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    ‘Overhyped’ AI may trigger setbacks in stock market: Fed official

    Roughly eight out of 10 CFOs plan to boost spending on generative AI and other technologies this year, Gartner found in a survey.

    By Feb. 18, 2025
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    3 CFO tips for navigating ERP migration challenges

    Initial productivity dips may be unavoidable during the transition, but the right strategies can minimize disruption, writes insightsoftware’s Lee An Schommer. 

    By Lee An Schommer • Feb. 18, 2025
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    CFO best practices in the evolving generative AI era

    As the initial frenzy around the launch of generative artificial intelligence subsides, a new GenAI era appears to be taking shape.

    By CFO Dive staff
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    Meta, Microsoft, Workday join latest wave of tech layoffs

    While 62% of tech CFOs surveyed plan job cuts, all said their organizations will probably expand overall headcount this year, according to a BDO study.

    By Feb. 18, 2025
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    Pathward CFO: Pulling back the strategic curtain

    Building a strong talent foundation is key to successfully executing one's business strategy, Pathward CFO Greg Sigrist said.

    By Feb. 13, 2025
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    OneStream sees high demand despite ‘near-term headwinds’

    “If there’s a growing sense of uncertainty [among CFOs], we’re probably going to feel it a little bit first,” said Tom Shea, the finance software maker’s CEO. 

    By Feb. 12, 2025
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    C-suite at odds over responsibility, innovation as AI tools mature

    Leaders agree there's a significant gap between innovation and safety as a global debate over the technology's regulation plays out.

    By Roberto Torres • Feb. 12, 2025
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    DeepSeek’s lower-cost AI model could supercharge adoption, use cases: Goldman Sachs

    The Chinese startup’s offering could trigger what economists call the Jevons paradox, by removing the barrier to entry to implementing the new technology, one panelist said.

    By Feb. 11, 2025
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    Warehouse automation market set for slow recovery this year

    It’s still “a bit too early to tell” how President Trump’s tariff plans might impact the struggling market, an analyst said.

    By Feb. 11, 2025
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    Generative AI fueled $60B boost in enterprise cloud spend last year

    “The technology might be expensive, but it is creating new services that are bringing in tens of billions of dollars for the cloud providers,” Synergy Research Group Chief Analyst John Dinsdale said.

    By Matt Ashare • Feb. 10, 2025
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    Strategic CFOs must build ‘complementary’ finance teams: Gartner

    For CFOs to meet their strategic goals, they must think differently about the skills they need in the finance function.

    By Feb. 10, 2025
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    Salesforce director named chief of operations, finance

    The software giant is among a growing list of companies that have decided to merge the CFO and COO roles.

    By Feb. 6, 2025
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    PCAOB warns auditors of risks from lax oversight of specialists

    Specialists who use artificial intelligence pose a growing challenge to auditors and, in turn, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

    By Feb. 6, 2025
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    Alphabet projects $75B in capex as AI push grows: CFO

    Big tech continues to invest heavily in AI even as investors nervously watch for indications that it’s paying off.

    By Feb. 5, 2025
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    Ransomware payments fell 35% in 2024

    Cyberattacks using ransomware spiked in the second half of the year, but fewer victims paid up.

    By Rob Wright • Feb. 5, 2025
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    With AI, CFOs must balance cost, value: Genpact

    CFOs need to play a familiar risk versus rewards game to meet the AI deployment mandate being asked of many of them, Genpact’s Vivek Saxena said.  

    By Feb. 4, 2025
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    AI agents may cause some finance jobs to ‘disappear’: Microsoft exec

    Microsoft’s Georg Glantschnig said the software giant envisions every business process being impacted by the emerging technology.

    By Feb. 4, 2025
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    DeepSeek surge hits companies, posing security risks

    The Trump administration is scrutinizing the AI app, Italy and Taiwan have banned it, and companies have blocked it.

    By Feb. 4, 2025
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    Security tool consolidation boosts efficiency, threat mitigation

    A study from IBM shows the controversial shift to platformization can pay off for enterprises. 

    By David Jones • Jan. 31, 2025
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    Tesla CFO flags risk posed by Trump tariffs

    The electric vehicle executive is the latest finance chief of a major U.S. company to sound the alarm over the president’s tariff plans.

    By Jan. 30, 2025
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    Microsoft races to bring more cloud capacity online

    Enterprise AI workloads and OpenAI training consumed Azure resources last year. “We have been short power and space,” CFO Amy Hood said.

    By Matt Ashare • Jan. 30, 2025
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    SAP CFO: DeepSeek AI disruption is ‘very good news’

    The Chinese startup's sudden rise has prompted mixed reactions, with President Trump calling the development a “wake-up call.”

    By Jan. 28, 2025
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    State AGs threaten financial institutions over ESG, DEI policies

    Bank of America, BlackRock, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley were all asked about their plans for implementing hiring or supplier diversity goals.

    By Lamar Johnson • Jan. 28, 2025
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    Trump order shifts AI policy away from Biden-era risk focus

    The order calls for federal agencies to nix Biden policies that are deemed a threat to AI innovation.

    By Jan. 28, 2025
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    Tech execs grapple with budget sinkholes as AI drives up spend

    Unpredictable cloud bills, outdated software licenses and shadow IT frustrate FinOps efforts, according to Apptio.

    By Matt Ashare • Jan. 27, 2025
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    Culture, tech key to accounting talent retention: Wolters Kluwer

    A supportive, tech-forward work culture can help retain younger entrants to the accounting profession, Wolters Kluwer’s Dean Sonderegger said.  

    By Jan. 27, 2025