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According to CFO Dive, over 53% of financial-services CFOs now rank evolving cyber regulations as their top concern.

More oversight.

More penalties.

More responsibility signing off on controls that were once purely IT’s job.

This isn’t a tech problem anymore. It’s a balance-sheet issue.

So here’s the question for every CFO and finance pro:

👉 Are you ready for this level of cyber accountability?

👉 If a breach happens tomorrow… are you the one signing the check, fielding the questions, owning the risk?

👉 Does your control framework treat cyber as a financial liability… or a checkbox?

Don’t just think cyber is in IT’s domain. It’s in your P&L. It’s in your audit metrics.

It’s in your job.

Executives at Alphabet, HP and IBM say this loud and clear:

If AI is your #1 strategic storyline this year, this should be your wake-up call.

Are CFOs still chasing hype… or finally steering the governance ship?

Because when the tech headliners start preaching caution, what’s really going on #behind the scenes?

👉 Is your finance team leading the pilot or still getting dragged into it?

📍 Ravi Thanawala is now both CFO and President of North America at Papa Johns's.

📍 The move signals deeper consolidation: finance + operations under one hat.

📍 Good example of the “dual hat” trend: CFOs stepping into full business-owner roles.

So here’s the real question for finance leaders:

👉 Is the CFO expanding into new ground… or is the company compressing roles and cutting costs?

👉 When finance leaders gain operational titles, does it mean they’ll finally shape strategy… or just carry more weight when things go wrong?

CFOs, what do you see at your shop? Is this “scope creep” or “scope takeover”?

Gartner Research Board found:

This hits a nerve because we’ve been hearing for years: “AI will remake finance.” Yet the numbers show: Most finance functions are stuck in neutral.

Is the problem hype-fatigue, or is AI actually failing finance because we treated it like a tech upgrade instead of a strategic transformation?

👉 Do you think most CFOs should hit pause and build foundations?

👉 Or should they double down and move fast even with messy data?

👉 And who actually owns fixing the data + literacy gap: CFO or CIO?

Employers added 119,000 jobs in September, well ahead of expectations.

But the unemployment rate rose to 4.4% (the highest in four years).

Mixed signals = every CFO’s worst CEO-meeting nightmare.

Why this matters:

✔ Hiring strength gives hope

✘ Rising unemployment raises questions

✔ Both impact forecasting, capital allocation, staffing strategy

✘ And they collide at the C-suite

“Is your 2026 planning based on a market that’s cooling, or still overheating?”

👉 Are you adjusting headcount, budgets, and risk boxes for both upside surprises and downside warnings?

👉 Or are you just hoping the “strong job market” saves you?

Finance pros, how are you reading this one internally?

Are you hedging for slower growth… or doubling down because “we dodged the recession”?

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The Financial Accounting Standards Board added new crypto-asset accounting projects and is reviewing “Tip/O.T.” tax rules.

Whether you’re in fintech, finance, or treasury… the book is being rewritten.

Are CFOs ready for crypto-volume to become a balance-sheet headline instead of a footnote?

The Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement actions dropped 30% in fiscal 2025; settlements also down 45%.

Less enforcement doesn’t always mean less risk, sometimes it means less visibility.

Does this drop give CFOs more runway… or signal that enforcement is just shifting underground?

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