Risk: Page 10

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    Opinion

    Ensuring leadership protection with D&O insurance: Action items for CFOs

    In today’s high-risk corporate environment, it's crucial for CFOs to understand their directors and officers insurance policy to best protect the leadership team and board.

    By Will Walker • Nov. 19, 2024
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    Record high of $3.2B in fraud hits lending market: TransUnion

    Generative AI's ability to create synthetic identities is likely resulting in rising fraud, particularly in the use of credit cards, bank cards and the issuance of U.S. auto loans.

    By • Nov. 13, 2024
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    Tax policy shifts: What CFOs need to know to stay ahead

    Discover how evolving tax policies are creating new opportunities and challenges for CFOs.

    By CFO.com staff
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    Do CFOs take investor activism seriously enough?

    Barely half of companies even have a plan of action in case of investor aggression.

    By • Oct. 21, 2024
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    Urgent call for CFOs: Strengthen operational resilience now or face regulatory and cybersecurity fallout

    CFOs must integrate operational resilience into broader risk management strategies, here's why.

    Oct. 21, 2024
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    Many companies clueless about payment fraud, report claims

    Twenty-two percent of finance professionals said their organization has already been targeted by AI-driven deepfake or executive impersonation attacks.

    By • Aug. 12, 2024
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    Costs for data breaches jump by 10% in 2024: report

    “Having customers absorb these costs can be problematic in a competitive market already facing pricing pressures from inflation.”

    By • July 30, 2024
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    Top people risk for 2024: health costs

    “Risk management now requires a wider ecosystem view that identifies and addresses issues ... and takes account of the wider communities in which a business operates.”

    By • June 5, 2024
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    The CFO’s changing role: problem-solving, tech and leadership — report

    CFOs are prioritizing finance strategy to manage growing responsibilities and ensure long-term scalability and resilience.

    By • May 23, 2024
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    Company defrauded by ‘deepfake’ CFO identified as engineering group Arup

    Arup “notified the police about an incident of fraud in Hong Kong,” confirming “that fake voices and images were used,” according to the company.

    By • May 17, 2024
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    CFO crimes, litigation, financial control failures, ethics violations and more

    A collection of stories on CFOs who are in litigation, have failed to adhere to the law or failed ethics class.

    By CFO Editorial Staff • Updated March 9, 2026
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    Port of Baltimore Halts Vessel Traffic After Bridge Collapse

    While the port is still processing trucks, the loss of the Francis Scott Key Bridge will disrupt port operations for some time.

    By Colin Campbell • March 26, 2024
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    Political Risk Rises as Countries Clamp Down

    Governments are thinking less globally and making things tougher for businesses.

    By • March 21, 2024
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    Supply Chain Mistake Part of Lordstown Motors SEC Case

    Lordstown misrepresented its timeline for delivering the Endurance electric pickup truck by failing to account for production delays due to parts problems, the SEC said.

    By • March 1, 2024
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    Cloud Intrusions Spiked 75% in 2023, CrowdStrike Says

    The majority of cloud intrusions directly attributed to a threat actor last year were financially motivated.   

    By Matt Kapko • Feb. 27, 2024
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    Navigating the Governance of Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience

    No matter how secure a company’s defensive cybersecurity preparations are, CFOs must widen the aperture to include cyber resilience.

    By Andrea Calise, Colleen Hsia, Kevin S. Schwartz, and Steven A. Cohen • Feb. 22, 2024
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    The hidden hazard: how fraud is impacting fleets’ bottom line

    Your business is under attack. Fraud is chipping away at your bottom line. We surveyed 1,000 leaders to find out what’s being done about it. See the results.

    By Hemant Banavar • Feb. 20, 2024
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    27% of Organizations Ban GenAI

    Business leaders should take a look at the autonomy they’re granting employees who are using Gen AI tools, suggests new data.

    By • Feb. 5, 2024
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    Finance Employee Defrauded for $25M by Deepfake CFO

    The technology was used both to manipulate people's faces as well as voices, according to the Cyber Security and Technology and Crime Bureau in Hong Kong.

    By • Feb. 5, 2024
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    83% of Finance Leaders Dealt With Cyber Fraud in 2023

    Over a third of all losses were seven figures or more, according to new Trustpair data.

    By • Jan. 30, 2024
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    5 Risks for CFOs to Manage in 2024

    Cyber attacks and generative AI adoption are two areas that will require the CFO's involvement in risk mitigation.

    By • Jan. 24, 2024
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    Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filings Rose 72% in 2023

    “We certainly are seeing more borrowers engaging with their lenders and preparing to file,” said one attorney about the likelihood of sustaining the increase this year.

    By • Jan. 10, 2024
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    Office Rents to Decline Up to 4% in 2024: CBRE

    Office utilization rates are still below pre-pandemic levels, and about 40% of organizations surveyed by CBRE planned to reduce their office space over the next three years.

    By • Jan. 3, 2024
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    Credit Quality Problems May Start to Hurt Banks’ Balance Sheets

    The International Monetary Fund and the Financial Stability Board say vulnerabilities in the global financial system remain elevated.

    By • Oct. 12, 2023
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    Orthofix CFO John Bostjancic, C-Suite Execs Terminated for ‘Inappropriate and Offensive Conduct’

    Along with Bostjancic, CEO Keith Valentine and chief legal officer Patrick Keran were terminated for cause. Geoffrey Gillespie will act as interim CFO during the search for replacements.

    By • Sept. 13, 2023
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    Silicon Valley Bank, First Republic Failures Caused Shift in Startups’ Deposits

    New data on 400 venture-funded companies from Kruze Consulting reveals where startups moved their bank deposits when SVB and FRB started to fail.

    By • Sept. 6, 2023