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Malaysia's Mobile Money, Bangladesh's bKash Team With Ripple On eWallet Remittances

PYMNTS

Blockchain-based global payments provider Ripple announced it has entered into an arrangement under which Malaysian mobile wallet provider Mobile Money, and bKash , a provider of mobile financial services to more than 45 million people in Bangladesh, will conduct transactions through the RippleNet network. “bKash and MobileMoney will gain access to a wide range of RippleNet’s features, including wallet-to-wallet transactions,” Ripple wrote in a news release announcing the deal.

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Rethinking retail supply chain management and planning

Anaplan

On the heels of a year, and a holiday shopping season, like no other, all of us – retailers, suppliers, employees and consumers – are eager to turn the page. The big question on everyone’s minds is this: When can we “go back to normal?” But perhaps there is no “going back,” at least not […].

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Sage Intacct Accounting Dimensions: What is It and How Can It Improve My Business?

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When using the word dimensions, you might think about height, width, and depth. But in this article, we want to give you an overview of Dimensions, a tool inside the Sage Intacct accounting solution software. We’ll also share how to make highly informed decisions for the long-term success of your business with this powerful function. To get specific, we’ll cover the following topics: A History of the General Ledger.

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Ensemble Active Management: The Blueprint for Rescuing Active Management

CFA Institute

Could EAM generate enough added alpha for active management to reclaim its edge over passive?

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The Growth Architect: How Financial Leaders are Unlocking Potential

Speaker: Ashley Harlan, MBA

What if your role as a fractional CFO went beyond operational support to actively shaping the future of your clients’ businesses? 💼 ✨ In this session, discover how fractional finance professionals can position themselves as architects of growth, guiding their clients toward sustainable success and preparing them for full-time financial leadership.

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Banque De France Has Finished CBDC Trial

PYMNTS

Banque de France has successfully conducted its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) trial, with a blockchain platform for interbank settlement, CoinDesk reported. A statement from the bank said the pilot involved a settlement on a private blockchain, which U.K. startup SETL provided, of around 2 million euros (about $2.4 million), per CoinDesk.

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Jedox 2020.4: Add TracePoints for Data Integration

Jedox Finance

In our third post of the Jedox 2020.4 release blog series, we’ll look at the new Tracepoints, the latest innovation in Jedox Integrator and highlight new features for modeling time-based dimensions.

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Finance teams need these five digital competencies in 2021

Future CFO

CFOs will fail to realise the full value of new technology investments unless their teams are equipped with five key digital competencies which are most crucial for delivering high business impact, said Gartner recently. Gartner’s survey of 173 global CFOs in November 2020 revealed that plans for substantial digital investments topped CFOs’ agendas in 2021.

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Helping Brands: D2C Brands Tap New Business Models To Shorten 'Time To Commerce'

PYMNTS

The shift to digital commerce has opened up new markets for companies across all verticals and sizes. But reaching a broader range of consumers, accommodating their payment preferences, and satisfying regulatory and tax issues in unfamiliar territory introduces a host of new operational challenges for these companies. Olivier Schott , co-founder of Scalefast , told PYMNTS that many firms pivoting to eCommerce channels may not have the resources on hand to meet those challenges.

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Book Review: Advances in Retirement Investing

CFA Institute

This is an essential source for cohesive retirement investment strategies based on the accumulation and decumulation of wealth, viewed as a continuum.

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2025 Payroll Calendar Templates (Biweekly, Semi-Monthly, and Monthly)

Use these handy calendar templates to stay on top of payroll in 2025! Download them today to share with your HR team or post for employees. Whether your company has biweekly, semi-monthly, or monthly pay periods, Paycor has you covered. Get your templates today!

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Adam Kae Shines the Who Ya Know Show Stage!

Adam Kae

If you missed out on yesterday's debut, you can catch it here. CFO Adam guest starred on the Who Ya Know show yesterday. The BowTie CFO talked about the job search, what you can negotiate, and his journey to entrepreneurship. Here are some of our favorite moments: The Adam Clap Chant - 43:17. Adam Reveals his Secret Talent- 43:54. Adam's Biggest Challenge - 45:55.

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Futureproofing treasury and payments through digitisation

Future CFO

We are in the era of the business unusual. The new risks and market changes that COVID-19 ushered altered business norms. Well-oiled and prepared businesses survived (and some thrived), with many companies taking defensive financial positions and granular control over liquidity. As liquidity became a significant concern for organizations, the Treasury Department was asked to monitor inflows and outflows more closely.

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APIs, Data Analytics Bring Cash Flow Control To The Back Office

PYMNTS

The pandemic is causing fluctuations in the global economy, and supply and demand shifts are causing many businesses to face liquidity stresses and limited credit access. These factors are putting companies to the test, especially in how they handle their corporate finances. There have also been shifts in how customers pay for goods and services, with s ocial distancing policies making contactless transactions essential and pushing consumers toward payment methods such as bank transfers and dig

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Webinar: A Guide to Cash Forecasting in a Crisis

CS Lucas

The ongoing pandemic has taught us that future proofing is a key skill set that a Treasurer needs in order to see their company through difficult times. Restructuring your treasury functions to respond to crisis requires modernization, flexibility and preparation. It’s important to revisit the best strategies for cash forecasting, automation and collaborative working in order to respond to imminent threats.

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From Start to Scale: Driving Growth Through Seamless Payments Implementation

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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ESG Research: Solving the Integration Challenges

CFA Institute

US managers have been slower to board the ESG bandwagon relative to their European peers. How can they catch up?

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Data Update 2 for 2021: The Price of Risk!

Musings on Markets

Investors are constantly in search of a single metric that will tell them whether a market is under or over valued, and consequently whether they should buying or selling holdings in that market. With equities, the metric that has been in use the longest is the PE ratio, modified in recent years to the CAPE, where earnings are normalized (by averaging over time) and sometimes adjusted for inflation.

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Pandemic Wake-Up Call Drives Integrated B2B Platforms

PYMNTS

Corporate finance teams were not simply tasked with finding ways to continue operations in a remote work environment as a result of the coronavirus crisis. For some organizations, the processes that broke down and the bottlenecks that intensified as a result of the COVID-19 disruption finally lifted the veil on some of the biggest problems in financial workflows — as well as the biggest opportunities to modernize.

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Webinar: How to make the Move from Spreadsheets to Treasury Management Systems

CS Lucas

Digital landscapes make dealing with payments, across multiple currencies and banking relationships easier to visualize and quicker to execute. In order to fully utilize the speed digitization offers, we need to say goodbye to manual spreadsheets and move towards Treasury Management Systems that support total cash visibility, seamless connectivity and securely hosted data.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, 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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Asia Pacific employees projected to get 5.3% pay rise on average

Future CFO

Employers in Asia Pacific project pay rises at an average of 5.3% this year, as countries in the region continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, said Willis Towers Watson lately. Last year, companies were forced to revise down their pay rise budgets, leading to an average increase of 5.4% in 2020, compared to 5.6% of actual salary increase in 2019), according to WTW’s latest Salary Budget Planning Survey report.

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Double nomination for Castle at the 2021 South East Dealmakers Awards!

Castle Corporate Finance

Castle is delighted to be nominated for two accolades at the prestigious and hotly contested annual Insider South East Dealmakers Awards. It has been revealed that Castle has been shortlisted for the following: Corporate Finance Advisory Firm of the Year Corporate Finance Adviser of the Year (Victoria Ansell). The awards recognise the leading finance and M&A professionals in the region.

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Retail 2021: The Five Things Retailers Should Be Talking About At NRF This Week

PYMNTS

Every year for the last 110 years , members of the retail trade group, known as the National Retail Federation (NRF), have assembled to discuss the slate of issues pertinent to its members. This week, NRF’s Retail’s Big Show , as it is commonly referred to, will host a virtual version of its four-day confab, including 90 sessions and 300 exhibitors who will speak to the future of retail in a post-COVID-19 environment.

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Webinar: Navigating the Age of Payments Automation

CS Lucas

A discussion on payments process automation and integration gateways for treasurers. Lead Software Engineer for CS Lucas, Ivan Parayno give you tips on what you should be looking for when streamlining your organization’s finance department and offers his thoughts on what the future of payments is set to look like. This event was recorded 23 April. .

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Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors

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.

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Credit conditions for APAC corporates likely to improve despite fragile recovery

Future CFO

Credit conditions in Asia Pacific will improve in 2021, supported by the gradual recovery of economic activity given the early containment of the pandemic in several Asian economies, said Moody’s Investors Service recently. Ongoing fiscal and monetary support in both advanced and emerging markets will also aid improving conditions, but renewed lockdowns in parts of the world have stalled the nascent global economic recovery and create uncertainty around improving credit conditions , the credit r

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Ahead of the Rest: Planful Tops the Charts in Product Capabilities in Gartner’s Critical Capabilities Report

Planful

Planful solutions are consistently recognized by the analysts and influencers who cover FP&A applications. Gartner recently released their latest FP&A-focused report, Critical Capabilities for Cloud Financial Planning and Analysis Solutions. The critical capabilities is a summary of vendors product capabilities and serves as a companion report to the prestigious Cloud Financial Planning and Analysis Solutions Magic Quadrant.

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App Store Approach Helps Banks Manage Partners, Speed Digital Transformation

PYMNTS

In the bid to hasten their digital transformation, when it comes to innovation , financial institutions (FIs) may benefit from an “app store” approach as they weigh existing and new solutions. In an interview with PYMNTS, Avi Cohen , co-founder and CEO of FinTech company The Floor , said boosting digital offerings and bringing new ones to market demands quick decision making as banks seek to improve user experience and user engagement.

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Webinar: AI and treasury – Do Androids Dream of Treasury Systems?

CS Lucas

A conversation on the introduction of AI in treasury and treasury management. We discuss: How machine learning and AI will affect treasurers and finance departments. Why we need AI. The relationship between RPA and AI. The future of AI and Treasury. This event was hosted by Don Escuro, Vice President at CS Lucas, on 21 May. . The post Webinar: AI and treasury – Do Androids Dream of Treasury Systems?

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Back to Basics with Reconciliations

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.