Finance Department news and trends

How AI Co-Pilots Can Future-Proof the CFO Office 
artificial intelligence // June 05, 2023

Today’s challenging macro environment requires organizations, and their CFOs, to be both nimble and intelligent. That’s because unpredictable market conditions have made it essential for finance leaders to be prepared for every eventuality, as well as underscored the importance of taking proactive measures to mitigate the impact...

CFOs Rethink ROI in Measuring Financial Supply Chain Cost and Risks
CFO // April 28, 2023

“It’s a really difficult time to be a CFO and think strategically,” OpenEnvoy CEO Matt Tillman told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster. “Lately, it’s been more about, ‘What fires can I put out?’” Not all that long ago, chief financial officers may have relied on a single...

HighRadius Debuts No-Code Platform for CFOs
Back-office // February 28, 2023

Financial software firm HighRadius has unveiled LiveCube, a platform for CFOs. The platform lets finance business users build their own applications “as extensions to standard functionality received from enterprise systems” without needing to rely on IT department or admin users, using an “Excel-like” spreadsheet interface,...

Canada Finance Department Assesses Cyberattack Risk
B2B Payments // July 12, 2018

Internal analysis at Canada’s federal Department of Finance is warning of the risk of a cyberattack that could have significant effects on the entity, reports in The Globe and Mail said on Wednesday (July 11). Internal documents seen by reporters revealed concerns of a cyberattack...

Interviews & Exclusives
CFOs Rethink ROI in Measuring Financial Supply Chain Cost and Risks

April 28, 2023
“It’s a really difficult time to be a CFO and think strategically,” OpenEnvoy CEO Matt Tillman told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster. “Lately, it’s been more about, ‘What fires can I put out?’” Not all that long ago, chief financial officers may have relied on a single banking relationship to manage cash in and cash out, to […]

Quick Reads
HighRadius Debuts No-Code Platform for CFOs

February 28, 2023
Financial software firm HighRadius has unveiled LiveCube, a platform for CFOs. The platform lets finance business users build their own applications “as extensions to standard functionality received from enterprise systems” without needing to rely on IT department or admin users, using an “Excel-like” spreadsheet interface, the company said in a Tuesday (Feb. 28) news release. […]

How Finance Departments Pose Security Threats

September 04, 2015
The biggest threat to a company’s financial details and other sensitive information may be the finance department itself. That’s among the key conclusions of a study by cybersecurity firm Clearswift,...