OpenAI pushes new yardstick for measuring AI investments

The company’s CFO floated a “useful-intelligence-per-dollar” approach as organizations face growing pressure to show returns on their AI spending.

By Alexei Alexis • July 17, 2026

Jobs in occupations most exposed to AI increased by 4%: Chicago Fed

Research by the Chicago Fed aligns with other recent studies challenging widespread concerns that AI will lead to mass unemployment.

By Jim Tyson • July 17, 2026

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Spend management innovation yields equity value

Spend management technology is about attracting talented staff, reducing compliance problems and scaling back-office operations in a way that creates value. 

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New Xactly CFO targets efficient revenue growth

In her first week at the AI company, Adriana Carpenter is focusing on revenue, AI implementation, and ensuring she’s showing, not just telling, the financial story.

By Grace Noto • July 17, 2026

SpaceX leads US IPO surge as H1 proceeds top $114B: PwC

“The window is wide open, and companies that are prepared for that window are being rewarded for it,” PwC’s Mike Bellin said.

By Alexei Alexis • July 16, 2026

Warsh says US in ‘fight’ with China for dominance in AI

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh told a Senate panel that the U.S. “is extremely well positioned to be at the cutting edge and extract more productivity” from artificial intelligence.

By Jim Tyson • July 15, 2026

Walmart bets on AI and digital twins to shape its supply chain strategy

The technology helps the retailer get products around the world, despite global conflict or weather challenges, Walmart's Indira Uppuluri said.

By Paige Gross • July 14, 2026

Finance’s new mandate: Unlocking the story behind the numbers

AI is making it easier for finance to connect the dots, but better forecasting still depends on people who understand the business, tech executive Mike Nader writes.

By Mike Nader • July 14, 2026

Fintech Bottomline offers stablecoin-friendly CFO suite

The company is betting stablecoins will gain traction across corporate payment, treasury and liquidity workflows.

By Alexei Alexis • July 14, 2026

The hours behind the numbers: What finance leaders gain when the manual work disappears

CFOs see what is possible when AI absorbs the operational burden.

By Emily Fowler • July 13, 2026

The IPO readiness gaps digital asset firms should focus on

Digital asset IPOs require more than growth. Here’s where readiness gaps emerge.

By Adam Perotta • July 13, 2026

PepsiCo CFO says tariff refund will help offset inflation

“We do expect some more pressure on the business from a commodity standpoint,” CFO Steve Schmitt said on an earnings call.

By Alexei Alexis • July 10, 2026

7 CFO risks from the high-stakes adoption of AI

“There’s a risk of losing people who don’t want to innovate or who are scared of how this plays out,” Nintex CFO Burt Chao said.

By Jim Tyson • July 10, 2026

AI, M&A demands test CFOs as dealmaking rebounds: Bain

CFOs face a “big capital allocation question” as some of their M&A ambitions and AI priorities collide, Bain’s Suzanne Kumar said.

By Alexei Alexis • July 9, 2026

Peril and promise: The high-stakes CFO challenge of AI adoption

CFOs are in danger of falling prey to bated-breath predictions of how AI will transform humankind more profoundly than prior bold leaps in technology.

By Jim Tyson • July 9, 2026

Finance salaries rise 6% amid talent crunch: Controllers Council

Competitive pay ranks as the top strategy organizations are using to attract and retain finance professionals.

By Alexei Alexis • July 8, 2026

AlphaSense CFO talks metrics, hiring and consumption-based pricing

The company is delivering hypergrowth at scale, which requires CFO Samantha Greenberg to be more thoughtful about key metrics, she said.

By Grace Noto • July 8, 2026

Digital ID and payments turn to your face

As mobile devices and government regulators embrace facial recognition technology, your face is becoming both wallet and identification.

By Justin Bachman • July 7, 2026

SpaceX acquisition target launches CFO council to crack AI’s ROI puzzle

The effort by AI coding platform Cursor is aimed at achieving a shared framework for making AI investments “more measurable, predictable and efficient.”

By Alexei Alexis • July 7, 2026

Data ‘tollgating’ compounds SaaS cost headaches for CFOs

Organizations are getting stuck with unexpected IT costs as the data they thought they owned is being sold back to them by vendors, Deloitte said.

By Alexei Alexis • July 7, 2026

Tech accounts for nearly a third of US layoffs in H1: Challenger

Sector job cuts jumped 83% from January through June on a year-over-year basis as AI rattles the workforce.

By Alexei Alexis • July 1, 2026

Anthropic tie-up is a ‘step change,’ KPMG exec says

KPMG announced a global alliance with Anthropic in May, shortly after the AI giant lauched new Claude financial agents.  

By Maura Webber Sadovi • June 30, 2026

Before turning tax work over to AI, ask these 4 questions

AI-fueled errors can be polished and seemingly authoritative — making them especially treacherous in accounting, writes Thomson Reuters’ David Wong.

By David Wong • June 30, 2026

Firms with concrete AI strategies beat peers in stock gains, study finds

Investors tend to reward companies that set clear and quantified AI objectives over those relying on vague narratives, according to the analysis.

By Alexei Alexis • June 30, 2026

Autonomous FP&A is here. Is your governance infrastructure ready?

A key question for CFOs: with AI playing an increasing role in decision-making, what is the impact on accountability?

June 29, 2026

Why finance teams keep stalling on digital transformation

The gap between ambition and execution is real, but it's not inevitable.

June 29, 2026