Technology: Page 52


  • Opinion

    After digital payments rush, time to tighten security

    Don't be surprised if a vendor you're about to pay turns out to be fraudulent. ACH and other types of cyber fraud surged during the pandemic. 

    By Angela Anastasakis • March 30, 2021
  • CFO used automation to turn back-office function into value driver

    LivePerson finance chief John Collins brought in top data scientists and engineers to build a data system that increased growth and improved margins.

    By Robert Freedman • March 29, 2021
  • Trendline

    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.

    By CFO Dive staff
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    Deep Dive

    4 CFO lessons from the pandemic

    CFOs are advancing into the second year of a once-in-a-century pandemic with lessons they’ve learned while coping with a broad range of disruptions from COVID-19.

    By March 26, 2021
  • MicroStrategy CEO: Treasurers should buy Bitcoin as cash alternative to hedge inflation

    Record stimulus is likely to stoke inflation, making Bitcoin an attractive backstop for corporate treasurers, according to Michael Saylor.

    By March 23, 2021
  • Opinion

    Using a price-volume-mix analysis to improve performance

    Whether you know it as a sales bridge or variance analysis, it can help decode your company's performance at a granular level.

    By Dayton Kellenberger • March 17, 2021
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    Federal watchdog warns of cybersecurity risks to employee retirement plans

    Fiduciaries might not realize they could be liable for losses they were obligated to prevent, the Government Accountability Office says. 

    By March 17, 2021
  • The metrics behind feedback-driven growth

    To get alignment behind common goals, employees must have access to the same data as leaders, the co-CEOs of Monday.com say.

    By Robert Freedman • March 16, 2021
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    'Uncertainty cube' touted for sharper modeling

    By analyzing more variables over more paths, FP&A teams can narrow down risk scenarios, McKinsey analyst Aleksander Petrov says.

    By Robert Freedman • March 15, 2021
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    CFOs see need to overhaul capital strategy amid pandemic 'shock,' EY says

    The pandemic has given CFOs a "once-in-a-generation shock," forcing them to completely rethink their capital allocation strategy, an EY survey found.

    By March 11, 2021
  • Companies 'prone to self-delusion' when using cloud, McKinsey says

    Most industrial companies have adopted cloud computing but few “reap the cloud’s full rewards,” McKinsey says.

    By March 10, 2021
  • Deep Dive

    CFOs facing an unprecedented range of risks find an edge in analytics

    CFOs are adapting to an unusually hazardous business landscape by forecasting with advanced data analytics.

    By March 8, 2021
  • PayPal CFO: Pandemic has created 'inflection point' for digital payments

    The virtual payments processor does not anticipate a post-pandemic drop in business, but intends to double its user base and triple total payment volume, John Rainey told Barron's.

    By Jane Thier • March 4, 2021
  • Talend CFO walked investors through gutsy pandemic response

    The data integration company's decision to keep its foot on the gas required a number of frank conversations but the move has positioned it well.

    By Robert Freedman • March 3, 2021
  • US tax executives seeing more taxation disputes, survey finds

    The economic fallout from the pandemic has prompted U.S. companies to alter their tax strategies and has increased disputes over taxation, according to a BDO survey.

    By March 2, 2021
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    Coinbase to go public via direct listing

    Bypassing a traditional IPO, the cryptocurrency exchanger will be following in Slack and Spotify's foot steps, and be the first major direct listing on Nasdaq. 

    By Robert Freedman • Feb. 28, 2021
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    CFOs optimistic about revenue growth, plan big investments, survey finds

    Most CFOs in the U.S. and U.K. plan “significant financial investments” while seeing bright prospects for growth in revenue and the economy, according to a Proxima survey.

    By Feb. 28, 2021
  • Cloud ERP takes top spot on CFO priority list for IT spending, survey finds

    CFOs prioritize cloud enterprise resource planning, while giving lower rankings to artificial intelligence and blockchain/Internet of Things, Gartner says.

    By Feb. 25, 2021
  • Study: Post-pandemic economy to compel 107M workers to switch occupations

    The coronavirus is spurring more company spending on automation and AI while creating workforce skill gaps, according to a McKinsey study.

    By Feb. 18, 2021
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    Survey: Most financial executives not planning to use bitcoin as corporate asset

    Volatility discourages most financial executives from ever adopting bitcoin even though it is gaining some acceptance in finance, according to a Gartner survey. 

    By Feb. 17, 2021
  • How SoftBank VC CFO turned finance into strategic asset

    Navneet Govil built a data tool to provide the investment fund’s executives and limited partners with insights from portfolio companies’ financial data.

    By Robert Freedman • Feb. 16, 2021
  • Deep Dive

    3 CFO mistakes to avoid as IT spend rises to record in 2021

    Financial executives should avert mistakes in digital transformation as they budget record capital for IT purchases this year.

    By Feb. 15, 2021
  • How CFOs can use churn, NPS data to grow revenue

    By linking net promoter score with other metrics, finance chiefs can help executives know where intervention can help boost recurring revenue.

    By Robert Freedman • Feb. 11, 2021
  • Twitter CFO: Jump in January users after Trump ban

    The social media platform added more daily active users in January, the month Trump was banned, than the average of the last four Januarys, Ned Segal told CNBC. 

    By Jane Thier • Feb. 10, 2021
  • Survey: CFOs plan to shore up reserves against pandemic, other risks

    CFOs are reacting to the pandemic-induced downturn by reshaping risk strategies and cushioning against future shocks, a Euler Hermes survey finds.

    By Feb. 9, 2021
  • Study: Companies pivoted during Q3, boosting production even as pandemic spread

    After the initial blow from the coronavirus, companies reallocated resources and revived production during the third quarter of 2020.

    By Feb. 3, 2021