What’s Your GPA?

by jayd | May 29, 2014

As a biller or merchant, you are vitally concerned about your payments “back office”, that set of core functions involved with accepting consumer payments. Whether you are in Treasury or Technology, if you are concerned with payments, you are asking yourself, every...

Investments in the Payment Sector [ATM, Debit & Prepaid Forum 2009]

by formadaadmin | Oct 20, 2009

Of the Monday morning sessions at ATM, Debit & Prepaid Forum 2009, I was particularly interested in the analysts’ views of the payments sector.  The session included perspectives on transaction volumes, impact of consolidation and potential for new M&A...

If GE is spooked, what are the implications for less solid companies?

by Erin McCune | Oct 8, 2008

Over at Information Arbitrage, Roger Ehrenberg has the following reflection on the predicament facing many blue chip companies in the midst of the financial crisis: Does GE really perceive themselves to be AAA if they are motivated to raise money on the terms proposed...

Equity Analysts Focus on CFOs Rather than CEOs

by Erin McCune | Jun 10, 2008

Are CFOs ready for the spotlight? According to CFO.com research from Greenwich Associates reveals that for the first time an annual survey of Wall Street equity analysts ranked the credibility of a company's finance chief as more important to the overall IR...

Flight to Quality

by Erin McCune | Apr 9, 2008

New research from Greenwich Associates indicates that corporates are willing to settle for lower investment returns in exchange for reduced risk on short-term investments. 293 CFOs, Treasurers, and Assistant Treasurers were surveyed in February and the results are...