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Rocket to Acquire Redfin for $1.75 Billion

Finovate

Rocket anticipates that adding Redfin into its offerings will create a more seamless home-buying experience by integrating home search, real estate brokerage, and mortgage financing. Rocket has been around for 40 years and currently provides home financing in all 50 states.

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The 90 Day Road to Successful CFO

The Finance Weekly

For many accounting and finance professionals, being a chief financial officer (CFO) is a career highlight. Taking that next step towards the finance executive table, whether you have 10, 20, or even 30 years of expertise in finance, is no easy task. However, getting there is only the start of the journey.

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Finance Teams: Stop Wasting Time on Manual Account Reconciliation & Automate

The Finance Weekly

Inter-company transactions, currency exchange rates and various non-cash activities only complicate things in an already complex, time-consuming process. Due to the inefficiencies and error proneness of account reconciliation through traditional processes, finance teams should automate through , new technologies in the industry.

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How Real-Time Data Recharges The Monthly Financial Close

PYMNTS

Financial technology innovation has opened the doors to massive transformation of corporate finance departments. While flashy corporate FinTech is exciting, innovation efforts have rarely focused on a mainstay of corporate finance teams: the financial close process, a crucial, but continually outdated function.

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The Silent Costs of a Traditional Financial Close (and Why It’s Time To Modernize)

FloQast

And solutions that are easy to implement help businesses mitigate the cost of traditional close processes and enhance performance. Automation can reduce the time to close by 26 % or more. This increases the time it takes to close and adds more pressure to workloads during this process. Take SOX as one example.

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Streamlining Financial Operations: A CFO’s Perspective on FloQast

FloQast

In the fast-paced world of finance, efficiency and accuracy are paramount. Every minute saved in the financial close process can translate to significant organizational gains. With a threefold increase in revenue and employee count, the company recognized the pressing need to streamline its financial close process.

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Building on a Strong Foundation: How FloQast Compliance Management Supports A.K.A. Brands’ Compliance Function

FloQast

In the fast-paced finance and accounting world, keeping up with regulations and ensuring a smooth Close are crucial organizational processes. With its Close operating smoothly, a.k.a Brands , Brandon Peters, optimize processes, streamline compliance efforts, and boost efficiency.