Risk Management

Risk Management
Study: GPS Fail Would Cost Economy $1B A Day
June 16, 2019

In a study of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, researchers found that loss of the service would have an impact of $1 billion per day per an approximate estimate. The National Institutes of Standards and Technology sponsored the study, which was performed by RTI International...

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All The World’s A Stage For (Prudent) FX Risk Management
February 28, 2019

Risk has rewards in all parts of life, but especially in business, where shrewd risk-taking and planning accrues to the bottom line. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Chinese Finance Head: FinTech Boom ‘A Very Big Risk’
November 30, 2018

President of Chinese financial investment platform Phoenix Finance believes the nation’s FinTech companies pose “a very big risk.” Vince Zhang spoke at CNBC‘s East Tech West conference in China, saying that many of the country’s tens of thousands of FinTech firms don’t have the controls...

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WePay On The Art Of Payments Risk Management
November 30, 2018

Understanding risk, particularly its sources and how to most effectively manage it, is one of the most fundamentally important topics in payments for those who provide services and those who use them. It is also, according to WePay Co-Founder Rich Aberman and WePay VP of...

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Why Farmers Now Care About Hedging Currency Risk
September 13, 2018

Farming has always been about risk. Bad weather, infestation, speculation: Such factors can not only mean survival or failure for farmers, but impact food prices and the larger global economy without any effort at hedging or risk management. That’s to say nothing of the risk...

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Lessons From Brexit: FX Risk and Managing Funds Overseas
August 29, 2018

If there is a lesson for American businesses to learn from Brexit, it’s this: if a business has operations overseas, it needs to be attuned to the ebbs and flows of the FX market — or risk losing profits. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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NEW REPORT: How Businesses can Hedge Against FX Risk
August 29, 2018

A U.S. company holding money in euros is at constant risk of losing money: If the FX rate between the euros and the greenback falls, so do their profits. Political and economic factors, such as the Brexit vote or a lapsed loan between banks in...

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Netflix’s Failure With Hedging Provides Lessons For Digital Players
July 30, 2018

What’s good for the U.S. dollar was not good for Netflix in the second quarter, and the company’s experience (or lack thereof) with currency hedging holds lessons for other participants in the digital economy. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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How Dallas Cowboys’ Lewis Neal Wants Companies To Tackle Data Security
July 23, 2018

From blocking and tackling on the gridiron to blocking and tackling Internal threats and hackers – and quantum computers? HyperSpace board member Lewis Neal (of the Dallas Cowboys) and firm founder Dane Butzer tells PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that companies and consumers are vulnerable even when...