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24 July 2026 Overall, respondents reported slight net easing of credit terms and conditions for all counterparty types for second consecutive quarter Dealers repriced across all collateral types, in particular equity, as demand for secured funding increased Non-price credit terms remained broadly unchanged across counterparty types, secured financing transactions and non-centrally cleared OTC derivatives markets…

The report notes that up to 90 percent of the added costs associated with cross-border trade tied to distance stem from factors other than freight, including differences in language, regulation and business practice, costs that don’t disappear even as shipping technology improves. Despite this structural challenge, the report identifies China and India as standout opportunities….

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings: Pricing Is Finally Reaching Earnings

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telli raised $15 million in a seed round to develop its artificial intelligence (AI) agent builder focused on customer-facing AI agents. This tool, Charlie, helps B2C companies create, test, optimize, maintain and run agents that talk to customers, the company said in a Thursday (July 23) blog post. Agents created with Charlie are being used by companies ranging…

Why finance leaders are taking over operations—and why the new COFO role isn’t a simple shortcut. There’s a new acronym roaming the C-suite. The so-called COFO — a hybrid chief operating and financial officer — is more common than ever, marking a structural shift in how companies are deciding who runs the business. But the…

Verifone Inc. announced early Thursday it has been awarded a U. S. patent on technology that protects point-of-sale terminals and unattended payment devices from card skimming. The move comes as estimates indicate skimming losses grew 5% last year, reaching approximately $1 billion in the U.S. market. In skimming attacks, bad actors use hard-to-detect devices they…

Virtual cards are gaining a second job inside corporate finance departments. Beyond helping companies pay suppliers, the cards can give CFOs more control over timing, visibility and short-term funding. New PYMNTS Intelligence data show that the most efficient growth corporates are far more likely to recognize that broader role. The report, “The 24-Day Advantage: What Top-Performing…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is leading 13 senators in investigating whether IRS CEO Frank Bisignano misled Congress about his agency’s staffing after the Trump administration gutted the IRS workforce. Processing Content Citing news reports, Warren said the IRS is scrambling to hire thousands of new workers after the agency fired or pushed out nearly 30,000…

Actors who’ve worked with Nolan say he leads by example. “He won’t ask anyone to do anything that he’s not a thousand percent willing to do himself, twice as hard,” Robert Downey Jr. said in a 2024 Vanity Fair interview with fellow “Oppenheimer” stars Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt. Murphy said one of the most…