CFOs must own order-to-cash processes: Zuora

Modern CFOs know they’re expected to be strategic leaders — but they need to pay closer attention to how technology comes into play, Zuora’s Todd McElhatton said.

By Grace Noto • July 15, 2025

EU releases compliance guidelines for AI Act

With another enforcement milestone in sight, the European Union is giving businesses a voluntary code of practice to help align with regulatory standards.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • July 15, 2025

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Tarifff headwinds along with the accounting talent shortage and the promises and traps of generative AI, are among the top issues CFOs are grappling with this year.

By CFO Dive staff

Businesses are overconfident as mobile phishing scams surge

Nearly six in 10 companies experienced incidents because of voice or text phishing attacks that led to executive impersonation, according to a new report from Lookout.

By Eric Geller • July 15, 2025

‘Heavy lift’: Colorado AI law sets high bar, analysts say

Colorado’s sweeping new AI law could be a blueprint for other states. It also puts fresh pressure on companies to beef up risk management systems.

By Suman Bhattacharyya • July 15, 2025

Beyond traditional ROI: A smarter way to measure AI value

Adaptive tools such as “digital twins” are better suited for assessing AI investments compared with static financial models, writes Keystone.ai’s Aarif Nakhooda.

By Aarif Nakhooda • July 15, 2025

6 takeaways from the Senate’s crypto market structure hearing

Senators largely agreed on the need for regulation, but differed on the potential focus and framing of such a bill.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • July 11, 2025

CFOs must embrace ‘cross-functional’ role: Beamery CEO

To figure out the golden balance between tech and talent spending, CFOs need to work more closely than ever with other C-suite leaders, Beamery’s Sultan Saidov said.

By Grace Noto • July 9, 2025

SaaS audit costs climb as tech stack visibility slides

Nearly half of organizations report spending $1 million or more on software vendor reviews in the last three years, Flexera found.

By Matt Ashare • July 8, 2025

AI-driven job cuts may be underreported: Challenger

Only 75 job cuts by U.S.-based employers in the first half of the year were explicitly attributed to AI, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The outplacement firm suspects the number is higher.

By Alexei Alexis • July 8, 2025

SEC seeks SolarWinds settlement in reversal for agency under new leadership

The decision by the commission, now under Republican control, could reshape the landscape of corporate accountability for cyber incidents.

By Eric Geller • July 8, 2025

Measuring AI value is tricky. Here’s how CFOs should approach it.

Many of AI’s benefits — better forecasts, faster decisions, stronger customer engagement — are difficult to quantify, writes Keystone.ai’s Aarif Nakhooda.

By Aarif Nakhooda • July 8, 2025

Programmable payments and the future of finance automation

SAP’s payment solutions enable real-time visibility into transactions, ensure seamless compliance with regulation, provide cost saving and risk minimization opportunities.

By Thomas Mehlkopf • July 7, 2025

Senate rejects proposed moratorium on state AI laws

The proposed freeze was stripped from President Trump’s megabill as an effort by Sen. Ted Cruz to advance compromise language fell apart.

By Alexei Alexis • July 1, 2025

Senate Republican deals blow to compromise AI proposal

A modified proposal to pause state AI regulation is still “not acceptable,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn asserted Monday, rejecting revised language that reduced the moratorium to five years.

By Alexei Alexis • July 1, 2025

Time to rethink corporate treasury as Washington embraces crypto

The arrival of clear-sighted crypto regulation has created a unique opportunity for corporate finance, writes Alchemy’s Guillaume Poncin.

By Guillaume Poncin • July 1, 2025

Evolving tech, data needs spotlight modern controller role: EY

Controllers are increasingly playing a central role in the evolving finance function — serving as a key bridge across disparate business functions, EY’s Kristi Chapman says.

By Grace Noto • June 30, 2025

Google swipes Oracle alum for cloud CFO

The appointment comes as Google and other large cloud providers race to build data centers and infrastructure to support spiking AI processing demand.

By Grace Noto • June 27, 2025

Agentic AI deployment accelerates despite risks: KPMG

The uptick comes as Gartner predicts that more than 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027.

By Alexei Alexis • June 26, 2025

Stablecoins could bridge legacy finance-crypto gap, Bastion exec says

Ripple alum Vince Tejada sees “an explosion of adoption” for stablecoins — once the ongoing regulatory evolution settles into clear guidance.

By Grace Noto • June 26, 2025

Uber alum turned Remote CFO applies ‘risk-on’ lessons

Remote CFO Michiel Boere is taking advantage of the payroll platform’s dry powder to make long-term investments that let it prepare for where “customers will want us to be in three years,” he said.   

By Grace Noto • June 24, 2025

Salesforce preps price hike amid AI blitz

The software company will increase pricing across several of its core products, including Slack, Enterprise Editions for Sales Cloud and Service Cloud.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • June 24, 2025

Judge approves AT&T’s $177M data breach settlement

The settlement, which has received preliminary clearance, now awaits a December hearing for final approval.

By Alexei Alexis • June 24, 2025

Push to freeze state AI regulation clears Senate hurdle

The effort comes as AI legislative proposals are rapidly piling up across states, creating potential compliance headaches for business leaders.

By Alexei Alexis • June 24, 2025

Xerox alum joins publisher Wiley following AI licensing revenue jump

The CFO appointment comes as the publisher nearly doubled its revenue from AI licensing agreements to $40 million for its fiscal 2025, according to its earnings report.

By Grace Noto • June 23, 2025

The evolution of payments: What’s on the horizon?

Traditional payment rails are fading. Discover what's on the horizon in our increasingly borderless financial world.

By Thomas Mehlkopf • June 23, 2025