Global Finance

APRIL 4, 2025

Reforms aimed at enhancing entrepreneurship and innovation also create new opportunities for NBK to expand our retail and wealth management services. But NBKs strong balance sheet, diversified revenue streams, and prudent risk management help us navigate volatility while maintaining resilience.

Economics 52

Economics Prioritization Leverage Finance 52

CFO News

AUGUST 26, 2024

With consumer preferences shifting rapidly, leading CFOs have stressed on efficient stock rotation, leveraging real-time data, and proactive risk assessment.

Risk Management 40

Risk Management Retail Leverage 40

PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2017

Online fraud is no small problem for merchants, but a significant number of retailers do not spend enough time on the dual goals of streamlining the consumer data experience while weeding out possible fraudulent transactions. But differing consumer expectations around the issue of security present a challenge for retailers.

Retail 58

Retail Accounting eCommerce Securities 58

Global Finance

JULY 29, 2024

The surge in collaborative deals between traditional banks and fintech disrupters is helping finance houses develop deeper competence in next-generation digital and artificial intelligence offerings across core areas such as risk management, data analytics, robo-advisors, portfolio management, and fraud detection and prevention.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 105

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Finance Banking Risk Management 105

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

P97 Networks and Cybersource, Visa ’s international payment and fraud management platform, have unveiled a new multi-year international partnership to provide mobile payment acceptance tools that come with integrated risk management for fuel and convenience merchants, according to a Wednesday (Dec.

Risk Management 82

Risk Management Retail Technology Securities 82

PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

Incidentally, there is no one-size-fits-all solution to tackling these risks, as one firm’s best practices may not be as effective for another’s operations. Each company’s risk management approach must therefore be tailored to its specific business needs.

Foreign Exchange 127

Foreign Exchange Treasury Risk Management Corporate Finance 127

PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

In today’s top news, CitiGroup named David Chubak to head its retail banking division, lawmakers in New York proposed a public eBanking system similar to Venmo and Goldman Sachs created a new division in its reporting process to highlight its consumer focus. Citigroup Names New Retail Banking Leader.

Retail 52

Retail Banking Risk Management eCommerce 52

PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

Citigroup named David Chubak, 39, to head the retail banking division in the U.S., Chubak will head all retail sectors — branches, mortgages, wealth, risk management and small business, according to the memo. the company announced on Tuesday (Jan. consumer banking division, according to a memo obtained by CNBC.

Retail 40

Retail Banking Treasury Risk Management 40

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Payments are no exception,” she said, noting that a variety of firms – from retailers to insurance providers – are tailoring their customer journeys to meet consumer demands. For instance, machine learning and other advanced technologies can boost fraud- and risk-management capabilities.

Risk Management 109

Risk Management Securities Retail Accounting 109

PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2018

To help merchants and other service providers convert more consumers at the point of sale, LendingPoint has unveiled LendingPoint Merchant Solutions, a platform that will provide fully integrated one-stop retail financing, the company said in an announcement. The move comes after the company acquired LoanHero in Dec.

Finance 40

Finance Retail Risk Management Sales 40

PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2018

Put a bit more simply: Retailers face both a data problem and a time problem. In an interview with PYMNTS, Nathan Trueblood, VP of Product Management at DataTorrent , said customer expectations of retailers are changing — adding both challenge and opportunity to that data/time conundrum.

Retail 40

Retail Risk Management Communication Sales 40

PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

So started Affirm’s Co-Founder and CEO Max Levchin ’s remarks at his firm’s first-ever AFFIRMation conference for its retail partners in San Francisco yesterday. “Finance is pretty broken.”. Levchin, by his own description, has spent his career in financial services and founding companies — “some of which succeeded, some didn’t.”

Retail 44

Retail Finance Risk Management Numbers 44

PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2020

It is key to risk management functions, which entail assessing the likelihood that any given transaction could be fraudulent or present a credit risk. When number crunching is needed, however, data analytics can help. Data Analytics Behind the Scenes.

Banking 94

Banking Risk Management Credit Risk Advertising 94

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

When it comes to a retailer protecting its assets — digital and otherwise — the intrinsic assumption might be that the focus ought to look outward. But the reality is that the greatest security threat facing retail companies, according to a number of recent surveys, often comes from within. In a story posted yesterday (Feb.

Retail 40

Retail Securities Risk Management Sales 40

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

And in banking, financial institutions can incorporate artificial intelligence into their consumer credit strategies at a time when a retroactive approach to credit risk management has become less feasible amid COVID-19. All this, Today in Data. Data: $189B : Amount that U.S. 80%: Share of banking interactions done online in 2020.

Credit Risk 102

Credit Risk Risk Management eCommerce Banking 102

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The addition of Verifi’s technology to Visa’s risk management solutions will introduce greater collaboration and insights to help resolve disputes quickly.” . The new tech tools, Visa said, will be integrated with the rest of its risk management services, including those delivered by CardinalCommerce and CyberSource. .

Profit and Loss 73

Profit and Loss Risk Management Communication Leverage 73

PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2016

Absolutely no need to panic, then — unless the topic is retail bankruptcies , which increased year over year by 24 percent. Such is the double-edged sword of a retail industry swept up in innovation. For every new path cut through the market, the retailers standing in the way are cut down. January — Wet Seal. As of Feb.

Retail 44

Retail Restructuring Planning Sales 44

Global Finance

JUNE 14, 2024

Banks are now prioritizing four key areas: liquidity management with a balanced portfolio view including commercial real estate (CRE), enterprise protection with anti-fraud and cybersecurity, operational resiliency and sustainability with climate risk and green products. Overall, balanced risk management is the ultimate goal for banks.

Leverage 93

Leverage Risk Management Concentration Compliance 93

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

That includes catching when data stolen via one banking channel is being used to enable ATOs in other channels, according to Daniel Cohen, head of anti-fraud products and strategy at risk management solutions provider RSA. Otherwise, the fraud could continue unnoticed.

Banking 98

Banking Treasury Risk Management Securities 98

PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

Hypur will bolster Salal’s network of cannabis retailers and wholesalers via different digital payment offerings. Beuerlein continued, “We are excited to continue helping cannabis companies thrive with Salal, which is also known for their trusted operations across compliance, regulations and risk management.”.

Risk Management 72

Risk Management Compliance Leverage Startups 72

CFO Talks

AUGUST 29, 2024

For example, a retail business might invest in low-risk options like government bonds, which are safe and can be easily converted back into cash. Practical Tip: Put a risk management plan in place that covers things like currency and interest rate risks.

Treasury 96

Treasury Cash Flow Forecasting Foreign Exchange Currencies 96

PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2017

OA: As president of Western Union Global Money Transfer, I oversee our global person-to-person money transfer via our combined digital and retail walk-in agent network that connects more than 200 countries and territories. PYMNTS: What does a day in your life look like?

Compliance 76

Compliance Risk Management Prioritization Retail 76

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The conversation also underscored the growing important of currency hedging, foreign exchange and risk management for businesses of all types. What are the signals saying when it comes to such areas as trade, currency risk and emerging market stability? “If So, what is the state of the global economy these days? That’s not all.

Foreign Exchange 62

Foreign Exchange Currencies Risk Management Cash Management 62

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2018

The “worried” percentage rises to 58 percent for those in the retail, wholesale and food sectors. He stated, too, that currency risk management is often not a priority for many SMBs on a day-to-day basis. Among those most exposed to volatility, impact could be the swiftest in the retail and industrial sectors, said Ali.

Currencies 53

Currencies Foreign Exchange Risk Management Retail 53

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Digital risk management company RiskIQ released its Black Friday eCommerce Blacklist , which identified that one in 10 Black Friday-specific apps out of the 5,315 total that can be found searching “Black Friday” in global app stores is malicious. Black Friday isn’t just delivering on the deals this year.

eCommerce 68

eCommerce Risk Management Leverage Sales 68

PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2018

PayPal announced Thursday (June 21) that, following on the heels of its acquisition of Hyperwallet earlier this week, it is acquiring Simility , which is a fraud prevention and risk management platform. Marketplace sales accounted for 50 percent of all online sales in 2017, according to an estimate provided by PayPal.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management eCommerce Leverage Sales 52

Global Finance

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Its Consumer & Community Banking business added a substantial amount of retail branches and advisers and leads the First Republic integration. billion in pre-tax underlying profit while increasing its mass retail client base to 9.5 At the same time, retail product income increased by 26%, and deposit income grew by 74%.

Banking 111

Banking Foreign Exchange Profit and Loss Finance 111

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Last fall, Capgemini released a report, “ Privacy Please: Why Retailers Need to Rethink Personalization ,” which showed that 93 percent of more than 220,000 consumers surveyed expressed serious doubts over retailers’ abilities to protect consumer data in the event of a cyberattack.

Cash Management 73

Cash Management Risk Management Securities Compliance 73

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

ProfitStars , the Jack Henry & Associates division that provides risk management solutions for financial institutions, announced its latest fraud tool on Wednesday (Sept. “Our iPay ESM solution delivers sophisticated fraud analytics, eases compliance and provides powerful reporting capabilities to financial institutions.

Banking 62

Banking Compliance Risk Management Securities 62

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Plati Potom develops post-payment solutions for eCommerce and offline retailers, as well as data analysis and credit risk management tools. For QIWI, this transaction is another step in implementing its M&A strategy of investing in promising teams and technologies in the FinTech space.

Data Analysis 55

Data Analysis Credit Risk Risk Management eCommerce 55

PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

The collaboration gives the 12,000-plus national ACTA members an opportunity to tap into Western Union’s payments expertise and knowledge of foreign currency transactions and currency risk management, according to a Western Union press release on Thursday (Aug.

Currencies 71

Currencies Risk Management Leverage Accounting 71

PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2016

The dog days of summer are finally upon the retail world, and if department stores didn’t take the spring and early summer to make up for the slow sales of a warm winter, it might be too warm and muggy to do much about that now. While North American retailers don’t seem to have had the best week, what about the rest of the world?

Retail 40

Retail Restructuring Sales eCommerce 40

PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

While fraud and risk managers are certainly tasked with handling these issues, they ultimately report to the CFO, said Byrnes. It’s also gaining traction in geographic areas where retail and the general economy are suffering, such as Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Firefighting mode” isn’t going to cut it anymore.

eCommerce 64

eCommerce Retail CFO Sales 64

CFA Institute

JULY 14, 2022

Spencer Jakab argues that Wall Street, not the everyday retail investor, won the meme stock revolution.

Retail 93

Retail Risk Management Economics 93

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2016

billion by 2020, companies — particularly eCommerce retailers — are considering mobile and online innovations in payments and IoT security technology to help thwart cyberattacks. According to data from Kount, a fraud and risk management solutions provider, merchants bleed $2.27 With fraud expected to hit $7.2 Striking a balance.

Securities 76

Securities Retail eCommerce Technology 76

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The move will let Grab begin to offer retail wealth management services to users, driver and merchant partners via the Grab app, according to an emailed press release. With GrabInvest, the company will strive to democratize access to retail wealth management services.

Construction 52

Construction Risk Management Startups Retail 52

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

As real-time payment schemes spread worldwide, stakeholders need to examine the impact these rails will have on their risk management strategies. However, new payment rails are also opening new lines of attack for fraudsters.

Reconciliations 57

Reconciliations Risk Management Leverage Securities 57