Sat.Feb 22, 2020 - Fri.Feb 28, 2020

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Lower for longer

Simply Treasury

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.

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Mastercard’s Incoming CEO’s Take On The Future Of Payments

PYMNTS

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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Finding focus through your sales planning

Anaplan

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.

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Engage Planners and Boost Productivity with Jedox 2020.1

Jedox Finance

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.

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The Human Side of Finance: The Intersectionality of People, Culture, Adaptability, and Resilience

Speaker: Melissa Hurrington

Finance isn’t just about the numbers. It’s about the people behind them. In a world of constant disruption, resilient finance teams aren’t just operationally efficient. They are adaptable, engaged, and deeply connected to a strong organizational culture. Success lies at the intersection of people, culture, adaptability, and resilience. Finance leaders who master this balance will build teams that thrive through uncertainty and drive long-term business impact.

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Will black swans cross green swans?

Simply Treasury

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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Hidden Ideas in Macro: The Long-Forgotten “M”

CFA Institute

A long-forgotten economic indicator demands a reappraisal, says Daniel Nevins, CFA.

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Report: Tencent-backed firm hiring new CFO to lead Hong Kong IPO

Future CFO

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.

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JPMorgan Chase To Open UK Digital Bank By Year’s End

PYMNTS

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.

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US Lawmakers Explore How Blockchain Can Help SMBs

PYMNTS

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!

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Shifting The Used Car Market Into Overdrive

PYMNTS

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.

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LendingClub and Morgan Stanley, A Tale of Two Bank Deals

PYMNTS

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.

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How The Gig Economy Has Evolved Over The Last Decade

PYMNTS

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.

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5G Plans Face Headwinds Amid Coronavirus Spread

PYMNTS

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.

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Smarter Card Solutions: Meeting the Challenges of Mid-Market Travel & Expense

Our 2025 Center Travel Survey is clear: as corporate travel increases, so does corporate credit cards distribution, and a rise in off-platform travel booking. This 61% rise causes various challenges: compliance, spend control, reporting problems, and a lack of visibility across organizations. To evolve with the ever-changing needs of travelers, decision-makers need a better solution.

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JPMC CEO: Bank Plans FinTech, Other ‘Very Creative’ Acquisitions

PYMNTS

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).

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PayPal Eyes ‘Major Opportunity’ Of Aussie SMB Lending

PYMNTS

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).

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Open Banking FinTech Enfuce Fights Fraud With Featurespace

PYMNTS

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. .

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Revolution Payments Optimizes Biz Card Fees In NetSuite

PYMNTS

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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Bringing AI to Finance: How to Leverage Technology for Efficiency and Control

Finance teams are balancing more than ever, but manual processes shouldn’t slow you down. In this ebook from BILL, discover how AI is transforming finance—automating AP, expense tracking, and document management to reduce errors, increase efficiency, and improve financial control. Learn how real companies are using AI-powered automation to streamline workflows, detect anomalies, and gain deeper insights.

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Oracle: Overcoming ERP-AP Integration Inertia

PYMNTS

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

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Signify US CEO (Formerly Philips Lighting): Lighting Up The Connected Economy’s Innovations

PYMNTS

“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.

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Digital Banking Apps Vs The Establishment

PYMNTS

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.

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Metromile CEO: Why Auto Insurance Is Ready For A Digital Lane Change

PYMNTS

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.

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Say ‘Goodbye’ to Clunky Spreadsheets and Say ‘Hello’ to Month-End Automation

Technology is rapidly changing the way accountants perform and manage month-end activities. Spreadsheets, emails, and shared drives no longer need to slow you down. In under four weeks, your team can start reaping the benefits of month-end close automation by vastly reducing spreadsheets, cut down on reconciliation work, speed up the month-end close, and better manage your remote team.

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Latin America’s Dark, Crypto-Driven, Cybercrime Underbelly

PYMNTS

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.

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How P.F. Chang’s Keeps Customer Data Under (Lettuce) Wraps

PYMNTS

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.

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Corona (Beer) Takes Hit From COVID Naming

PYMNTS

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.

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How Experiential Retail Is Giving Physical Stores An Edge

PYMNTS

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

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Outsourcing Vs. In-House: The Ultimate Battle For Better Collections

Speaker: Susan Richards

Your past-due accounts are growing, cash flow is tightening, and the pressure is on. The big question: Do you handle the collections internally or outsource to experts? Both strategies come with advantages and risks - but which one delivers the best impact for your business? In this session we’ll dive deep into the in-house vs. outsourcing debate, examining cost-effectiveness, efficiency, compliance risks, and overall recovery success rates.