223 articles by Dan Niepow

• Automattic’s interim CFO steps down: report

  Oct. 12, 2026

• Has AI-powered hospital billing inflated healthcare spending?

  Oct. 9, 2026

• 1 in 5 finance leaders fear deepfake impersonation

  Oct. 8, 2026

• Accounting groups in UK, Ireland report membership growth

  Oct. 7, 2026

• Arkansas clinic’s ex-CFO gets two years in prison

  Oct. 5, 2026

• Tax fraud costs US government at least $116B annually, GAO says

  Oct. 2, 2026

• Why this travel company CFO says business travel is taking off

  Oct. 1, 2026

• Many U.S. CFOs maintain a rosy three-year outlook

  Sept. 29, 2026

• Ex-CFO of firm running social accounts for Trump named in embezzlement suit

  Sept. 23, 2026

• CFO optimism held steady in Q3, but ‘warning signs’ emerge: Duke-Fed

  Sept. 23, 2026

• Nearly half of CFOs say they’d go with AI over a gut feeling

  Sept. 23, 2026

• Following failed CEO ouster, Automattic names a new CFO: Trial Balance

  Sept. 21, 2026

• Why an Atlanta Braves shareholder is pushing for a sale

  Sept. 17, 2026

• One in 10 procurement officers have no shared metrics with CFOs

  Sept. 16, 2026

• Massachusetts town ex-CFO’s suit is partially dismissed

  Sept. 15, 2026

• Doximity’s ex-chief revenue officer to pay nearly $500K to SEC: Trial Balance

  Sept. 14, 2026

• Intuit CFO outlines bid to build an ‘end-to-end consumer platform’

  Sept. 11, 2026

• New York Times CFO on adding newsroom staff amid industry-wide cuts

  Sept. 10, 2026

• CFOs expect AI costs to rise through 2027

  Sept. 9, 2026

• Home, office or hybrid: Where do CFOs work best? Peer Audit

  Sept. 3, 2026

• In the digital age, TouchTunes CFO banks on real-life experiences

  Sept. 3, 2026

• Four enforcement targets for a smaller IRS

  Sept. 2, 2026

• Dallas nonprofit’s ex-CFO sentenced to 5 years in prison: Trial Balance

  Aug. 31, 2026

• How the U.S. has avoided a recession over the last 5 years

  Aug. 28, 2026

• Hippo Insurance CFO’s bid to wake up a ‘sleepy’ industry

  Aug. 27, 2026

• Private equity swaps software for energy: Cherry Bekaert

  Aug. 26, 2026

• Healthcare costs projected to tick up 9.5% in 2027, Aon says

  Aug. 26, 2026

• KPMG Australia to axe 5% of workforce

  Aug. 25, 2026

• Securities class action suits ramped up in H1 2026

  Aug. 19, 2026

• Tricolor ex-CFO among trio of executives named in SEC suit

  Aug. 19, 2026

• KPMG Australia chief acknowledges firm’s ‘indefensible’ actions: Trial Balance

  Aug. 17, 2026

• Florida hedge fund’s ex-CFO pleads guilty in $3M embezzlement case

  Aug. 12, 2026

• New Jersey township CFO charged with theft by deception

  Aug. 11, 2026

• HCA Healthcare’s former CFO on the role of partnerships in health

  Aug. 11, 2026

• US firms face record $1.94T ‘liquidity challenge,’ Hackett says

  Aug. 5, 2026

• Are you taking time off this summer? CFO Peer Audit

  July 31, 2026

• Grant Thornton will buy CBIZ for $5B

  July 29, 2026

• The double-edged sword of deregulation

  July 29, 2026

• Kubient’s ex-CFO agrees to $30K civil fine

  July 23, 2026

• One in five CFOs report misalignment with private equity sponsors

  July 22, 2026

• Loretto Hospital’s ex-CFO is denied request to dismiss fraud charges

  July 21, 2026

• EY reports data breach on IT support ticket platform: Trial Balance

  July 20, 2026

• OpenAI CFO details ‘scorecard’ for measuring AI’s worth

  July 17, 2026

• PwC fined $4.4M for auditing missteps in UK

  July 17, 2026

• Both consumers and execs are delaying financial moves amid uncertainty

  July 15, 2026

• SEC’s semiannual reporting proposal draws lukewarm responses

  July 14, 2026

• A third of companies look to increase finance and accounting hires

  July 8, 2026

• Finance teams spend 13 hours a week verifying AI outputs: Trial Balance

  July 6, 2026

• Ireland would run deficit without foreign income: Report

  June 30, 2026

• Granville Homes’ ex-CFO files whistleblower suit

  June 29, 2026

• CFO sentiments on world economy ‘decreased substantially’ in Q2

  June 25, 2026

• Paystand CFO on why banks see stablecoins as a threat

  June 25, 2026

• Summit Therapeutics finance chief tops list of public CFO pay in 2025

  June 23, 2026

• US regulators seek clarity on ‘ambiguities’ of Dodd-Frank: Trial Balance

  June 22, 2026

• These businesses didn’t pay tariffs. They’re seeking refunds anyway.

  June 18, 2026

• Maccaferri North America’s ex-CFO charged with wire fraud

  June 16, 2026

• Why some CFOs are saying no to digital clones, for now: Peer Audit

  June 12, 2026

• Healthcare analyst took $300K via insider trading, feds say: Trial Balance

  June 8, 2026

• Connecticut tech firm’s ex-CFO pleads guilty to wire fraud

  June 5, 2026

• EY-Parthenon shows diverging M&A outcomes for corporate and PE buyers

  June 3, 2026

• Australian prosecutors drop charges against media firm Big Un’s ex-CFO

  June 2, 2026

• Hub Group CFO departs after company reports $77M accounting error

  May 29, 2026

• Uber CFO sees driverless tech progressing in ‘fits and starts’

  May 28, 2026

• Thrive CFO on standing out in a ‘fragmented’ IT marketplace

  May 28, 2026

• Sportradar CFO, CEO face lawsuit over illegal gambling allegations

  May 27, 2026

• Why this coffee CFO keeps his CPA license up to date

  May 21, 2026

• Few interim CFOs become permanent at private equity-backed firms

  May 20, 2026

• NJ man barred from serving as officer of publicly traded firms: Trial Balance

  May 18, 2026

• Why National Life Group’s CFO prizes curiosity above all

  May 14, 2026

• Spinal implant firm’s CFO pleads guilty in kickback conspiracy

  May 13, 2026

• ‘Megadeals’ boosted credit market in Q1: KPMG

  May 13, 2026

• SEC charges 21 people in insider trading case

  May 12, 2026

• Prudential CFO sees ‘gradual ramp up’ of sales in Japan after pause

  May 8, 2026

• New Jersey fuel company’s ex-CFO charged with embezzling $12M

  May 6, 2026

• CFO optimism dims in the short term, U.S. Bank survey shows

  May 6, 2026

• Semiannual reporting could cut costs by almost $200K: SEC

  May 5, 2026

• GameStop floats $56B bid to buy eBay: Trial Balance

  May 4, 2026

• Fractional CFO firm eyes expansion after minority investment

  May 1, 2026

• Orleans Parish CFO faces charges in the wake of May 2025 jailbreak

  April 30, 2026

• Financial trade group creates stablecoin certificate for treasury

  April 28, 2026

• Oil and gas execs don’t expect Hormuz traffic to normalize until August

  April 28, 2026

• SEC says real estate firm’s ex-CFO ran a ‘Ponzi-like’ scheme: Trial Balance

  April 27, 2026

• CFOs fear health benefit costs are ticking up unsustainably

  April 24, 2026

• Prudential hits pause on new sales at Japanese subsidiary

  April 23, 2026

• Tariffs become a ‘permanent planning assumption’ for US execs

  April 22, 2026

• Georgia biotech CFO found liable for Stanford professor’s ‘malicious arrest’: Trial Balance

  April 20, 2026

• Amid Oracle layoffs, a legal grey area in algorithm-driven firing

  April 16, 2026

• Private equity-backed CFOs earned average of $604K per year in 2025

  April 15, 2026

• CFO optimism, while dipping slightly, is still ‘high’, Deloitte says

  April 14, 2026

• San Francisco-area nonprofit ex-CFO accused of misappropriating $100K: Trial Balance

  April 13, 2026

• CFOs On the Move: Week ending April 10

  April 10, 2026

• For CFOs, SEC’s semiannual reporting proposal may not change much

  April 10, 2026

• Oak Park CFO reflects on a career in public-sector finance

  April 9, 2026

• M&A deals need at least two years to reach expected ROI, CFOs say

  April 7, 2026

• Pet health company’s ex-COO faces fresh insider trading charge: Trial Balance

  April 6, 2026

• UCLA’s ex-CFO finds a new job in local government

  April 3, 2026

• Branch CFO says IPOs are a ‘discipline, not a deadline’

  April 2, 2026

• Analysts press bank CFOs on revenue resilience over tech investments

  April 1, 2026

• Lamborghini CFO on managing the ‘small but steady demand’ for luxury vehicles

  March 31, 2026

• Former manufacturing firm CFO’s case against CBIZ moves closer to trial: Trial Balance

  March 30, 2026

• In a more automated world, how do CFOs think about succession planning? CFO Peer Audit

  March 27, 2026

• Medely CFO’s bid to lower health care costs

  March 26, 2026

• Despite war and tariff uncertainty, CFOs are confident in economy: Duke-Fed survey

  March 25, 2026

• Uncle Nearest founder’s bankruptcy attempt is denied: Trial Balance

  March 23, 2026

• HSBC weighs big AI-driven cost cuts: Bloomberg

  March 19, 2026

• Hospital finance chiefs say half or more tech pilots fail: survey

  March 18, 2026

• SEC’s enforcement chief steps down

  March 17, 2026

• Nidec looks to determine execs’ liability in accounting scandal: Trial Balance

  March 16, 2026

• What finance teams should know about the world of subrogation

  March 13, 2026

• CFOs and private equity sponsors diverge on IPO timing and approach

  March 10, 2026

• First Brands’ ex-CFO pleads guilty to wire fraud

  March 9, 2026

• Seattle startup’s ex-CFO gets two years’ prison time for wire fraud

  March 6, 2026

• Despite volatile global conditions, finance leaders are optimistic: AICPA-CIMA survey

  March 6, 2026

• For mid-market firms, full AP automation is a long way off

  March 4, 2026

• Chicago’s acting CFO registers city’s opposition to Bears bill

  March 3, 2026

• AICPA calls for automatic enrollment of eligible children in Trump accounts

  Feb. 27, 2026

• 3 headwinds and tailwinds facing US economy: Goldman Sachs vice chair

  Feb. 27, 2026

• Theranos whistleblower on ‘metaphorical black box’ of AI

  Feb. 25, 2026

• Ex-CFO’s lawsuit claims health care firm asked her to commit fraud

  Feb. 20, 2026

• Private equity deals hit $2.6T in 2025

  Feb. 19, 2026

• Protos Security CFO on the convergence of finance and operations

  Feb. 19, 2026

• AI increases speed, task loads and working hours: Report

  Feb. 18, 2026

• Florida media firm’s ex-CFO faces money laundering charges

  Feb. 17, 2026

• How to build a LinkedIn following without being cringy: CFO Peer Audit

  Feb. 11, 2026

• IBM spin-off CFO departs amid cash management review: Trial Balance

  Feb. 9, 2026

• CFO-to-CEO promotions reach decade high

  Feb. 9, 2026

• AuditBoard’s CFO on turning risk into opportunity

  Feb. 5, 2026

• Florida CPA pleads guilty in federal fraud case

  Feb. 3, 2026

• Ex-Loretto Hospital CFO arrested in Serbia

  Jan. 30, 2026

• Online sneaker seller’s CFO gets prison time for bank fraud conspiracy

  Jan. 29, 2026

• ADM’s ex-CFO faces federal fraud charges

  Jan. 28, 2026

• Average enterprise business handles 40-plus bank accounts

  Jan. 28, 2026

• American CEOs bullish on M&A in 2026: EY

  Jan. 27, 2026

• Will private equity’s pivot to continuation vehicles continue in 2026?

  Jan. 22, 2026

• How a manufacturing CFO views technology and automation

  Jan. 22, 2026

• Almost half of the time saved using AI is spent correcting outputs

  Jan. 21, 2026

• Economic fears prompt Americans to pare back on retirement savings

  Jan. 14, 2026

• Consumers head into 2026 with worries about inflation and jobs

  Jan. 13, 2026

• SEC drops fraud case against mining CFO

  Jan. 12, 2026

• 7 finance trends CFOs can’t ignore in 2026

  Jan. 8, 2026

• Chicago CFO to depart after city OKs $16.6B budget for 2026

  Jan. 7, 2026

• FloQast CFO on why the demand for accountants is ‘skyrocketing’

  Jan. 5, 2026

• How Bevi’s CFO turned the tap on $100M of annual revenue

  Dec. 22, 2025

• CFOs targeting both business growth and cost reductions in 2026

  Dec. 17, 2025

• Mid-market investment in AI averaged $600K this year

  Dec. 15, 2025

• CFOs expect inflation to linger through 2027

  Dec. 10, 2025

• Instacart CFO vies for more partnerships and enterprise customers

  Dec. 9, 2025

• Finance leaders project modest revenue and profit gains in 2026

  Dec. 9, 2025

• Berkshire Hathaway’s longtime CFO to retire in 2027

  Dec. 8, 2025

• Luxury EV maker Lucid Motors sidesteps US tariffs at Saudi plant

  Dec. 4, 2025

• Workers less happy, more informed with company benefits

  Dec. 4, 2025

• Templafy’s Cynthia Stephens on why tech CFOs need flexibility

  Dec. 4, 2025

• New Jersey nonprofit’s ex-CFO gets 8 years in state prison

  Nov. 24, 2025

• CFOs netted average of $8.4M in benefits via change in control pacts this year

  Nov. 20, 2025

• CFO Alliance develops new processes for finance to quantify what’s often qualitative

  Nov. 19, 2025

• Connecticut software firm’s ex-CFO charged with wire fraud

  Nov. 18, 2025

• Tariff talk is dropping in earnings calls, but investors still have questions

  Nov. 18, 2025

• Former software firm CFO convicted of wire fraud

  Nov. 14, 2025

• As airfares increase, companies ‘squeezing as much as possible’ out of business trips

  Nov. 12, 2025

• Former CFO of The Real Brokerage reaches settlement: Trial Balance

  Nov. 10, 2025

• US firms show renewed interest in foreign currency accounts

  Nov. 7, 2025

• OpenAI CFO’s on-stage gaffe illustrates perils of public speaking

  Nov. 6, 2025

• Longtime C-store CFO on leading through acquisitions and big changes

  Nov. 6, 2025

• Betting platform Kalshi names first CFO amid regulatory scrutiny: Trial Balance

  Nov. 3, 2025

• Private equity deals declined in Q3 as deal value surged

  Oct. 29, 2025

• CFO Peer Audit: What soft skills are becoming more relevant to the CFO role?

  Oct. 28, 2025

• Leaders of Miami investment firm face securities charges

  Oct. 27, 2025

• Meet the CFOs who podcast

  Oct. 24, 2025

• CFOs aim to keep SG&A costs below revenue growth

  Oct. 21, 2025

• LA affordable housing developer’s ex-CFO charged with mail fraud

  Oct. 17, 2025

• Accounting firms hop into business advising

  Oct. 15, 2025

• Kentucky county education board settles $300K case with former CFO

  Oct. 10, 2025

• ‘Healthy tension’ drives C-Suite pair at Double Good

  Oct. 7, 2025

• Hedge fund manager charged with hiding multimillion-dollar losses from investors: Trial Balance

  Oct. 6, 2025

• CFOs confident in their own companies but not in the economy

  Oct. 3, 2025

• ‘Very frank conversations’ at the heart of CFO-CRO relationship at Planet DDS

  Oct. 2, 2025

• In an increasingly automated world, soft skills still reign: CFO Live recap

  Oct. 1, 2025

• New Jersey CFO stole nearly $2M from low-income housing complex, prosecutor says

  Sept. 26, 2025

• CFO Peer Audit: Is the finance chief’s role changing?

  Sept. 25, 2025

• CFO optimism ticks up as uncertainty fears drop: Duke-Fed survey

  Sept. 24, 2025

• Corporate treasurers brace for shifting job expectations

  Sept. 23, 2025

• CFOs adjust to private equity’s growing influence

  Sept. 19, 2025

• Labor tops challenges for municipal finance leaders

  Sept. 17, 2025

• Massachusetts town CFO terminated following whistleblower notice

  Sept. 10, 2025

• Early-career finance and accounting workers overestimate aptitude

  Sept. 10, 2025

• Former Oregon fisheries CFO sentenced for embezzling over $200K: Trial Balance

  Sept. 8, 2025

• Audit committee chairs reckon with expanding purview

  Sept. 4, 2025

• 3 cybersecurity tips for finance chiefs

  Aug. 27, 2025

• CFO says Massachusetts town asked him to engage in ‘unethical’ conduct

  Aug. 26, 2025

• Keurig Dr Pepper CFO to lead coffee spin-off

  Aug. 25, 2025

• iHerb CFO on managing cash at a global, multibillion-dollar business

  Aug. 21, 2025

• 1 in 10 corporate finance and accounting execs report ‘significant’ talent shortages

  Aug. 20, 2025

• Private equity-backed CFOs under pressure to adopt AI: Trial Balance

  Aug. 18, 2025

• 5 finance trends CFOs are watching in the rest of 2025

  Aug. 15, 2025

• Diploma plc CFO is out after a ‘lapse in judgment’

  Aug. 14, 2025

• US employers coming around to pay transparency

  Aug. 13, 2025

• Salesforce, PayPal COFOs tout agentic AI potential: Trial Balance

  Aug. 11, 2025

• Can PILOT programs plug holes in municipal budgets?

  Aug. 8, 2025

• Federal regulatory activity dropped steeply in H1 2025

  Aug. 7, 2025

• Microsoft CFO calls for ‘intensity’ after strong Q4 earnings

  Aug. 1, 2025

• CFOs report increased influence on company-wide decisions

  July 30, 2025

• US wage growth continues to slow

  July 29, 2025

• Riveron CFO Tony Ciotti on breaking barriers between finance and operations

  July 28, 2025

• NASBA, AICPA give blessing to 120-hour CPA pathway

  July 25, 2025

• Legal, finance collaboration pivotal to business success — white paper

  July 22, 2025

• Employers project flat salary budgets in 2026

  July 18, 2025

• US firms’ cash conversion cycle improved in 2024: Hackett

  July 17, 2025

• Manual tasks still clogging finance teams’ capacity

  July 15, 2025

• Canadian cannabis firm terminates CFO ‘without cause’

  July 11, 2025

• CFO confidence experienced a sharp drop in Q2

  July 9, 2025

• M&A is up year to date. Will that last?

  July 2, 2025

• SEI’s Sean Denham pivots from accounting partner to CFO

  June 30, 2025

• Google Cloud’s new CFO comes from Oracle

  June 27, 2025

• CFOs, investors diverge on near-term economic prospects

  June 26, 2025

• Gong CFO and Ex-Googler Tim Riitters on tech booms and busts

  June 24, 2025

• Most middle-market CFOs are making at least $350K a year

  June 20, 2025

• A third of business leaders are pausing M&A deals over tariff uncertainty

  June 18, 2025

• TreviPay’s Joel Campbell on the path from treasury to CFO

  June 16, 2025

• Irish Fiscal Advisory Council report raises concerns about US trade tensions

  June 13, 2025

• US investors’ near-term optimism dips on tariffs

  June 12, 2025

• Warner Bros. Discovery CFO to head cable division in planned split

  June 9, 2025

• One in five finance leaders say the US is already in a recession

  June 6, 2025

• Many Americans unlikely to quit over RTO mandates

  June 4, 2025