The question of how buy now, pay later (BNPL) point-of-sale credit can migrate to B2B channels is a relatively new twist on a very old concept — net payment terms for business-to-business (B2B) purchases. Perhaps debatably, B2B is the original BNPL use case. It’s still how most B2B purchases are made — net 30, 60,…
CFOs continue to have an innovation problem—or, rather, teams in their organizations think they do. Research shows that many business unit leaders view the CFO and the finance team as obstacles, not allies, to the innovation process. That perception isn’t the reality, of course—but it’s easy to see why it exists. Boards, CEOs, and others…
July 21, 2022 Ohad Kadan will oversee 8 academic units in the W. P. Carey School, which serve thousands of business students He’s fluent in Hebrew and fond of gangster movies and books that make him cry. He’s a finance professor by trade and recently started his new post at Arizona State University as dean…
STOCKHOLM, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Truecaller, the leading global platform for verifying contacts and blocking unwanted communication, is proud to report growth in net sales of 100 percent combined with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 45.5 percent in the second quarter of 2022. “Now that it is time to recap the second quarter of…
Sentara exec also was Va. secretary of transportation Published July 20, 2022 by Courtney Mabeus Aubrey Layne. Photo by Jay Paul Former state finance and transportation secretary Aubrey L. Layne Jr. has been named chair of the Virginia Port Authority’s Board of Commissioners, the Port of Virginia’s administrative body announced Wednesday. Layne is a veteran…
At least we can all now agree: the UK needs to take another look at its net zero target. It has been a triumph of timing, if nothing else, that a blazing, dangerous heatwave in the UK has coincided with a Conservative leadership campaign where support for the country’s legally enshrined target to hit net…
Having an MBA on your resume can help you get ahead in business. But not everyone has the time and money to attend university. An e-training bundle like these Finance Courses from Chris Haroun could be a good alternative for those folks. And even better, we’ve dropped the price to $59.99, but only until Father’s…
If you look at the last few years, you can clearly see the rapid rate of change that businesses of all sizes and industries have experienced. From pandemic-driven changes to commerce to technology-driven shifts in consumer behavior—businesses have had to adapt repeatedly. One of the outcomes of all this change has been an increased focus…
Semafor, the global news startup co-founded by media veterans Justin Smith and Ben Smith, has hired Liz Hoffman as its business and finance editor. Why it matters: Hoffman becomes Semafor’s first star reporter hire. She is known for breaking some of the biggest business and deal stories at the Wall Street Journal for the past…
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun 7, 2022– Zapata Computing, a leading enterprise software company for quantum solutions, today announced that Charles Kane will join Zapata’s Board of Directors and chair the board’s audit committee. As a former CFO at multiple companies and senior lecturer in global economics and management at the MIT Sloan School of Management , Kane…