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    Deep Dive

    7 CFO tips for yielding high ROI during the rush into generative AI

    Financial executives willing to chance big spending on generative AI can take steps to reduce risk and seize the payoffs.

    By July 26, 2024
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    Zelle, big banks challenge senators on scam reimbursements

    Forcing banks to reimburse authorized payments could encourage bad behavior and would not deter scammers, bank executives said in a Senate hearing.

    By Patrick Cooley • July 26, 2024
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    Workforce wages: solving the cost-talent puzzle

    In today’s strong labor market, CFOs leery of raising wages find creative ways to find and retain key employees.

    By CFO Dive staff
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    ‘Surge Moment’: Generative AI upends time-tested measurements of ROI

    CFOs gauging the return on investment from generative artificial intelligence are trying to map fuzzy terrain, according to financial executives and AI experts.

    By July 19, 2024
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    Finance leaders need to move quickly to prep for the ‘tax trifecta’

    U.S. businesses must begin scenario planning ahead of the presidential election to avoid being caught off guard by sudden shifts in tax policy, KPMG’s Rema Serafi writes.

    By Rema Serafi • July 19, 2024
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    ‘Say-on-pay’ proxy support rises despite concerns about PSUs: EY

    The number of investor activist campaigns this proxy season rose to 691, a 2.4% increase compared with 2023, according to EY.

    By July 17, 2024
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    CFOs plan to raise salaries 3.9% in 2025: WTW

    U.S. companies are trimming salary increases as the labor market loosens, recovering from a pandemic period of high resignations, job hopping and wage gains.

    By July 16, 2024
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    Powell says data lift Fed confidence inflation cooling toward 2% goal

    Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell welcomed recent inflation data, including a report that the core consumer price index rose last month at the slowest pace since early 2021.

    By July 15, 2024
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    BofA tackles digital banking’s transaction pain points

    The latest CashPro platform update is designed to better address transaction-related inquiries — one of the top reasons business customers call and email the bank.

    By July 12, 2024
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    Fed will cut main rate before inflation falls to its 2% goal: Powell

    A decline in the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure to 2.6% has prompted policymakers to focus more on the cooling job market, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said.

    By July 10, 2024
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    Powell spotlights risks to jobs, wants more gains against inflation

    The job market in recent months has shown signs of returning to its pre-pandemic trend, with demand for labor easing and unemployment rising to 4.1% in June.

    By July 9, 2024
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    Crypto theft doubles to $1.38B

    The May theft of over $300 million worth of bitcoin from Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin is the largest digital currency heist so far this year.

    By July 8, 2024
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    Inflation persists as top concern among small businesses: U.S. Chamber

    Businesses in services and manufacturing find price pressures more troublesome than their counterparts in other sectors, the U.S. Chamber said.

    By July 3, 2024
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    Powell sees gains against inflation, wants more progress before rate cuts

    After Powell’s comments, traders in interest rate futures increased the odds the Fed will cut the main interest rate by a quarter point in September.

    By July 2, 2024
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    IPO market quickens as stocks hit record highs during H1 2024, EY says

    In coming months the IPO market in the U.S. and beyond faces possible turbulence from intensifying regional conflicts and “an election super-cycle,” EY said.

    By July 1, 2024
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    Commercial property vacancy rate to peak in 2026 at 24%: Moody’s

    “The preference of many employees to work from home cannot be overlooked,” Moody’s economists said.

    By June 28, 2024
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    Trump’s 10% tariff would annually harm households by at least $1,700: AAF

    Damage from a sweeping tariff would spread beyond the U.S., “threatening key relationships with allies and inviting a global trade war,” AAF said.

    By June 26, 2024
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    Consumer confidence falls amid sagging income, business expectations

    “Signs of strain continue to emerge among consumers with low-to-moderate incomes,” Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said Tuesday.

    By June 25, 2024
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    Supreme Court ruling douses repatriation tax refund hopes

    The court affirmed the constitutionality of the one-time Mandatory Repatriation Tax on income from investments in foreign corporations.

    By June 24, 2024
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    Restatements decline, with small companies more prone to error: CAQ

    The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 prompted a long-term reduction in restatements by tightening financial reporting and audit rules, CAQ said.

    By June 24, 2024
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    Role clarity is key to fractional CFO pay

    Contract finance executives must understand the services they truly offer in order to charge — and be paid — what they’re worth, Joe Woodard said Sunday at his firm’s accounting tech conference.

    By Chris Gaetano • June 21, 2024
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    Homebuilding sags to four-year low, stifled by higher-for-longer rates

    Mortgage activity last month slumped 8.5% compared with April and 7.3% compared with May 2023, Freddie Mac said Thursday.

    By June 20, 2024
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    IRS aims to end ‘shell game’ by partnerships, targets $50B extra in taxes

    Tax dodging by complex partnerships “has been overlooked for more than a decade,” IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said Monday.

    By June 17, 2024
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    In-house counsel compensation rose 4%, in line with inflation

    Median compensation for in-house counsel rose modestly this year as the incidence of signing bonuses declined.

    By Justin Bachman • June 14, 2024
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    FASB’s environmental credit rules recall crypto debate

    Like crypto rules FASB recently finalized, the environmental credit accounting standards would provide specific guidance where GAAP is currently silent.   

    By June 13, 2024
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    Fed trims 2024 rate forecast to one cut, holds borrowing costs steady

    The Fed decision followed a report that inflation last month rose less than economists predicted and at the slowest pace since 2021.

    By June 12, 2024