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    AWS outage puts spotlight on IT durability

    The downtime serves as a reminder to companies that recovery strategies separate from their primary cloud vendor are key to business continuity.

    By Roberto Torres • Oct. 22, 2025
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    New Plaid CFO to focus on ‘sustainable growth’

    New Plaid CFO Seun Sodipo will join the fintech as it looks to continue expanding its products across areas including credit and payments.

    By • Oct. 21, 2025
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    Digital transformation, one smart step at a time

    As pricing pressures tighten margins and technologies like agentic AI evolve, finance chiefs are more closely scrutinizing the cost and returns of the tech tools they implement.

    By CFO Dive staff
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    Fortune 100 firms accelerate disclosures linked to AI, cybersecurity risk

    Companies are concerned about deepfakes and unauthorized AI tools, and board committees are increasing their oversight responsibilities.

    By David Jones • Oct. 21, 2025
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    KPMG leans into agentic AI in Salesforce, Google deals

    The Big Four accounting firm and its competitors are locked in a technology investment race that is heating up amid rapid advancements in AI.

    By • Oct. 21, 2025
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    Deloitte refunds over $60K for report with AI errors, Australian government says

    The amount represents less than a quarter of what Australia’s Department of Employment and Workplace Relations originally paid for the flawed study.

    By • Oct. 21, 2025
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    CFOs should view stablecoin as payment ‘redesign,’ EY exec advises

    CFOs need to turn stablecoin “a little on its head” to get a transparent view of where the assets can sit inside their organizations, EY’s Clare Adelgren said.

    By • Oct. 16, 2025
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    Oracle expands agentic AI toolkit for CFOs

    The software giant's latest rollout included a new “payables agent” designed to ease workloads for accounts payable teams.

    By • Oct. 15, 2025
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    Public disclosures of AI risk surge among S&P 500 companies

    A report by The Conference Board shows companies are flagging concerns about cyber and reputational risk as they increase deployment.

    By David Jones • Oct. 14, 2025
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    Gap partners with Google Cloud to advance AI strategy

    In its quest to become a digital-first business, the retailer will add a unified, AI-powered platform to its tech stack that opens up access to Gemini, Vertex AI and BigQuery. 

    By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 14, 2025
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    Deloitte AI debacle seen as wake-up call for corporate finance

    The Australian government says Deloitte Australia agreed to refund part of a $290,000 payment for a report that contained AI-generated errors.

    By • Oct. 14, 2025
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    5 tips for boosting the CFO-CISO relationship

    CFOs and CISOs often fail to collaborate effectively due to differences in language, metrics and perceived value, writes cybersecurity firm Anomali’s George Moser.

    By George Moser • Oct. 14, 2025
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    Tackling the CFO supply, demand imbalance: Sutker Moran

    With growing CFO turnover, companies are considering new criteria for filling their top finance seat, Sutker Moran President Scott Moran said.  

    By • Oct. 10, 2025
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    ‘Aptitude for accuracy’: Key skills for the future tax department

    In looking to build space for AI, tax and finance leaders are still prioritizing core finance skills that can ensure accuracy, Vertex’s Michael Bernard said.

    By • Oct. 9, 2025
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    Want a stronger CFO, CIO relationship? Take cash out of the mix

    For finance and IT leaders to effectively drive strategy and growth, they need to focus on strategy first — and look at costs second, Rimini Street’s CFO and CIO said.  

    By • Oct. 9, 2025
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    Musk taps Morgan Stanley, DOGE alum for xAI finance chief: reports

    Key Musk advisor Anthony Armstrong will step into the CFO seat months after xAI merged with social media platform X in an all-stock transaction.

    By • Oct. 7, 2025
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    Generative AI drives cloud spend blitz

    Public cloud spend will increase fourfold over the next three years, largely driven by growing generative AI workloads, according to TD Cowen.

    By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 7, 2025
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    AI tied to 7,000 job cuts in September: Challenger

    Salesforce is among the companies that have directly attributed massive job cuts to AI in recent months.

    By • Oct. 7, 2025
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    Former AOL CFO on ‘natural’ move to CEO roles

    “Becoming a CEO was sort of a pretty natural extension of things I had done in the past,” said Artie Minson, the new CEO of accounting software startup Trullion.

    By • Oct. 7, 2025
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    Silvaco’s new CFO to prioritize predictability

    Chris Zegarelli is looking to improve sentiment and make the business “more predictable” as he settles into Silvaco’s CFO seat, he told CFO Dive.

    By • Oct. 6, 2025
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    The complex costs of AI: Investments, funding and ROI tracking

    AI’s rapid growth demands careful cost management and ROI considerations to avoid overspending and ensure positive business outcomes.

    By Eugene Khvostov • Oct. 6, 2025
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    5 key takeaways from CFO Live 2025

    Today’s CFOs still put a premium on top-tier financial skills and know-how, even as technologies, talent requirements and business needs continue to change.

    By • Oct. 2, 2025
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    How CFOs can build data skills for the AI age

    To manage both financial controls and innovation, top-tier data intelligence skills are a must for the modern CFO, Microsoft alum Stephen Harris said.  

    By • Sept. 30, 2025
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    Cyber insurance could greatly reduce losses from diversification, mitigation measures

    A report by CyberCube shows the global market is heavily concentrated in the U.S. and would benefit from expanding into new segments and improving cyber hygiene.

    By David Jones • Sept. 30, 2025
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    Risk mitigation budgets swell as enterprise AI adoption grows

    Governing AI comes at a cost with most organizations increasing oversight investments in the next financial year, according to OneTrust data.

    By Lindsey Wilkinson • Sept. 30, 2025
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    Startup aims to rescue finance teams ‘buried in reconciliations’

    After a $9 million funding boost, finance software firm Maximor will work on beefing up its AI agents, said its CEO, a former Microsoft executive.

    By • Sept. 30, 2025