Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In this post, I will revisit Facebook's most recent earnings report, and argue that while it contained disappointing news on growth and profitability, the bad news was exaggerated by systematic inconsistencies in how accountants categorize expenses, skewing earnings and invested capital down in firms that don't fit the accounting prototype.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

Amazon may be in search of a way to put advertising data on the blockchain, according to reports. The company recently put up a job posting looking for a software development engineer in advertising blockchain. AMB is available in a limited preview , and interested parties need an AWS Account ID to apply.

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Bramasol

MAY 23, 2024

Previous episodes in this Insights Series have explored the challenges created by new Digital Solutions Economy paradigms for billing, fulfillment, invoicing, revenue accounting, and compliance across a wide range of industries. Entitlement Management - Tracking and managing software licenses to ensure they are accounted for accurately.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

However, that rule was drafted in an era where most paid referral relationships were between individuals, such as a financial advisor who paid a third-party accountant to refer clients their way. These requirements include ensuring that promoters are eligible to receive compensation for testimonials or endorsements (i.e.,

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The Finance Weekly

MARCH 26, 2023

In fact, there is a whole genre of , accountant jokes , mostly poking fun at the mundane and manual work that they do. Here’s one example: (warning: no one said it will make you laugh) Why do some accountants decide to become actuaries? Finance is a field that is traditionally known as stable and maybe even boring.

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VCFO

JULY 22, 2022

ASC 842 is a new accounting standard set forth by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). These impacts will include major changes to accounting practices and financial reporting, as well as increased scrutiny of contracts, service agreements, and all leases starting now and moving forward. A Lease or Not a Lease?

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

advertisers probably won’t “like” its subpar rating from a media industry watchdog. The Media Rating Council (MRC) review found that the California-based social media giant has failed to address advertisers’ concerns arising from an Ernst & Young audit over how it measures and reports data about video advertisements. .

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In the second post, I pointed to inconsistencies in how accountants classify operating, capital and financing expenses , and the consequences for reported accounting numbers. In short, Facebook uses what it has learnt about the people inhabiting its platform to focus advertising to them.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

COIN ) to allow users to deposit tax refunds into cryptocurrency accounts. Coinbase has started a direct deposit program that will allow TurboTax to send users’ state and federal tax refunds to Coinbase accounts, with the option to automatically convert dollars into cryptocurrency. Intuit Inc. Source link.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 15, 2023

The Wall Street firm, which also boosted its price target to $385 from $310, said the launch of its advertising-based offering and crackdown on password stealing will drive revenue and EBTIDA above estimates. Netflix — The streaming giant gained 1.4% after an upgrade by Jeffries to buy from hold. Anheuser-Busch InBev – Shares lost 2.5%

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

Advertisers pay Facebook to display targeted ads, and Facebook shares data (though it maintains it doesn’t sell it). This compensation, the company said, represents a right to take a slice of the revenues generated across the platform, gleaned from the company’s advertising and marketing customers (think ad agencies, for example).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The good news, however, is that two-thirds of firms are cognizant of these issues and are actively moving away from manual processes, planning instead to embrace new technological solutions to upgrade their accounts receivable (AR) processes for more efficiency, speed and lower fees. percent of firms in the construction sector, yet 28.2

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The hot new thing in “Big Retail” is offering in-house advertising on your website to your vendors – because why get paid only once on a purchase if you can get paid twice? We have an unparalleled insight into consumers’ needs and shopping preferences,” said Luke Kigel , vice president and head of the Walgreens Advertising Group.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Shopping Experiences : What once was a simple clean useful retail website is now a dumpster fire, overrun with advertising, poor search results, and sketchy third-party sellers. If there was a silver lining to the lockdowns, it is that most of us have accounts with many other retailers (Target, Walmart, InstaCart, Chewy, etc.)

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Burger King has launched a new promotion called the "$1 Your Way Menu" and in conjunction will put $1 in some Venmo users' accounts through Dec. 28, the day the new menu takes effect, the company announced in a press release. The big question now becomes, what to get?”. In the burger battles , a lot's at stake, or at steak.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

66 percent of 2 million stolen usernames with the word “invoice” in them are the most commonly advertised on the black market , according to a new report from Digital Shadows, a press release stated. Reports said the government paid 100,600 New Zealand dollars ($66,800) into that account.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Part of this has to do with the fact that in-store grocery shopping still accounts for 95 percent of total sales, but also because the company made an “intentional design decision” years ago not to use touchscreens, which in light of COVID, he said, has worked out very well. The Right Side Of Privacy.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2020

DoorDash announced that it would waive commission fees for independent restaurants, and is also pumping $20 million into advertising to drive traffic for its partners. Another threat besides the lack of business is the increased risk of account takeovers (ATOs), as fraudsters exploit the turmoil to steal customers’ data.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The site is a cluttered mess, heavily dependent on advertising. Bad Actor : Facebook gave a platform for the world’s worst behaviors, amplifying vaccine misinformation as well as false political advertising , and propaganda. Try Taking Control of Your Facebook Account First (March 21, 2018). (That itself is problematic).

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The company also saw growth in its cloud-computing and advertising businesses. . The image-sharing firm also signaled it is adjusting to disruptions in the digital-advertising market caused by Apple privacy-policy changes that are affecting Meta. accounted for more than 25% of the weighting of the index, according to S&P Global.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In other news, KuCoin has kept the accounts of its clients restricted as hackers start to reportedly move stolen digital currency, CoinDesk reported. Whale Alert, a transaction tracing social media account, highlighted 18.4 And, advertising incentive platform Permission.io million XRP coins going into a “hack wallet.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Advertisers from small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are complaining about Facebook 's automated ad program, saying random and unwarranted account lockouts are damaging their businesses, Bloomberg reported. Users are asked to prove their identity to get back into their accounts, but Raines and others had trouble with that aspect.

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The broadest definition of a brand name is that it is recognized (by employees, consumers and the market) and remembered, either because of familiarity (because of brand name longevity) or association (with advertising or a celebrity).

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

To understand how much these stocks meant for overall market performance, recognize that these seven companies accounted for more than 50% of the increase in market capitalization of the the entire US equity market (which included 6658 listed companies in 2023).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2020

Smooth accounts payable (AP) processes are critical in the spice business, in which purveyors must send funds securely to vast numbers of distributors and growers worldwide. … We don’t write it down even, [but] it’s all in our accounts payable [system],”. That’s why we have all the accountabilities we have.”.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

In the next post, I will use Facebook’s most recent earnings surprise to talk about inconsistencies in how accountants categorize corporate spending, and why these inconsistencies can skew investors perceptions of corporate profitability and financial health.

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In the second post, I pointed to inconsistencies in how accountants classify operating, capital and financing expenses , and the consequences for reported accounting numbers. In short, Facebook uses what it has learnt about the people inhabiting its platform to focus advertising to them.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

A business may have funds coming in, but they can be stuck in a PayPal or Stripe account, unable to be used immediately. The tool can open up new revenue streams for eCommerce businesses based on items these firms spend the most on — for instance, advertising. Third, he said, is the challenge of automation and data integration.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

PYMNTS caught up with VB in the wake of big news from the Big Tech, payments and banking world: Google plans to launch consumer checking accounts next year in partnership with Citigroup and the Stanford Federal Credit Union. Code-named Cache, the accounts will be handled by Citi and Stanford Federal. Race to the Top.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The latest earnings reports from Big Tech giants and social media platforms show that advertising spend is through the roof at present, after basically falling off the roof earlier this year. did strong Q3 numbers, with PYMNTS reporting that “Alphabet said search and other advertising revenues rose 6 percent year over year to $26.3

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Corporate Spending Innovations (CSI) has announced that it will be spending more to boost its cloud-based services for B2B payments for advertising and media needs, a company press release says. President David Disque called it a “key focus” for the company to help invest in media payments, which could boost speed and efficiency.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

division of misleading consumers to get their personal data for targeted advertising. Reuters reports the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ( ACCC ) has accused Google of failing to get consent or inform consumers before combining personal information in Google accounts with browsing activities on non-Google websites.

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 5, 2022

This may include materials, advertising, salary of program administrators, a portion of your rent, and more. That may include special event costs, advertising, staff salaries, and more. . Don't hire the wrong accountant for your nonprofit! The #1 accounting mistake that nonprofits make is hiring the wrong people to help them.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has demonstrated the tight correlation between advertising spend and economic indicators like GDP growth by looking at historical data. Often this comes down to accountability and silos. Perhaps politics and preference have allowed certain pet projects that no longer drive results to persist.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

In fact, our bitcoin sales on our machines have increased dramatically week over week for the last 10 to 12 weeks,” amid an online and in-store advertising boost. If consumers have accounts with a particular bank, they can pour coins into the kiosk and conduct a direct-to-account bank deposit. The Brick-And-Mortar Component.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Nike is suing 589 websites, the owners of 676 social media accounts and more than 100 unidentified companies and individuals for allegedly selling counterfeit versions of its Nike and Converse shoes online. Nike wrote in a lawsuit filed in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

According to Reuters , Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Volvo were among the brands that opened accounts on Line as they looked to connect with users amid the lockdowns triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Alipay users can then watch the livestream advertising on the Taoboa channel via their app, and then make purchases.

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