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CFOs See the Same Downturn. Only Some Can Afford to Exploit It.

October 27, 2026
CFO downturn Certainty Project
CFOs Speed Time to Cash™ and Redefine Business Resilience
Accounts Receivable // December 01, 2025

The role of the finance function is being re-written as companies increasingly are no longer satisfied with observing cash flow in the rearview mirror. Instead, they are beginning to redesign it. The latest data in the report “Time to Cash™: A New Measure of Business...

Experian and Fair4All Finance Partner to Expand Debt Consolidation Solution in UK
Partnerships // November 26, 2025

Global data and technology company Experian has partnered with British not-for-profit organization Fair4All Finance to help people access debt consolidation products. Together, using a 1-million-pound (about $1.3 million) grant from Fair4All Finance, the organizations will promote ReFi, Experian’s technology that combines multiple debts into a...

Google Finance Rolls Out AI-Driven Deep Search, Prediction-Market Data
News // November 06, 2025

Google introduced on Thursday (Nov. 6) new AI features to Google Finance, adding Deep Search, enhanced charting and prediction-market data. The update, outlined in Google’s blog, integrates the company’s Gemini models into its finance product and broadens beyond basic stock listings and headlines. Deep Search...

AI’s Real ROI Test: Earning Trust
Artificial Intelligence // October 21, 2025

Every major shift in technology reshapes the foundations of trust. The rise of autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) systems is doing so at unprecedented scale, transferring decision-making from people to algorithms. Trust has become a form of infrastructure in the AI economy, determining how confidently markets...

Interviews & Exclusives
CFOs See the Same Downturn. Only Some Can Afford to Exploit It.

October 27, 2026
Economic uncertainty is supposed to make CFOs defensive. Today, it’s giving the strongest companies permission to attack. New data in the October 2026 edition of “The 2026 Certainty Project” from PYMNTS Intelligence finds that 87% of CFOs see at least some opportunity in market softness, even as 60% say those same conditions make them more […]

CFOs Speed Time to Cash™ and Redefine Business Resilience

December 01, 2025
The role of the finance function is being re-written as companies increasingly are no longer satisfied with observing cash flow in the rearview mirror. Instead, they are beginning to redesign...

AI Agents Chase Invoices Faster Than Finance Teams Can Dial

October 15, 2025
For collections teams, chasing overdue invoices is often defined by friction. It’s a constant back-and-forth of phone calls, emails and research before outreach. That manual grind not only drains productivity...

CFOs Tap Commercial Cards for Control, Not Just Payables

October 15, 2025
Working capital is no longer just a buffer for struggling firms. It’s becoming a growth engine for forward-thinking and strategic finance teams. And according to findings from the 2025/2026 Growth Corporates Working...

Quick Reads
Experian and Fair4All Finance Partner to Expand Debt Consolidation Solution in UK

November 26, 2025
Global data and technology company Experian has partnered with British not-for-profit organization Fair4All Finance to help people access debt consolidation products. Together, using a 1-million-pound (about $1.3 million) grant from Fair4All Finance, the organizations will promote ReFi, Experian’s technology that combines multiple debts into a single loan, they said in a Wednesday (Nov. 26) press […]

Analysts to Watch for Signs of Headwinds in Banks’ Earnings Reports

October 13, 2025
With several banks set to report their third quarter earnings this week, analysts reportedly expect them to show strong growth but will also be looking for signs of headwinds from...

BILL Debuts Cash Accounts to Boost SMB Working Capital

October 02, 2025
BILL says it has debuted a new way for small businesses to manage their money. The BILL Cash account, announced by the financial operations platform Ton hursday (Oct. 2), is...

Light Raises $30 Million for AI-Native Finance Platform for Hypergrowth Companies

September 26, 2025
Light raised $30 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate the global expansion of its artificial-intelligence-native finance platform that is designed to replace legacy tools and meet the...