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    AI-driven cash flow management startup gets $15M boost

    Panax is among companies that say they’re seeing high demand for finance automation tools as businesses try to navigate an uncertain economic environment.

    By May 8, 2024
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    Why collections need more CFO love in today’s cash-hungry market

    With higher rates and an uncertain economy, many companies are paying invoices late because they don’t know when capital will be available next, Capchase’s Przemek Gotfryd writes.

    By Przemek Gotfryd • May 3, 2024
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    Auditoria.AI’s ‘human-in-the-loop’ option targets automation-wary finance teams

    When it comes to new technologies, CEO Rohit Gupta sees CFOs and their finance teams as “fast followers” rather than early adopters.

    By May 1, 2024
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    Fed holds main rate steady, citing lack of progress against inflation

    Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that the central bank will likely need to sustain current borrowing costs longer than it had expected early this year.

    By May 1, 2024
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    Wage gains, inflation undercut Fed forecast for three rate cuts this year

    A report of rising wages prompted traders in interest rate futures to dial down bets on reductions in the Federal Reserve’s main interest rate.

    By April 30, 2024
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    FedNow pricing aimed at avoiding market disruption

    The Federal Reserve aimed to “not upset the marketplace as a second mover” when it set fees for the new instant payments system last year, a Fed official said Wednesday.

    By James Pothen , Lynne Marek • April 29, 2024
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    Companies cut salary budget increases to 3.6%, trim promotions: Mercer

    Plans for slower gains to salaries align with Thursday data showing that economic growth slowed to just 1.6% last quarter, far less than expected.

    By April 25, 2024
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    Stubborn inflation to keep rates ‘higher for longer’: Fannie Mae

    Economists have marked down their estimates for the number of quarter-point cuts to the federal funds rate from as many as six to one or two.

    By April 23, 2024
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    Controllers hunt for workarounds to ‘continuous’ reporting, accountant shortage

    As leaders of their firms’ accounting operations, many controllers are outsourcing work and using AI to speed accounts payable and receivable tasks.

    By Chris Gaetano • April 19, 2024
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    CFOs forecast stronger economy amid stubborn inflation: ACCA, IMA survey

    Top financial executives across North America ranked inflation as their top “risk priority,” ACCA and IMA found in a survey.

    By April 19, 2024
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    Werfel sees IRS budget request yielding $341B in extra revenue

    The IRS chief testified to a Senate committee after Republican lawmakers secured a $20-billion cut to the agency’s budget.

    By April 17, 2024
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    Powell: Inflation data deny Fed ‘greater confidence’ needed to cut rates

    The Fed chair is just one of many policymakers who, in the face of persistent price pressures, has voiced no urgency in reducing borrowing costs.

    By April 16, 2024
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    Biden tax negotiator rejoins KPMG as election weighs on Pillar 2 prospects

    Although the U.S. has yet to sign on, the OECD’s new Pillar Two tax rules already apply in more than 30 countries, Michael Plowgian said.

    By April 16, 2024
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    How AI speeds ‘hugely time-consuming’ pricing, quote tasks

    Artificial intelligence could cut anywhere from 30% to 70% of the time businesses spend on the quote process, according to Lydia DiLiello, CEO of Capital Pricing Consultants.

    By April 15, 2024
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    Inflation outruns forecasts, prompting market bets on fewer Fed rate cuts

    Futures traders cut from 56% to 17% the odds that the Fed will conclude 2024 having trimmed the main rate by more than a half percentage point.

    By April 10, 2024
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    Hiring will likely grow even as economy slows in Q2, Q3: Conference Board

    Employment will likely remain strong as the supply and demand for labor gradually come into better balance, economists said.

    By April 9, 2024
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    6 tips to tackle unpaid invoices as average DSO rises to 59 days

    Monitoring and keeping DSO in check is key to preventing cash flow difficulties, Allianz Trade’s Ano Kuhanathan says. 

    By April 8, 2024
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    Powell calls recent inflation, job data high but not game changers for Fed

    The central bank must balance the risks of easing monetary policy too early or too late, Powell said.

    By April 3, 2024
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    5 tips from CFOs on how to win the CFO seat: McKinsey

    Executives aiming to rise to the CFO seat have faced a bright landscape in recent years, with turnover unusually high.

    By April 2, 2024
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    IPO market strengthens as economy defies recession forecasts: EY

    Investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence may spur companies to go public in coming months, EY said.

    By April 1, 2024
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    Inflation ‘bursts’ may exceed Fed’s 2% target due to public debt: Brookings

    Policymakers face several inflationary forces, including rising spending on defense and aging populations, economists said in a Brookings paper.

    By March 29, 2024
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    SEC fines Arista Networks founder Bechtolsheim $1M for insider trading

    Andreas “Andy” Bechtolsheim, who resigned as Arista chairman in December, allegedly arranged put options contracts for a relative based on non-public information about an imminent deal.

    By March 26, 2024
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    Tax-free M&A comes in crosshairs of bipartisan Senate legislation

    An effort to scuttle deal-making tax exemptions coincides with signs of life in M&A after a severe slump last year.

    By March 25, 2024
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    Office real estate value likely to plunge 26% through 2025: Moody’s

    An above-average amount of commercial real estate debt will soon mature and property owners will need to refinance at the highest rates in years, Moody’s said.

    By March 22, 2024
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    Companies plan 4.5% pay raises this year, outpacing inflation: Payscale

    As price pressures fall, pay increases will help employees recover from the highest inflation in four decades, Payscale said.

    By March 21, 2024