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Placer.ai CFO on Accelerating the Marriage of Finance and Strategy
March 29, 2023

Top chief financial officers are drawing up their battle plans in the face of a tough macro economy. Dean Neese, CFO at location intelligence solution Placer.ai, told PYMNTS that while finance teams are being tasked with an ever-growing plate of responsibilities, first among them is...

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BillingPlatform and Conga Partner to Create Complete Quote-to-Cash Solution
March 28, 2023

BillingPlatform and Conga have partnered to create a complete quote-to-cash solution for enterprise customers. This collaboration provides seamless integration between BillingPlatform’s enterprise monetization platform and Conga’s revenue lifecycle management solution, the companies said in a Tuesday (March 28) press release. “Revenue leakage in the quote-to-cash...

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ABBYY CFO: Managing for Inflationary Macroclimate Still Highest Priority Post-SVB
March 28, 2023

Chief financial officers (CFOs) acting as organizational navigators are staring down choppy seas. Amid historically high inflation, rising interest rates, and broader economic volatility, there is now a banking crisis whose knock-on effects are evolving the notion of providing value from the finance seat. For...

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Density CFO Says Establishing Product-Market Fit Critical for Banks Post-SVB
March 27, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank was a full-service institution focused on meeting the needs of startups. Few other banks offered the potent mix of flexibility, understanding and banking products and services that made the now-failed SVB such a fixture within the startup landscape. “SVB is an incredible...

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HungerRush CFO Says Finance Team’s Biggest Customer Is the Business
March 22, 2023

Changing trends in the restaurant industry have created new opportunities for modern solutions. Similarly, shifting trends across the broader economic landscape have transformed the chief financial officer (CFO) role from that of bean counter to a business partner supporting critical decisions with valuable, data-driven insights....

Payroll
Rain Raises Record $116 Million for Earned Wage Access Platform
March 21, 2023

Financial services provider Rain has raised what it says is a record $116 million. Announced Tuesday (March 21), the funding — the most ever for an HR tech firm, Rain said in a news release sent to PYMNTS — will let the company upgrade its...

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SVB Collapse Has Companies Reviewing Financing, Cash Management Strategies
March 17, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) failure killed the argument that midsize banks pose no systemic risk.  Chief Financial Officers and corporate treasurers have gotten the message, and company executives are getting more concerned about where they can safely keep their company’s cash.  This, as the biggest U.S. bank...

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XOi CFO on How Digital Helps Drive Better Long-Term Decisions
March 08, 2023

Today’s top finance leaders are being tasked with an ever-growing plate of responsibilities. And as a surplus of modern digital solutions are increasingly brought to market to support those needs, how is a CFO to choose what’s best for their business? “It’s a constant iterative...

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Finance and Insurance CFOs Turn to Day-to-Day Liquidity Modernization 
March 07, 2023

Forward-looking firms that had previously pivoted to accommodate sudden shifts brought on by the pandemic just a few years back are rethinking their tech investment budgets.  Tailoring their spending to meet the new “new normal” of economic uncertainty and ongoing digital adoption, CFOs are seeking...