PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2020

The nation’s marijuana regulator has told financial institutions to treat the $500 million hemp businesses the same way they would any other businesses. In updated rules from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ), the U.S. Treasury Department’s financial crime division, the agency said the new guidance is in response to questions related to Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering regulatory requirements for hemp-related business customers.

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Future CFO

JULY 8, 2020

Global growth is projected at –4.9% in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast, said IMF recently. . The coronavirus pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity in the first half of 2020 than anticipated while the recovery is projected to be more gradual than previously forecast, the fund pointed out. .

Economics 52

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Creative CFP

JULY 6, 2020

So you've been thinking about growing your business and you're full of ideas. But then you start to think about financing that growth and the glow of enthusiasm dulls as the questions form in your mind. How much financing do you need? How do you get it? From where? Financing always seems to come with mountains of paperwork, which doesn’t appeal to many business owners.

Finance 52

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CFA Institute

JULY 10, 2020

The authors identify the red flags that signal a study’s methodology may produce unreliable results.

Investments 52

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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

Investments

PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

QR codes have been around for years, although they often seemed like a marginal tech solution in search of a problem. But as is the case with so many things in our brave new world, COVID-19 is giving new purpose to the much-maligned QR code as an elegant enabler of touchless commerce. We mostly have China to thank for figuring it out – specifically, Alipay and rival Tencent.

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Planful

JULY 10, 2020

When you’re forced into a new situation, it sometimes turns out to be an opportunity for discovery and evolution. The COVID-19 pandemic created just such an unavoidable situation for, well, pretty much everyone and everything. These last few months gave us a moment to reimagine how Planful Academy can become something bigger and better for our loyal customers and devoted users. .

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CFA Institute

JULY 5, 2020

These factors drive motivation: Mastery or Excellence/Continuous Improvement, Autonomy, and Purpose.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

Merchants’ needs have changed dramatically due to the pandemic. Digitizing operations tops the list of merchant imperatives, but getting there can be a struggle — especially when it comes to digitizing the checkout experience for a post-pandemic age. To that end, as Visa Acquiring Partner Relationships Vice President Josh Park told PYMNTS, finding the right tech providers and partnerships can be critical.

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Future CFO

JULY 5, 2020

Discussions around automating finance with new tech often lead to the same question: will I lose my job? xSuite Group's Nils Stuhr dispels this concern with field experience. Accessing FutureCFO Premium Content. Welcome! To access Premium content and more, please login below. Not a Premium member yet? Register now for a free account! Username or Email.

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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.

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Planful

JULY 9, 2020

Planning and decision-making expert Howard Dresner, Chief Research Officer at Dresner Advisory Services recently released its “ 2020 Wisdom of Crowds Enterprise Performance Management Market Study ” report. Now in its 11th year, the report profiles enterprise performance management (EPM) market trends based on customer survey data and ranks vendors against 33 different survey criteria to provide an overall ranking that are categorized as Customer Experience and Vendor Credibility.

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CFA Institute

JULY 6, 2020

What impact does cost have on public pension fund performance?

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

“The digital economy is here, and those payment providers that are global, digital and fully resilient will lead the reemergence.” . “Robust operational resilience is now a non-negotiable component of any business engagement,” according to Manish Kohli , global head of payments and receivables, Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions. “By the very nature of our industry and regulatory requirements, banks have made resilience a core competency.

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Future CFO

JULY 9, 2020

Moody's Investors Service said recently that its Asian Liquidity Stress Indicator (ALSI) decreased to 39.7% in June from 40.7% in May, primarily reflecting improved liquidity at a Chinese property company and a slight change in the number of high-yield companies assessed. The ALSI measures the percentage of high-yield companies with Moody's weakest speculative-grade liquidity score of SGL-4 as a proportion of high-yield corporate family ratings, said Moody’s , adding that the indicator increases

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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.

Accounting

PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

Mastercard is harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) in a bid to hit fraudsters hard by searching for emerging patterns of criminal activity before they become major problems, two top executives told Karen Webster during Mastercard’s Virtual Cyber & Risk Summit. “In many cases, AI is fundamental to scaling and keeping up with the pace of the network transactions that are happening,” said Sudhir Jha , a Mastercard senior vice president and head of Brighterion , an AI company that Masterca

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Open banking comes in several flavors, yet its rise requires robust Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) procedures, Zac Cohen , chief operating officer at identity verification firm Trulioo told Karen Webster in a recent interview. As financial institutions (FIs) work with FinTechs, they need to know that these tech-nimble startups are not only enabling access to customers’ account data but also in a manner that embraces KYC and AML.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

More than a few notable companies have started in a Silicon Valley garage. Maurice Brewster , CEO of Mosaic Global Transportation , said he believes he’s one of them. He has grown from a small group of vintage cars in the San Francisco area to a global, tech-savvy transportation network in four countries with 1,500 cars. And like the garage-born Apples, Googles and Hewlett-Packards of the world, he has become skilled at shifting his business when necessary.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2020

Google and Temasek Holdings Private Ltd. , an investment company owned by the Singapore government, are in talks to invest as much as $1 billion for Tokopedia , sources told Bloomberg News. The Indonesian eCommerce retailer backed by SoftBank Group Corp. ’s Vision Fund has also met with Facebook Inc. , Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. , the sources said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2020

Banks have been facing a concerning rise in account takeover (ATO) attacks targeting their customers, with financial institutions (FIs) losses due to such schemes rising 72 percent from 2018 to 2019. Fraudsters have only upped their efforts during the pandemic, with phishing attacks alone increasing 667 percent between late February and late March. The July FI Fraud Decisioning Playbook examines how FIs are working to better detect and defend against ATOs.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

If your business touches retail in any way, it might pay to follow a few important breadcrumbs. Nike posted its lowest quarterly sales in two years, along with a $790 million quarterly loss, when it reported its Q1 2020 earnings in late June. A key driver of the results was a 50 percent reduction in wholesale shipments and canceled orders from physical stores that had closed.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2020

Currencycloud , which works in global B2B cross-border payments, will be working with enterprise blockchain solution Ripple on new solutions for fast global payments, a press release says. Ripple, with its worldwide RippleNet network, will be an opportune way for Currencycloud to reach more financial institutions. The press release says Currencycloud recognizes the need for fast, secure payments during the global crisis.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

Wall Street has famously been called “both voting machine and weighing machine.”. Of course, voting is a bit of popularity contest, and as retail investors (and some institutional ones) crowd into a stock, they can quickly bid its price up — as is happening these days with payments processor Square. Square’s shares have doubled since May, according to Bloomberg , and at $55 billion, the company’s market capitalization is eclipsing that of many traditional banks.

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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

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

Build, buy or partner? For more community banks, the latter strategy can fast-track digitization initiatives. This week’s look at the latest bank-FinTech tie-ups shows Banking-as-a-Service and other FinTech players embracing smaller regional and community banks to elevate small- to medium-sized business (SMBs) and corporate banking offerings. Finastra Chosen by Community FI.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2020

Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon has announced a new partnership with risk and payments solution provider Early Warning Services , aiming to boost digital B2B payments services for clients. The offering will include flexibility, according to a press release , allowing clients to either choose BNY Melon’s services or one of the company’s Private Label Bank relationships.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

It’s hard to find a retail fashion category that’s reliably successful these days. Brick-and-mortar discounters like T.J. Maxx are thriving despite social distancing rules, which is not the most stable success platform. Fast fashion already claimed a victim this week as Lucky Brand filed for bankruptcy, and H&M announced it was shuttering 170 stores across the globe due to the pandemic-driven digital shift.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Anyone who has ever driven North on Route 1 from Boston, Massachusetts, has seen Kowloon Restaurant. It’s hard to miss. The iconic Chinese restaurant and cocktail lounge is a huge angular structure with pagoda-style roofs and a totem pole visible from the highway. Over the past 50 years, the Wong family has been the owners and operators, constantly adding themed dining rooms and even a comedy club.

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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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