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CFO
How CFOs Are Trading Reactive for Proactive Reporting Strategies
June 13, 2023

Long gone are the days when Excel and PowerPoint ruled supreme in the CFO office. That’s because in today’s fast-paced and hyper-connected operating environment, future-fit technology and data-science-driven solutions are the new tools finance leaders are using to help keep the score. “It’s becoming a...

Payroll
Zil Money Debuts Payroll Tool Amid Small Business Cash Crunch
June 12, 2023

B2B payments platform Zil Money says it wants to help cash-strapped businesses make payroll. To that end, the company Monday (June 12) announced the launch of Payroll by Credit Card, a tool to help companies simplify employee payments, even during cash flow shortages. “We understand the common challenges...

Accounts Receivable
47% of SMBs Say Lack of AR Transparency Hinders Operations
June 09, 2023

Being able to receive B2B payments quickly and easily is vital to businesses’ financial health, but many small businesses face friction with receiving them. The most common problems that small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face when receiving B2B payments include a lack of foresight into...

CFO
Today’s CFO Needs to Be a ‘Different Kind of Leader,’ NextRoll Says
June 07, 2023

Add managing for the macroclimate to the ever-growing task list of leading chief financial officers. “I wake up thinking about this, and I go to bed thinking about it,” NextRoll CFO Sue Choe told PYMNTS. Still, Choe emphasized that as the day-to-day obligations of finance leaders continue to grow, it’s...

CFO
FIGS CFO Offers Advice on Navigating Volatile Times: Manage What You Can Control
June 06, 2023

Amid today’s hostile macroclimate, the CFO role has taken on increased importance. Daniella Turenshine, chief financial officer at direct-to-consumer (DTC) healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand FIGS, knows this all too well. Turenshine tells PYMNTS that with market conditions constantly changing and past events shaping the future,...

Payroll
iiPay Launches Contractor Payroll Solution for Multinational Corporations
June 06, 2023

iiPay has launched a payroll solution to help multinational corporations manage payments to contractors. The new ContractorPay streamlines payments to contractors across the globe, the provider of cloud-based global payroll software solutions said in a Tuesday (June 6) press release. “iiPay ContractorPay will provide businesses...

CFO
Today’s Macroclimate Calls for Controlling What’s Controllable
May 25, 2023

The uniquely contemporary challenges of today’s macroclimate are transforming the finance department. Among historic levels of inflation, rising interest rates, dwindling access to financing, and ongoing black swan events, the notions of bank risk and treasury management have risen to the forefront of CFOs’ minds....

CFO
Overcoming Institutional Inertia Among CFO’s Biggest Challenges
May 23, 2023

Today’s new macroenvironment has brought with it new responsibilities for finance leaders. Still, no matter the landscape, one of the principal roles of the chief financial officer is to protect the balance sheet by relying upon concrete fundamentals that ensure long-term visibility over working capital...

Back-office
Firmbase Raises $12 Million for Financial Planning and Analysis Platform
May 22, 2023

Firmbase has emerged from stealth and announced it has raised $12 million for its financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform. The Tel Aviv-based firm’s platform can be implemented in days and provides advanced budgeting and financial analysis using accurate live data, scenario modeling and robust analysis,...