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.

By Alexei Alexis • Aug. 19, 2025

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.

By Katalin Tischhauser • Aug. 19, 2025

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CFO best practices in the evolving generative AI era

As the initial frenzy around the launch of generative artificial intelligence subsides, a new GenAI era appears to be taking shape.

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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. 

By Grace Noto • Aug. 18, 2025

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.

By Winston Post • Aug. 14, 2025

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.

By Grace Noto • Aug. 14, 2025

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.

By Philip Watson • Aug. 13, 2025

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.

By Grace Noto • Aug. 12, 2025

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.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Aug. 12, 2025

How Salesforce’s finance chief is leveraging AI

With artificial intelligence tools, the time it takes to prepare for earnings calls has “been reduced to hours instead of days,” the executive said.

By Alexei Alexis • Aug. 11, 2025

CEO pessimism eases as tariff-induced worries decline: survey

Risks from import duties have ebbed somewhat since April but still cloud the outlook for price pressures, the job market and economic growth, according to economists.

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 8, 2025

The Trade Desk names new CFO, warns of tariff disruption

The Trade Desk will grant venture capital veteran and incoming CFO Alex Kayyal a $600,000 signing bonus as it tries to navigate uncertainty from U.S. tariffs.

By Grace Noto • Aug. 8, 2025

Peloton to shrink workforce by 6% in cost-cutting effort

The fitness company told its shareholders that operating expenses “remain too high, which hinders our ability to invest in our future.”

By Alexei Alexis • Aug. 7, 2025

Fastly taps new CFO amid record revenue

The CFO swap comes after the content delivery platform appointed Kip Compton to its CEO chair in June. The company is now targeting between $594 million to $602 million in full-year revenue.

By Grace Noto • Aug. 7, 2025

Shift4 faces CFO, board departures

The payment processor’s CFO will step down and join the board, while the company founder’s father said he will resign from the board.

By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 7, 2025

‘Big bang’ tech deployments fade amid optimization focus

“Instead of 24- or 36-month projects, we’re talking six- to eight-week cycles,” Grant Thornton’s Tony Dinola said.

By Alexei Alexis • Aug. 6, 2025

SEON CFO keeps eye on currency risk

The software firm’s CFO is carefully watching FX risk as SEON looks to expand its global footprint in a volatile macroeconomic environment.

By Grace Noto • Aug. 5, 2025

Autonomous finance will arrive within three years: Ramp CEO

The tech executive weighed in on the future of finance as his company announced that it raised $500 million at a $22.5 billion valuation.

By Alexei Alexis • Aug. 5, 2025

Cybersecurity budgets tighten as economic anxiety rises

Uncertain tariff policies and fluctuating inflation and interest rates are leading to stagnant or reduced budgets, according to an IANS Research report.

By Alexei Alexis • Aug. 5, 2025

First-ever Finzly CFO seeks to create culture of ‘connectivity’

As the first CFO for the payments infrastructure provider, software alum Adam Carson aims to upgrade the finance role from a "backseat function."

By Grace Noto • Aug. 4, 2025

Bloomin’ Brands hires new CFO among a series of leadership changes

The company also created an executive position for strategy and transformation to help improve the performance of Outback Steakhouse.

By Aneurin Canham-Clyne • Aug. 4, 2025

Pitney Bowes replaces CFO after only months in seat

CEO Kurt Wolf said he previously served on the board of GameStop with Pitney Bowes’ newly-minted CFO Paul Evans.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Aug. 1, 2025

AI evolution prompts sense of urgency among CFOs: Oracle

The steady evolution of AI is creating a sense of urgency for CFOs — but they need to ensure they have the right mix of tech and accounting skills inside of their teams, Oracle’s Hari Sankar says.  

By Grace Noto • Aug. 1, 2025

UnitedHealth replaces CFO in another leadership shakeup

Wayne DeVeydt, a healthcare veteran who most recently worked at Bain Capital, will take up the finance chief job on Sept. 2 as the healthcare behemoth faces an array of operational challenges. 

By Emily Olsen • Aug. 1, 2025

US to install country-specific tariffs Aug. 7

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday officially codifying rates for over 60 trading partners while pushing back implementation by seven days.

By Philip Neuffer • Aug. 1, 2025

Microsoft capex to exceed $30B this quarter, CFO says

The tech giant saw its heavy AI spending pay off Thursday as strong quarterly earnings results helped propel its valuation past the $4 trillion mark.

By Alexei Alexis • July 31, 2025