, which allowed some retailers to test charging consumers different prices for the same products, became a public flash point after a Consumer Reports investigation.
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Q&A
MoneyGram floats stablecoins
The cross-border player is targeting Latin American countries to test stablecoins, but consumers won’t necessarily know it's part of the payment.
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Pickle Robot taps Tesla alum for CFO
The finance chief appointment dovetails with a hiring push by the AI robotics company as it looks to accelerate growth amid a surge in customer demand.
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Accounting orgs to Education Department: We are a ‘profession’
The proposal to exclude accounting graduate programs from being classified as professional would cap students’ federal loan limits, according to the DOE.
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Senate bill would allow AI firms to be sued over unauthorized data use
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., says she plans to formally introduce the bill in the new year to codify President Trump’s push for “one federal rule book” for AI.
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Beyond Meat terminates controller after identifying material weakness
Beyond Meat controller Yi Luo will leave the company on Dec. 23, approximately a month after it identified a material weakness relating to accounting practices for certain complex transactions.