CFOs hunt for revenue-generating tech tools: Stripe

The financial service provider’s updated tools come as CFOs seek emerging technologies that can aid in key areas like revenue generation.

By Grace Noto • April 25, 2023

Majority of execs anticipate AI adoption in 1-2 years: KPMG

While corporate executives believe that generative AI has enormous potential, they also see major hurdles to adoption, a KPMG study found.

By Alexei Alexis • April 25, 2023

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Digital transformation, one smart step at a time

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

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ChatGPT says it’s not ready to be a CFO

CFO Dive decided to engage the popular AI tool in a conversation about both its potential and limitations in corporate finance.

By Alexei Alexis • April 24, 2023

To keep pace with healthcare costs, data is key

For CFOs managing both company costs and their employees’ wellbeing, having access to the right data to make strategic healthcare decisions is essential.

By Grace Noto • April 21, 2023

IBM leans on AI, hybrid cloud as infrastructure business stalls

“We've been digitally transforming IBM, much in the same way we're helping our clients with their transformation,” CFO James Kavanaugh said during a Q1 2023 earnings call.

By Matt Ashare • April 20, 2023

Citigroup technology expenses grow as it pushes transformation

The financial services company increased its IT spending, retired legacy platforms and invested in cloud-based solutions, CFO Mark Mason said.

By Matt Ashare • April 20, 2023

Betterment agrees to pay $9M in SEC settlement

The settlement resolves charges that investment advisor Betterment made misstatements related to its automated tax loss harvesting service, among other violations.

By Alexei Alexis • April 19, 2023

Ericsson faces CFO exit, ‘choppy’ economic climate

The network provider’s long-time CFO will depart as the company takes steps to weather a choppy economic environment, including shifts in the developing 5G space.

By Grace Noto • April 18, 2023

Cyber premiums spike at slower pace in 2022: Fitch

The deceleration was driven by factors such as a moderation of ransomware incidents and a heightened level of cyber risk awareness among corporate executives, according to Fitch Ratings.

By Alexei Alexis • April 18, 2023

OneStream expands platform, eyeing CFO ‘App Store’

The platform can now be used to download applications created by OneStream partners, along with the company’s own portfolio of tools.

By Alexei Alexis • April 18, 2023

Tax AI is here, but distrust lingers

AI could help companies with filing taxes. But first, finance executives need to learn to trust it.

By Grace Noto • April 17, 2023

4 CFO tips for demystifying AI hype

Innovation in AI has prompted talk of a coming technological leap as profound as the creation of the internet. It has also sparked anxiety. CFOs need to navigate past the hype and fear.

By Jim Tyson • April 17, 2023

SPAC backing Trump media venture taps new CFO

The appointment of Katherine Chiles as CFO of Digital World Acquisition follows the resignation of the company’s former finance chief and the termination of its prior CEO.

By Alexei Alexis • April 13, 2023

Cost-wary CFOs to cull tech spending

As CFOs deal with a muddled economic outlook, they are keeping their eye on technology, vendor and headcount costs.

By Grace Noto • April 13, 2023

To drive digital transformation, ‘getting the data right’ is key

Putting data skills and governance front and center for both leaders and employees is essential for CFOs to make digital transformation headway.

By Grace Noto • April 11, 2023

Ledge seizes on SVB crisis with multi-bank offering

The Israeli finance tech startup decided to expedite the rollout of its new treasury management tool after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

By Alexei Alexis • April 11, 2023

Auvik adds private equity vet as CFO in C-suite shakeup

The IT management company is at an "inflection point" as it adjusts to being owned by a private equity firm and evolves to meet customer demand, its new CFO says.

By Alexei Alexis • April 10, 2023

Matillion CFO: Melding operational, finance skills can boost decision-making

Pairing operational and finance skills can help prepare CFOs to make better decisions and to eventually take on broader roles, newly-minted Matillion CFO and COO said.

By Grace Noto • April 10, 2023

Is now the time to trust AI while facing market volatility?

CFOs can drive long-term growth despite market volatility with focused efforts and strategic tools.

By Alexander Hagerup, CEO of Vic.ai • April 10, 2023

Why CFOs must take inventory reins

The people responsible for bloated inventory levels don’t all sit in factories and warehouses, Ernst & Young’s Peter Kingma writes. 

By Peter Kingma • April 7, 2023

Samsung employees leaked corporate data in ChatGPT: report

Data privacy is a concern for companies with employees using ChatGPT’s web-based interface, as input data is used to train and improve the tool.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • April 7, 2023

Walmart automates to combat inflation, CFO says

The retailer is upping its investments in automation as it looks to manage costs and pricing during an inflationary environment.

By Grace Noto • April 7, 2023

UberEats loses global CFO to tech startup Remote

Michiel Boere has left Uber to become the first finance chief of Remote, a tech startup that provides tools and services for managing dispersed workforces.

By Alexei Alexis • April 6, 2023

FASB chooses single software accounting model

The new project marks the first time in decades that the U.S. accounting standard setter is revisiting accounting for software costs.  

By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 5, 2023

Automation can curb finance burnout

Finance leaders are looking closer at automation as a talent retention tool as employees eye new opportunities.

By Grace Noto • April 4, 2023