PYMNTS
OCTOBER 28, 2019
It’s what WeChat and Alipay already are in China, and what LINE is in Japan. Rappi follows suit in Latin America. It’s what Grab and Gojek are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to become in South Asia. It’s Facebook’s global ambition, with or without Libra and Calibra. It’s the path that Amazon, Google and Apple are blazing for its users, too.
Future CFO
OCTOBER 31, 2019
If an issue can be prevented, don’t wait till you have to fix it. The World Health Organisation re-labelled burnout as an "occupational phenomenon" this year to reflect that burnout is a work-based syndrome caused by chronic stress which leads to exhaustion, negativity towards a job, and a reduction of work performance. . In Singapore, a Cigna study found that 92% of workers are stressed, with one in eight citing unmanageable stress levels.
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CFA Institute
OCTOBER 30, 2019
How should you approach financial news? Robert J. Martorana, CFA, shares his advice.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 28, 2019
With jewelry as one of the fastest-growing businesses in the luxury sector, Tiffany & Co. has received an offer from LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. The French firm sent the company’s officials a letter that reportedly outlined an all-cash, $120-per-share takeover bid that would value the firm at nearly $14.5 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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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PYMNTS
OCTOBER 28, 2019
During the Middle Ages, payday was a yearly event wherein the local landlords and their peasant workers settled up for the previous year’s work and drew up terms for the next year. As industrialization displaced feudalism, pay cycles evolved to monthly. The modern era ushered in the notion of a weekly or bi-weekly pay cycle, which remains the norm for most U.S. workers today.
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Future CFO
OCTOBER 30, 2019
US businesses are expected to speed up its cash accumulation in Q4, said the Association of Financial Professionals that recently released the results of its Corporate Cash Indicators, (CCI) a quarterly survey of senior corporate treasury and finance executives. In Q3, businesses continued to accumulate cash and short-term investment holdings though at a gradual pace, according to AFP.
Future CFO
OCTOBER 28, 2019
A strategist. is a person skilled in planning action or policy. Every member of the executive team is expected to come to the table as strategist. One role, above all else, is expected to be responder, challenger, architect and transformer. According to Deloitte , to be an effective strategist, the chief finance officer needs to demonstrate an ability to move between roles.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Venmo, the peer-to-peer (P2P) payments platform from PayPal, is rolling out a cash-back rewards program for its Venmo Mastercard debit card at certain retailers, Venmo announced in a press release on Tuesday (Oct. 29). Venmo Rewards is now offering 5 percent cash back at Target, Sephora, Chevron and Papa Johns, and 4 percent cash back at Dunkin’, Sam’s Club and more for a limited time.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
If Q3 2019 quick-service restaurant (QSR) earnings are any indication, restaurants’ rush to digital and mobile ordering is benefiting many — but not all — restaurants. What’s the latest news in the quick-service world? Dunkin’ just announced the addition of on-the-go mobile guest ordering. The new feature allows any customer — not just Perks members — to place a mobile order via the Dunkin’ app.
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
OCTOBER 28, 2019
Cross-border payments firm Western Union has rolled out full application programming interface (API) access to domestic and global payment applications, the company said in a press release on Monday (Oct. 28). This new set of APIs offers users a way to “integrate their financial institutions, accounting and enterprise resource planning ( ERP ) systems and their account on GlobalPay,” according to the release.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 28, 2019
During the Middle Ages, payday was a yearly event wherein the local landlords and their peasant workers settled up for the previous year’s work and drew up terms for the next year. As industrialization displaced feudalism, pay cycles evolved to monthly. The modern era ushered in the notion of a weekly or bi-weekly pay cycle, which remains the norm for most U.S. workers today.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 30, 2019
The artificial intelligence-based accounts payable company Stampli has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round, the company announced Wednesday (Oct. 30). The round was led by SignalFire, and Hillsven Capital, Bloomberg Beta and NextWorld Capital participated in the round. So far, the company has raised $32 million. The money will be used for expansion and the creation of new products.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Payments company Square has announced the completion of a deal to sell food delivery service Caviar to rival delivery company DoorDash, according to a release. The sale was completed on Thursday (Oct. 31), for a combination of DoorDash stock and cash worth $410 million. Square will include Caviar in its financial results through the month of October, but not after the sale.
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
OCTOBER 28, 2019
The drive to become a “borderless business” has its challenges. Many of them are technical in nature, as firms — especially FinTech firms and traditional financial institutions (FIs) that want to bring digital payments to new markets — must navigate new relationships with multiple payment processors on a market-by-market basis to gain that acceptance.
Future CFO
OCTOBER 27, 2019
This report compares business regulations in 190 economies. Download The post Doing Business 2020 appeared first on FutureCFO.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your blockchains. Marx makes his mark, then, in the digital age. News came this week that, as reported via CoinDesk, in China there’s a new app, tied to blockchain, that lets Communist party members attest their party loyalty. In a decentralized and immutable fashion, of course. The Communist Party of China (CPC) debuted the app, which the report said translates to “Original Intentions Onchain.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 31, 2019
iPhone growth continues to look sluggish, but Apple’s earnings report was a mostly story about growth once one got away from the figures on the firm’s flagship product. Particular areas of strength were Apple wearables and the services business line. On the whole, Q4 was a strong enough showing that investors were satisfied and Apple stock price was up slightly in after-hours trading.
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Join us in this webinar, where we share best practices on how to think about the reconciliation work each month, when best to do reconciliations, how they should be prepared, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Seven years ago, when Visa first started working on bringing contactless payments to London’s Mass Transit system, the landscape for tap and go cards looked very different. The technology, Visa’s Global Head of Urban Mobility Nick Mackie told Karen Webster in a recent conversation, was still in its most nascent stages of deployment — outside of Europe the contactless cards essentially didn’t exist, and within Europe 1 out of every 400 payments in Europe made via contactless.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Google has reached a definitive agreement to acquire wearables brand Fitbit, Google said in a press release on Friday (Nov. 1). Google is paying $7.35 per share in cash for Fitbit, valuing the company at about $2.1 billion, various news outlets reported. “Over the years, Google has made progress with partners in this space with Wear OS and Google Fit, but we see an opportunity to invest even more in Wear OS as well as introduce Made by Google wearable devices into the market,” Google’s Senior Vi
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
While money cannot buy love, it can be a relatively good measure of love in some cases — particularly when looking at consumer spending. When vast sums are being expended in an area, odds are usually good that represents something someone loves — or minimally, something they feel incredibly strongly about. And by this measure, Americans love their pets.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
More consumers want faster disbursements through digital channels for more complex financial transactions, and they want that functionality available now. Merchants and disbursements providers need to innovate quickly to stand up against their competitors, many of which are smaller FinTechs or startups that can capitalize on the host of customers that near-exclusively transact and receive money through digital and mobile devices.
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
OCTOBER 31, 2019
A new survey from J.D. Power suggests small businesses have begun to embrace mobile banking and are satisfied with the service. Released on Thursday (Oct. 31), the J.D. Power 2019 U.S. Small Business Banking Satisfaction Survey found an 8 percent year-over-year increase in the percentage of small businesses that use their bank’s mobile banking app (61 percent in 2019, compared to 53 percent in 2018).
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 29, 2019
The self-driving future is not exactly here yet, but it’s coming quickly, at least based on some of the most recent moves in this space – a space that will impact payments and commerce much more as time goes on. The latest news comes from Waymo, a Google sibling owned by Alphabet. According to a report from Reuters , Waymo has “begun offering fully automated rides, without attendants in the vehicle, to a few hundred early users of its robotaxi service in Phoenix.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Worlds are colliding when it comes to payments and commerce. One of the most recent examples of that movement comes from Walmart , the venerable retail chain locked in mortal combat with Amazon, and Green Dot, the 20-year-old payment services provider that has managed to not only survive in a cutthroat industry, but innovate and thrive. The two companies already have a payments partnership, one that involves Walmart MoneyCard program and which launched in 2006.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 28, 2019
Mastercard is expanding its offering to small business cardholders in collaboration with Microsoft. In an announcement on Monday (Oct. 28), Mastercard said its small business cardholders will now gain access to a range of Mastercard enterprise solutions. For users of Mastercard Business and Mastercard Business World Elite products, Mastercard will connect U.S. small business clients to Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Advertising. “We’re committed to delivering a solid foundation of benef
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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