Future CFO

Embedded finance revenue is expected to reach US$617 billion by 2031, according to a recent study by Juniper Research. The 279% growth is attributed to increased access to eCommerce by consumers, regulatory standardisation supporting open finance, and high growth in the B2B segment. The study also identified B2B as the fastest growing segment; increasing by 390% over the next five years, with rapid digitisation of B2B payments representing a significant opportunity.

Visa teams up with financial technology company Reap, launching stablecoin card programs across more than 100 markets. The collaboration seeks to bring stablecoin-linked Visa credit card programs globally, powered by Reap’s card issuance infrastructure, in compliance with local regulations. Further, the move makes way for Reap to become the first fintech in Asia to partner with Visa to allow global stablecoin credit card issuing at scale.

Fuelled by growing AI-enabled attacks, fraudulent transactions in digital banking and money transfer is expected to reach 2.2 billion by 2031. This is the findings of a recent report by Juniper Research, highlighting how generative AI enables new and more adaptive scam typologies, while emerging agentic AI allows fraudsters to coordinate multi-stage attacks and adjust tactics dynamically as victims or controls respond.

SEON unveiled the expansion of its Signal Intelligence platform to catch fraud rings amid rise in fake identities connected to artificial intelligence. The shift involves new signal categories and deeper data coverage across 1,100+ proprietary signals to help expose manufactured identities and coordinated fraud, without adding friction for legitimate customers.

Editor’s note: In today’s A Day in the Life, Jérôme Le Louer (pictured), fractional and interim CFO, managing partner at SmeCFO Asia; and Head of Finance at Tomorrowland Thailand, shares with FutureCFO audiences how his typical day looks like and how Judo influenced the way he approaches leadership, decision-making and life. FutureCFO: What does a typical day look like for you, and how does managing multiple finance functions at once differ from being the CFO of a single organisation?

BlackLine is expanding its support for complex financial workflows as it announces it achieved Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance validation for its PCI Detokenization Service. The move allows organisations to apply for the company’s high-volume transaction matching and reconciliation capabilities to a broader range of complex workflows involving sensitive payment card information.

The Philippines’ Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is teaming up with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to boost the tax compliance system in the country. According to a report by the Philippine News Agency, the tax watchodg met with IMF experts for the operational implementation of compliance risk management (CRM) and regional engagements on CRM activities across selected BIR field offices.

Editor’s note: In today’s A Day in the Life, Saurabh Chauhan (pictured), founder and CEO at Peakflo,shares with FutureCFO audiences why finance leaders are the most rigorous buyers he deals with and why he finds running as the only thing that reliably clears his head. FutureCFO: What does a typical day look like for you? Saurabh Chauhan (SC): I moved to the United States from Singapore last year as the first person on the ground for our business here, so my day runs across two clocks.

Thomas Knoblauch from Siemens AG and Caroline Pfaff, Partner at EY, discuss the practical reality of ESG reporting, diving deep into the challenge of complex global data, tracking how organisations can move past chasing “perfect” real-time metrics and instead prioritize immediate progress over perfection.

Editor’s note: Explore and transform. Give yourself permission to take time for yourself, says Sophia Pang, enterprise performance management SME at IBM. In today’s Female Leadership interview, Pang shares her advice for aspiring female finance professionals, how she enjoys keeping fit, and how important it is to not be afraid to transform one’s self along the way. FutureCFO: What does a typical day look like for you?