Cybersecurity has always been an arms race. Artificial intelligence (AI) is turning it into a war of attrition, where the winner may be whoever can afford to keep fighting the longest. On Thursday (Oct. 15), for example, Sarah Breeden, deputy governor of the Bank of England...
The 21st century finance team is growing. But instead of hiring more employees, chief financial officers are onboarding artificial intelligence solutions. After all, AI agents can today already reconcile accounts, investigate payment exceptions, manage invoices and initiate financial workflows. FIS, for example, on Monday (Oct....
The biggest threat to a company’s working capital strategy is now commonly hiding in a perfectly drawn up sales contract, not an overdue invoice. Finance departments can automate collections, optimize cash forecasts and accelerate reconciliation. But when commercial teams negotiate longer payment terms to win customers, the cost of financing growth gets decided before...
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Tungsten Automation’s Andrew Ng The problem with fragmented payments infrastructure is usually described as technical debt. For today’s chief financial officers, it is becoming one of financial duplication. Separate payment systems tend to accumulate separate controls, approval processes,...
October 22, 2026
At the most efficient growing companies, 80% say their primary reason for using working capital is planned growth. Among the least efficient, just 2% say the same. That 78-percentage-point gap is a central finding in “The 24-Day Advantage: What Top-Performing CFOs Know About Working Capital,” a PYMNTS Intelligence report examining how finance leaders manage cash. Drawing […]
September 29, 2026
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Tungsten Automation’s Andrew Ng The problem with fragmented payments infrastructure is usually described as technical debt. For today’s chief financial officers, it is...
September 22, 2026
For middle market companies, greater certainty and higher investment often go together: 59% of firms with rising certainty increased capital spending. That connection runs through “The Cost of Caution: Why...
July 09, 2026
Enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a technology project. It is becoming a line item with momentum. That’s the clearest signal from “The Enterprise AI Benchmark Report: Financial Services...
March 24, 2026
The past few weeks have seen numerous headlines about AI-related job cuts. However, new research shows that America’s chief financial officers (CFOs) expect that artificial intelligence (AI) will lead their companies to cut just a small number of jobs this year, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (March 24). The study, released this week […]
February 02, 2026
OnePay, the consumer financial-technology platform backed by retail giant Walmart, appointed Patrick O’Connell as its new chief financial officer last week, according to a Thursday (Jan. 29) press release. O’Connell...
October 27, 2025
Business payments/cash management company Bottomline is rolling out an artificial intelligence (AI) agent. The agent, set to roll out early next year, will be integrated into Bottomline’s Global Cash Management...
October 30, 2024
Small-business-focused cash management solutions provider Centime has teamed with expense management firm Fyle. The collaboration expands Centime’s platform to give finance teams fuller control over spending and cash flow, the...
