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June 19, 2026
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From Stablecoin to the Rise of Intelligent Money Movement: What CFOs Should Know (and Do Now)

Stablecoins and other digital asset opportunities – for the business as well as for the finance group – are compelling, lucrative, and materialising and expanding faster than many CFOs realise. Today, early adopters of digital asset innovations are discussing stablecoin fundamentals, launching pilot programs and recalibrating longstanding payments infrastructures....
Exit planning has become a critical element of the third-party risk management lifecycle as organisations contend with a rapidly evolving threat landscape and increasingly disruptive events. Protiviti’s 2026 Executive Perspectives on Top Risks and Opportunities survey ranks third-party risk as the second-highest near-term global risk.
As the pace of artificial intelligence (AI) advances and use increases, the length of time a skill set remains relevant decreases. These related trends have profound effects on human resources (HR) groups, which have a two-fold AI-era talent management mandate.
Stablecoins and other digital asset opportunities – for the business as well as for the finance group – are compelling, lucrative, and materialising and expanding faster than many CFOs realise. Today, early adopters of digital asset innovations are discussing stablecoin fundamentals, launching pilot programs and recalibrating longstanding payments infrastructures. Going forward, nearly all business leaders will be…
As organisations move to Workday, where Accounts Payable (AP) lands at go-live often represents a moment of truth. Because AP sits downstream from nearly every finance and procurement process, it becomes a strong indicator of whether the transformation was executed effectively or whether underlying issues remain unresolved.
Whether you are in the business of selling products, promoting brands, implementing marketing technology, preparing your organisation for AI adoption or researching maturing customer experiences at scale, imagine for a moment that you are a customer, rather than the enabler. Think about a brand that provided excellent service and reflect on that experience. Now, pause again to think about a brand or experience that…
In November 2022, ChatGPT 3.5 debuted, marking a major milestone for generative AI. Since then, new tools and models have emerged rapidly—bringing distinct capabilities and new security risks. As these technologies evolve toward more advanced reasoning and agentic capabilities, security leaders are evaluating what they could mean for vulnerability discovery, exploit development, and defense.
Organisations continue to evaluate IT spend through a narrow operational lens, focusing on efficiency ratios, cost per ticket, or run rate versus budget. This approach worked when IT primarily delivered infrastructure and back-office services. Disruptive technologies such as AI fundamentally change how value is created, just as the rise of the internet in the 1990s forced organisations to rethink how the impact of…
Security governance, risk and compliance (GRC) should be a strategic enabler for technology companies. In practice, many organisations experience the opposite: fragmented processes, blurred accountability and growing compliance obligations that feel disconnected from how the business actually operates.
From a board level perspective, the case for migration is typically supported by several legitimate considerations:Future state enablement, including analytics, automation and AI readiness.Platform scalability and simplification aligned to long term growth.SAP ECC (ERP Central Component) maintenance timelines, which introduce long range support and cost considerations.Cybersecurity concerns, particularly following…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is making development teams faster, but it is also reshaping architecture, risk and accountability. The implications extend far beyond smarter tools to a fundamentally new system of work.
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