CFO News Room

DECEMBER 10, 2022

What Types of Accounts are Best for Compounding? Banks Savings Accounts. Most savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit earn compound interest. Taxable vs. tax-deferred vs. tax-free accounts. It’s also possible to take advantage of tax-free accounts. 3) Money Market Accounts.

Investments 130

Investments Accounting Treasury Construction 130

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2016

When it comes to ad spend these days, programmatic advertising — using software and algorithms to purchase data-based and highly targeted digital ads automatically — is the new king. In 2016 alone, programmatic advertising will account for 73 percent of all digital display ad budgets. That’s a total of $25.23

Advertising 79

Advertising Forecasting Data Analysis Budgeting 79

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Twitter has revealed that some user data might have been used for advertising purposes. “We Tailored Audiences is a version of an industry-standard product that allows advertisers to target ads to customers based on the advertiser’s own marketing lists (e.g., email addresses or phone numbers they have compiled).

Advertising 53

Advertising Securities Numbers Accounting 53

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.

Advertising 56

Advertising Reconciliations Financial Data Technology 56

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Amazon is reportedly holding meetings in an effort to lure more advertisers to its video content platform in a bid to take on YouTube. Amazon would get a cut of the money as it would count as an advertisement, noted the report. According to eMarketer, YouTube accounts for 21.7 is slated to reach $13.23 percent of U.S.

Advertising 46

Advertising eCommerce Marketing Accounting 46

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

There’s a (slowly) growing push among retailers, brands and even politicians to make advertising campaigns as true and transparent as possible. We want to lend our voice and the support of the ModCloth community to this movement to stop the extreme and harmful photoshopping of women in advertisements.”. 2014 introducing the campaign.

Advertising 69

Advertising Retail Communication Numbers 69

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2019

But Alessi’s prenatal fame – she was born with a few hundred thousand followers on an Instagram account that has been in existence longer than she has – is inherited. According to reports, despite the infant’s large and avid following, her account is not activated to make money. Her parents, Arie Luyendyk Jr. But the key word is “few.”

Advertising 40

Advertising Entertainment Accounting Leverage 40

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Until now, advertisers were able to use those identifiers to reach that block of users, small as it may have been. In response, Facebook has removed the capability for advertisers to target groups based on self-reported information. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company is committed to keeping a closer eye on hateful posts.

Advertising 46

Advertising Education Numbers Accounting 46

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?

Accounting 75

Accounting Accounting Standards Economics Advertising 75

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The pain points that accounts receivable (AR) teams most commonly experience can be boiled down to three underlying and related problems: continued reliance on manual AR management practices, and the resulting lack of speed and high operating costs associated with managing receivables. Reliance on manual processes has far-reaching effects.

Accounting 121

Accounting B2B Invoicing Prioritization 121

PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

Facebook announced it has launched a new privacy tool so users can prevent their information from being sent to the site for targeted advertising. In fact, the company will continue to collect data to provide third parties with analytics, but the information won’t be linked to a specific account. “If

Advertising 44

Advertising Accounting 44

PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2018

According to news from FierceRetail , figures show that as of Q1 2018, Google Shopping campaigns account for almost 80 percent of all retail search ad spend. That strength was influenced by category accounting — U.S. Looking at Google Shopping ads on mobile accounted for 79 percent of all spend and won 87 percent of clicks.

Advertising 40

Advertising Retail Accounting eCommerce 40

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.,

Marketing 130

Marketing Advertising Compliance Investments 130

PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2016

According to new data from the Interactive Advertising Bureau, mobile accounted for the single largest individual segment of the $59.6 billion spent annually on online advertising. All in, mobile accounted for 35 percent – at $20.68 Twenty years later we still see double-digit growth rates, including 20% in 2015.

Advertising 40

Advertising Accounting Retail Numbers 40

PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2016

So, what’s this location-based advertising thing, and why is it (going to be) so important for the future of retail and mobile transactions? There’s a reason, after all, why 66 percent of marketers listed location-based advertising as the “most exciting” mobile opportunity of 2016, according to a study at the beginning of the year by IAB UK.

Advertising 42

Advertising Retail Technology Sales 42

PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2018

In Q2, mobile accounted for about 91 percent of the company’s ad revenue, up from 87 percent in the same period last year. We’re seeing healthy growth in video ads among all advertiser segments,” said Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer. Mobile Gains. Mobile, however, continues to grow.

Advertising 40

Advertising Profit and Loss Currencies Securities 40

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.

Marketing 130

Marketing Valuation Advertising Numbers 130

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%

Advertising 130

Advertising Forecasting Marketing Sales 130

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.

Accounting 61

Accounting Healthcare Advertising Leverage 61

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).

Advertising 112

Advertising Valuation Pharmaceutical Entertainment 112

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.

Pharmaceutical 130

Pharmaceutical Advertising Treasury Transportation 130

CFO Thought Leader

JUNE 18, 2024

There’s this thing called the third-party cookie, which, like navigation on the Internet, is something that ends up basically being intermediated between publishers, who have the most valuable asset in the world—their audiences, not to mention advertisers who want to speak to those audiences.

CFO 52

CFO Advertising Budgeting Problem Solving 52

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. .

Advertising 93

Advertising Auditing Compliance Accounting 93

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.)

Advertising 133

Advertising Retail Accounting Technology 133

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.

Retail 86

Retail Advertising Manufacturing CFO 86

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.”.

Accounts Payable 60

Accounts Payable Securities Accounting Invoicing 60

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Mobile devices will account for 75 percent of global internet use next year, according to Zenith’s new Mobile Advertising Forecasts, published last week. Mobile internet accounts for the highest proportion of total internet use in Spain, where the firm estimates it will account for 85 percent of internet use in 2016.

Accounting 76

Accounting Concentration Forecasting Advertising 76

Nerd's Eye View

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.,

Marketing 74

Marketing Advertising Compliance Investments 74

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.

Advertising 70

Advertising Accounting 70

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 31, 2024

Which means the firm will need to provide records of holdings and transactions for each of its clients (which may require some training and practice for employees to be able to quickly pull the needed data from the firm's custodian), as well as archived client communications and any advertisements produced by the firm.

Auditing 92

Auditing Compliance Advertising Communication 92

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).

Advertising 77

Advertising Healthcare Accounting Banking 77

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

While mobile banking has its perks, a new survey has found that 60 percent of Americans prefer opening a new checking account in-person at a bank branch. Sharp believes that more customers might open primary accounts online if banks could show that they can address problems remotely.

Accounting 43

Accounting Advertising Banking Numbers 43

Boston Startup CFO

MAY 9, 2016

Among the top 10% of jobs most likely to be automated: insurance underwriters, tax preparers, loan officers, credit analysts, and accounting professionals. Robo-advisers have become a fixture in the financial services space, and automated tax preparation apps have been the subject of a tax season advertising blitz.

Accounting 52

Accounting Prioritization Advertising Compliance 52

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.”.

Advertising 77

Advertising Currencies Investments Accounting 77

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

Sales 70

Sales Advertising Profit and Loss Budgeting 70

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 26, 2024

Also in industry news this week: While the number of RIA M&A deals has not surged in 2024, the average size of deals has increased, demonstrating interest from (often private-equity-backed) firms in pursuing larger targets Off-channel communication tops the list of concerns amongst RIA compliance professionals, with advertising and marketing coming (..)

Benchmarking 96

Benchmarking Communication Advertising Compliance 96

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.

Valuation 92

Valuation Advertising Numbers Investments 92