Announcing its financial results for the first half of 2026 is the Jordan Kuwait Bank Group, reporting US$5.22bn in deposits and over US$7.56 in assets

Finance Chief covers stories such as HSBC’s investment in Model ML, Greg Abel’s spending, Workiva’s AI research, Deloitte’s CFO survey and OpenAI’s CFO

Cisco's AI orders more than quadrupled to US$9.3bn, yet the stock slipped, as the market starts grading the profitability of the AI boom, not just growth
Finance
The consulting firm notes that macroeconomic pressures are reflected in the results of the survey which points to an increase in CFO pessimism
Operations
A Workiva survey reveals one in four executives face public AI errors, warning that poor data quality threatens reporting accuracy and investor confidence
Videos
Fresha’s Sharee Campbell and Kiran Taylor on HR transformation, reshaping talent and why culture is a strategic operating system
Capital Markets
After 14 quarters of net selling, Greg Abel is deploying Berkshire's cash, from a US$10bn Alphabet stake to its biggest buyback since 2021
People & Skills
Car giant Ford announces its latest CFO appointment for New Zealand and Australia, Murray Naismith, returning to the company after two decades
Events
Technology
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar wants to end the month-end close for good, building a function that reconciles the books in real-time while keeping judgment human
Sustainability
Stefan Premer, Senior Director of Sustainability Consulting at Sphera explains why transition plans are not just a compliance task & should be top priority







