Simply Treasury
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Persistent negative interest rates (in EUR) force asset managers to reinvent their business model to focus on a "more dynamic" cash management model to avoid value destruction that a (too) prudent short-term placement would imply. Taking an assured dry loss or preferring an investment with relative positive returns and limited volatility is a real strategic choice to consider.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
A big change is coming to Mastercard , which will soon be marking the end of an era as its longtime CEO Ajay Banga departs from the role of CEO and moves on to the role of Executive Chairman, a position now held by Richard Haythornthwaite, on Jan. 1, 2021. Haythornthwaite has served as chairman since May 2006 and Banga has served as CEO since 2008 — when he took over the helm shortly after the onset of the financial crisis.
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Anaplan
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
This discussion has been edited and abridged from a webinar entitled “Finding Focus: How to build an effective sales plan in 2020” View the full webinar here.
Jedox Finance
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
The first release of 2020 marks the roll-out of a new Jedox User Experience for planners and application designers, raising the bar for collaborative business planning and productivity in FP&A.
Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting
Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical
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Simply Treasury
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
We have known for a few years the famous black swans that Nassim Nicholas Taleb developed. Swan lakes. black swans, a sign of an exceptional and unpredictable catastrophe. We had also talked more recently, and I am one of them, about “grey swans”, a kind of intermediary between the norm and the exceptional. But now we're talking about " green swans ," a kind of "climate black swan.
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CFA Institute
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
Edward Yardeni and Joseph Abbott's work is a delight that educates the most seasoned equity analyst and investor.
Future CFO
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Tencent -backed WeDoctor is hiring a new CFO to lead a Hong Kong initial public offering in late 2020 or 2021, according to a Bloomberg report today. John Cai, formerly chief executive for AIA’s operations in markets including China, Malaysia and Vietnam, will join the healthcare startups as CFO and the healthcare firm’s board as vice chairman in a few weeks, the report quoted anonymous sources as saying.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 23, 2020
JPMorgan Chase is taking steps to open a digital bank in the U.K. by the end of the year. The banking firm has been talking with London regulators about the idea, according to The Financial Times on Saturday (Feb. 22). The operation will likely include savings and lending products, and it comes just two years after U.S. bank Goldman Sachs launched a digital bank called Marcus in the U.K.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
To explore the positive impacts of blockchain on small businesses, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business plans to hold a hearing next week. Witnesses scheduled to appear include PopCom CEO Dawn Dickson and Ownum CEO Shane Bigelow, as well as Jim Harper, a visiting fellow for the American Enterprise Institute, and Marvin Ammori, general counsel for Protocol Labs, Yahoo!
Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA
Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Google “used car dealer.” Click on the image tab. Within the top four thumbnails you will see a man wearing a bad jacket, a bad hat and a villainesque mustache. He is the cliché of a profession that has a lot of suede sheen on it, but at least one company is in the market to bring used car sales into the digital future. “We get that a lot,” said Shift Co-CEO Toby Russell of the stereotype.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Call it a tale of two bank deals. The stories come with significantly different price tags: $185 million and $13 billion. Yet, some common threads unite the respective bids by LendingClub for Radius Bank and by Morgan Stanley for E-Trade , with a nod toward the changing financial services landscape and serving customers through “one-stop shop” platform models.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
A quick glance at the workforce of 2020 doesn’t immediately present itself as all that different from the workforce of the year 2000. The major professions remain the same — doctors, lawyers, bankers, accountants, stock brokers, academics, teachers, consultants, software programmers, etc. The trades are mostly familiar — electrical, carpentry, plumbing, welding, etc.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
The coronavirus has already dented supply chains — notably those that serve retailers and auto manufacturers, among others. Digging a bit deeper and into the tech supply chains serving Apple, the headlines seem focused on consumer-facing firms, where end products such as cell phones may be slow to reach shelves if (well, of course, when) production gains traction again.
Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant
Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
Billions of dollars in earnings. Billions of dollars in the bank. Time to go shopping? As reported by CNBC , Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan , said at the company’s investor day Tuesday that “we are looking, and will be much more aggressive with acquisitions.”. And with a nod toward what might be in the crosshairs, Dimon said that acquisitions would be somewhere within financial services and technology, and decidedly not in traditional banking (read: checking and deposits).
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 23, 2020
Payment company PayPal is looking at small business credit as a new field of opportunity. The company is championing a national digital framework in Australia that would speed up the processes used to verify customers. In a submission to a senate inquiry into financial and regulatory technology, PayPal and other fintech companies recognized alternative business finance as a key strategy moving forward, according to the Sydney Morning Herald on Friday (Feb. 21).
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
U.K. fraud prevention firm Featurespace announced on Wednesday (Feb. 26) that Enfuce — Finland’s largest FinTech startup — is implementing the Featurespace ARIC Risk Hub to protect its clients from cyberattacks. Founded in 2016 by Denise Koskinen and Monika Liikamaa, Enfuce offers payment and open banking services to more than 8 million banks, FinTechs, financial operators, and merchants. .
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 23, 2020
Revolution Payments is streamlining the process of commercial cards and interchange fees with its new NetSuite Level III Credit Card Processing Solution, the company announced on Friday (Feb. 21). . The NetSuite card processing solution simplifies payments and reduces the interchange cost of accepting commercial cards by up to 43 percent. Incorporating credit card processing functions into an accounting solution also makes work-flows operate more efficiently and reduces double entry. .
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PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
For the accounts payable (AP) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) automation space, it’s no longer business as usual. Firms looking to strengthen their interactions with customers and vendors by adopting comprehensive, automated AP and ERP solutions are increasingly turning to cloud-based products in lieu of on-premises systems. These firms are finding that managing both systems in the cloud offers the flexibility and security needed to streamline invoicing and cut costs, while keeping operat
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
“What, do you think we own the electric company? Then shut off that light!”. It is an admonishment that we’ve all heard, or at least a variation of at some point in our lives. Maybe one’s father asked this question, but the ending was always the same: a vigorous command to turn off the light that a child (or adult) left on when they left one room to go to another.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Dubbed “challenger banks” for shaking up the status quo of banking as we’ve always known it, digital banks with awesome apps are the FinTech alternative to more staid financial institutions whose roots go deep, but may also seem a bit dazed by the pace of tech change to the their sector. A look at the February PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Digital Banking Apps tells the story of who’s in the lead and who is charging up to take a better position in this competitive new arena.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
It has been more than 100 years since the first car was insured in 1897 by the Travelers Insurance Company. Since then, there has been no-fault insurance, safe driver insurance and student driver insurance – but outside of that, no essential changes have been made in a $288 billion dollar business. Until now. Based in Silicon Valley, Metromile is bringing a new business model to car insurance based on a per-mile metric.
Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll
Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
To get a sense of the new frontiers in cybercrime, and how cryptocurrency helps fraudsters cover their tracks or finance their schemes … look, perhaps, to Latin America. In a report titled “The Dark Side of Latin America,” IntSights, which monitors cyberthreats, said Latin America is among the top regions for money laundering, done at least in part through cryptocurrency, and that such tactics are favored by organized crime.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
The mobile order-ahead market continues to expand its footprint, growing by 23 percent over the past four years and now accounting for more than 3.1 billion restaurant visits and $26.8 billion in sales. Restaurants that do not adopt these services risk falling behind, with a recent survey finding that restaurants without delivery apps could lose up to 70 percent of their customer base by the end of 2020.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Someday this will be a marketing case study. You’re Constellation Brands. One of your leading brands is Corona beer. Then out of China comes a virus that has your name on it. You’re blowing up on social media for all the wrong reasons. And to top it off, you have a major product extension on the books with millions in media behind it. So far we know two things about this future case study.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
As 2020 unfolds, the retail business has been dramatically altered. Macy’s started the year by laying off employees and closing stores. Simon Properties led a team of investors to essentially buy out one of its tenants, Forever 21. And the supermarket business has thinned its ranks, with several organic food players going out and Amazon coming in. But with consumer spending holding steady, it’s important for retailers to grasp the opportunity to create innovative ways to get, keep and grow custo
Speaker: Mark Stovel
When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.
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