Risk Management

AI can help CFOs expand finance without adding staff: Prophix CEO

As workloads rise and headcount growth slows, Prophix CEO Alok Ajmera expects AI to give finance teams more capacity — but trust remains a hurdle.

By Alexei Alexis • Oct. 8, 2026

Deloitte fined $7.9M by UK regulator for failed audits

Deloitte UK’s “decisions and actions put very large amounts of U.K. taxpayers’ money at risk,” according to the top investigator at the Financial Reporting Council.

By Jim Tyson • Oct. 8, 2026

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Top 5 stories from CFO Dive

To stay competitive many CFOs are focused on balancing AI’s risks and opportunities while also adjusting to fast-changing tariff policies and labor markets.

By CFO Dive staff

House proposal would clarify liability rules for AI agents

Developers would be held liable under the draft bill when their AI agents harm third parties through conduct that would be unlawful if committed by a human.

By Alexei Alexis • Oct. 7, 2026

All Fed officials backed vote to hike benchmark rate: FOMC minutes

Inflation expectations among consumers rose last month for both the one-year and three-year time horizons, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Wednesday.

By Jim Tyson • Oct. 7, 2026

SEC charges former CEO with secretly giving millions in stock to family

The CEO’s “fraudulent scheme was lucrative for him and his daughter,” the Securities and Exchange Commission alleged.

By Jim Tyson • Oct. 6, 2026

AI verification eats up 26% of finance teams’ workweek: Datarails

Lack of auditability ranks as the biggest barrier to trusting AI for mission-critical finance tasks, followed by concerns about accuracy and hallucinations.

By Alexei Alexis • Oct. 6, 2026

US services sector slows, hobbled by tariffs, higher fuel costs

Growth in the services sector has helped sustain economic growth despite tariffs, the war with Iran and rising borrowing costs.

By Jim Tyson • Oct. 5, 2026

Jobless rate rises to 4.2%, reducing odds of Fed easing this month

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said a decision on whether to increase the benchmark interest rate “may take more time.”

By Jim Tyson • Oct. 2, 2026

SEC charges private fund adviser with alleged fraud before SpaceX IPO

The Manhattan-based fund adviser rode investor enthusiasm for pending initial public offerings by companies including OpenAI, the Securities and Exchange Commission alleged.

By Jim Tyson • Oct. 1, 2026

CFO economic optimism ticks back up in Q3: Deloitte

Finance chiefs’ economic confidence rebounded to a high range despite concerns about North America’s outlook, Deloitte found.

By Danielle McLean • Sept. 30, 2026

Consumer confidence sags to 12-year low, eroded by inflation, job anxiety

Inflation will probably not slow to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target until 2028, New York Fed President John Williams predicted.

By Jim Tyson • Sept. 29, 2026

Nvidia bakes agent governance into infrastructure layer

The Nvidia Open Agent Safety Platform aims to control agents but is unlikely to give enterprises full oversight, analysts told CFO Dive sister publication CIO Dive.

By Makenzie Holland • Sept. 29, 2026

AI spurs rising job loss fears in finance

One in five finance professionals fear AI will replace their jobs, up 7 percentage points from last year, a survey found.

By Alexei Alexis • Sept. 29, 2026

AI creates jobs rather than kills them: White House economist Hassett

Most U.S. adults fear that adoption of artificial intelligence will lead to job loss, according to several recent polls.

By Jim Tyson • Sept. 28, 2026

Inflation slams consumer sentiment to four-month low: survey

Despite their dimming sentiments toward inflation and business conditions, consumers have shown no sign of cutting spending.

By Jim Tyson • Sept. 25, 2026

26 state attorneys general call on Congress to rein in AI, flagging risks

Legislation introduced in the Senate on Wednesday would pause AI research until the creation of a federal department that would regulate the technology.

By Jim Tyson • Sept. 24, 2026

CFO optimism holds steady overall, weakens at small firms

Twenty percent of small companies reported financial constraints preventing them from covering costs or pursuing new business opportunities.

By Alexei Alexis • Sept. 23, 2026

Business growth surges at fastest pace in five years: S&P Global

Amid rising business activity, U.S. companies this year have grown more pessimistic about future inflation.

By Jim Tyson • Sept. 23, 2026

IRS cybersecurity weak, data may be vulnerable, Inspector General says

The IRS in a March 2025 strategy report referred to software tools that it no longer uses and to roles that were eliminated in a reorganization, its inspector general said.

By Jim Tyson • Sept. 22, 2026

Google AI models broke out of sandbox, hacked three companies

The incidents stemmed from the same testing environment defects that tripped up OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta.

By Eric Geller • Updated Sept. 21, 2026

Microsoft AI ‘playbook’ touts revenue gains from sales pilot

The sales initiative led to a 9.4% rise in revenue per account manager and 20% higher close rates, the company said.

By Alexei Alexis • Sept. 22, 2026

Leading economic index falls, eroded by worsening consumer expectations

The decline in the Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index tracks recent indications that inflation is dimming how consumers view the economic outlook.

By Jim Tyson • Sept. 18, 2026

Amazon, Costco among companies fighting centralized tariff refund suits

There is no “industry-wide pricing decision tying the defendants together,” attorneys for over a dozen companies facing tariff lawsuits said in their motion.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Sept. 18, 2026

Iran war to spur inflation by 0.6 percentage point by Q1 2027: CBO study

“Re-escalation of the war in the Middle East” was the key factor behind a Federal Reserve decision to raise the main interest rate, Yardeni Research President Ed Yardeni said.

By Jim Tyson • Sept. 17, 2026

AI safety debate expected to put more pressure on CFOs

Recent rogue AI incidents and warnings from industry leaders could push risk management higher on the CFO agenda.

By Alexei Alexis • Sept. 17, 2026