Pymnts Cfo Series Whats Different news and trends

Karbon CFO on Cash Diversification Strategies in the Wake of SVB Shockwave
CFO // April 04, 2023

Where were you when you heard about Silicon Valley Bank? It’s the classic crisis question now being applied to the recent banking emergency that may be under control. Fingers crossed. These shocks to the financial system get CFOs either glued to their desks or hiding...

Treasury Now Top of Mind for FinTech CFOs
CFO // April 03, 2023

Businesses with strong balance sheets and sticky liquidity will always go the distance. That’s why, after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), treasury management is shooting up the priority list for CFOs, said Kiran Hebbar, CFO at at identity decisioning platform Alloy, during a conversation...

Connatix CFO on Why Cash and Constant Communication Are Kings
CFO // March 29, 2023

Today’s turbulent macroclimate has put the evolving chief financial officer role in the spotlight. And top finance leaders are rising to the occasion. “It’s exciting to be in the CFO seat,” Joseph Pergola, finance chief at media software platform Connatix, told PYMNTS in an interview,...

ABBYY CFO: Managing for Inflationary Macroclimate Still Highest Priority Post-SVB
CFO // March 28, 2023

Chief financial officers (CFOs) acting as organizational navigators are staring down choppy seas. Amid historically high inflation, rising interest rates, and broader economic volatility, there is now a banking crisis whose knock-on effects are evolving the notion of providing value from the finance seat. For...

Interviews & Exclusives
Why This CFO Says Challenging Times Are Also the Most Exciting

April 06, 2023
CFOs have always had to deal with market risk, no matter the macroclimate. But what is new for finance leaders, in light of the recent banking failures, is that they now have to consider bank risk. “[The failures] have made everyone look a little more closely at their banking relationships beyond just the principal risk […]