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Identifying and Overcoming Ethical Dilemmas in Business 

CFO Talks

It’s when you’re forced to weigh conflicting priorities—profit versus integrity, loyalty versus legality, or personal values versus organisational goals. What’s at Stake: Misrepresentation might boost short-term results but exposes the company to legal liabilities, loss of investor confidence, and reputational harm.

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Forecasting Future Fraud: Q&A With Joanne Horton Of Warwick Business School

Global Finance

The key benefit of Benfords law is that it doesnt matter what kind of firm it ispublic, private, what accounting policies it follows, what currency it operates in, whether its loss-making, whether its a growth company, highly leveraged or no leverage at allmakes absolutely no difference. And its incredibly difficult. But nothings impossible.

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1047: Balancing Risk and Opportunity in a Changing Finance Landscape | John Gronen, CFO, Yooz

CFO Thought Leader

The company operated two businesses: one generating about $30 million in EBITDA, while the other incurred annual losses of roughly $10 million. Gronen proposed a strategy to merge the two operations, consolidating efforts to increase profitability. Our AI tools help identify suspicious activities, reducing the risk of financial loss.

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Audit: Wirecard’s Payments, Card Issuance Businesses Have Been Bleeding Cash For Years

PYMNTS

While the rest of the company’s divisions have been touted as highly-profitable, it now appears to be just a show, the report found. But such profits did not exist, the Times reported. A special audit conducted late last year by KPMG and seen by the paper revealed the profits appear to have existed largely on paper.

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Do You Really Understand Your Best (and Worst) Customers?

CFO News Room

A new merchandising leader undertook a review of brand profitability and saw that the company was actually losing money on its La Perla sales. The company debated whether it was worth carrying a brand that consistently created losses. We have found that performing a customer-base audit is a fundamental catalyst for change.

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OYO May Not See Profits In China, India Until 2022

PYMNTS

India-based OYO has filed a valuation report with India’s ministry of corporate affairs indicating that the company did not expect to turn a profit until 2022, Reuters reported on Monday (Nov. The losses were six times higher in 2019 through March compared to 2018, but its revenue more than quadrupled for the same time period.

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Nonprofit Accounting Basics for Founders, Board Members & Executives

The Charity CFO

The basic accounting principles for nonprofit organizations are the same as accounting for for-profit companies. . You would show a large “gain” in September and large “losses” in October and November. Accrual accounting is the preferred method for any organization that needs to be audited or anticipates significant growth.