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Interest rates remain top of mind for finance chiefs at 2026’s end

In a recent survey of 183 finance and accounting leaders in the U.S., concerns about interest rate fluctuations and working capital ranked as the biggest treasury concerns.

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How much financial forecasting should be touchless? Metric of the Month

The benchmark gives CFOs a starting point for identifying where automation can reduce work and where human judgment remains essential.

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What AI agents can and can’t do in finance

Ask these three questions before you hand data to an AI agent, or risk reporting AI-generated slop as fact.

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Binance CFO exits days after $6.3B crypto hack

Kaiser Ng is leaving the cryptocurrency exchange “to pursue a new venture” and will be replaced by Justin Yek, who was previously VP of finance at Airwallex.

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PCAOB hits Los Angeles audit firm with $500K penalty

The board said Macias Gini & O’Connell failed auditing standards in evaluating the financials of a California biotech firm that later declared bankruptcy.

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Small B2B firms grapple with rising operating costs

A significant proportion of SMEs are challenged to meet important key performance indicators, per a new multi-vendor report.

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Companies are planning price hikes averaging 4% to 5% next year, with relatively little variance across industry sectors, company sizes and geographies, a new report details. https://t.co/ka1Z5RQm2F

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The 6 a.m. CFO: How FiveNines Group’s Ramnik Kapur starts her day

Kapur explains the importance of switching off to recharge, why she prefers phone calls to long email threads and her go-to snack for a stressful morning.

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Inmar’s longtime CFO on merits of lateral career moves

Rich Schmidt, finance chief of the North Carolina-based coupon reimbursement firm for over a decade, says a “penchant for wanting to solve problems” is a trait shared by his top employees.

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As AI use grows, so does CFOs’ responsibility for managing it

Yet more than half are still reviewing the technology’s related costs more reactively than proactively, per a new Deloitte survey.

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When finance transformation changes the work but not the accountability

Transformations often change how work gets done faster than they change who is formally responsible for it, which can create novel challenges for the CFO.

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Apollo exec says AI has ‘zero financial payoff’ beyond tech sector

Though the artificial intelligence boom has helped lift the stocks of a few tech giants, it’s done little for other S&P 500 firms, argues Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok.

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FedEx named Jamere Jackson as its new CFO. Jackson most recently led finance and store development at auto parts retailer AutoZone, where he has been finance chief since January 2021.

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Holtec’s ex-CFO awarded $2.1M in whistleblowing case

Kevin O’Rourke alleged he was fired from the company for refusing to share a prospectus with a potential investor because he believed it included “false and misleading statements.”

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For the majority of companies, risk management still resides in siloes

A new Grant Thornton study makes the case for more integration of risk functions, especially cybersecurity.

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The future CFO needs to think like a CTO

Finance leaders are starting to trust AI over their own instincts, but they also need to understand how it can fail.

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CFOs On the Move: Union Pacific’s CFO to retire after 35 years, Mach Industries appoints former GM exec as CFO and Pittsburgh Penguins hire a longtime Washington Nationals exec as CFO.

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Morgan Properties CFO on managing an ever-growing portfolio

As finance chief of one of the United States’ largest apartment owners, Marina Dikos is focused on integrating a range of disparate systems with each new acquisition.

https://t.co/a02Z5RDH8j

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PayPal, Nike and Zoom top the list of market-value losers since 2021

Many famous brands with historical records of success are no longer the safe bets they once were.

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Federal regulatory enforcement dropped again in H1 2026

The dollar value of enforcement penalties nonetheless ticked up as the “center of gravity” of enforcement shifted “decisively toward the states and the plaintiffs’ bar,” according to Wolters Kluwer.

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