Sat.Jan 16, 2021 - Fri.Jan 22, 2021

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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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8 Pillars of Leadership Development

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.

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The Bank-FinTech Collaboration Model Goes Global

PYMNTS

With more financial institutions (FIs) turning to external third-party FinTechs to strengthen their small- to medium-sized business (SMB) and corporate offerings, the collaboration model is proliferating across national borders. This week’s look at the latest in bank-FinTech collaboration includes new partnerships in Australia, South Africa, India, Pakistan and across Europe, with many FIs bolstering the foundations of their SMB-serving infrastructures.

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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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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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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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Smart Tech + Human Expertise = How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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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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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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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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Protect What Matters: Rethinking Finance Ops In A Digital World

Speaker: Cheryl J. Muldrew-McMurtry

Distributed finance teams are rewriting how the back-office runs, and attackers are taking notes. Disconnected workflows, process blind spots, and rising cyber threats are more than just growing pains—they’re liabilities. The challenge isn’t just going remote. It’s building resilient systems that protect accuracy, control, and speed across every transaction and touchpoint.

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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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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: 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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The AI Race Isn’t Just About Tech Superiority – Its the Supply Chain, Stupid!

The race to dominate AI is no longer about who has the smartest algorithms — it's about who can build and scale faster. Behind every AI breakthrough lies a battle for resources: data centers, compute hardware, power, and telecom infrastructure. And right now, even tech giants are hitting a wall. Our latest white paper reveals the six critical supply chain elements that are increasingly separating AI leaders from the rest.

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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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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: 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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2025 Global Finance Leaders Survey

79% of finance leaders we surveyed say they play a multifaceted role—ensuring financial stability, managing risk, and enabling transformation. In our 2025 Global Finance Leaders Survey, 751 global leaders shared their biggest challenges, top priorities, and outlook for the year ahead. Here’s what you’ll learn in the survey report: An in-depth look at different leadership approaches and what they mean for finance leaders Top challenges facing finance leaders, from data reliability to talent manag

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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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Survey: Hong Kong firms to maintain or increase headcount

Future CFO

Optimism has started its revival, with about 30% of companies in Hong Kong looking to increase their headcounts and more than half maintaining status quo in 2021, said Michael Page recently. . This is compared with the 48% dip in hiring activities in 2020. “We are already starting to see the early green shoots of a recovery. It’s widely anticipated that 2021 will be a better year than 2020, said Mark Tibbatts, Managing Director of Michael Page Hong Kong & Taiwan.

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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: 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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How to Set Better OKRs and Drive Results

Before you can achieve success, you have to define it. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) give you the framework to do just that. Paycor’s free guide includes a step-by-step process leaders can use to work toward – and achieve – their loftiest business goals.