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From AI-washing to friendshoring, these are the terms CFOs are likely to hear in upcoming conversations with team members, sales representatives, fellow executives and human resources.

From not having an AI policy or not sharing it with employees to incomplete or ambiguous accountability structures, there are basic mistakes business leaders should avoid.

Companies that formally track AI-related ROI and are assurance-ready report the greatest improvement, according to a recent KPMG survey.

The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed Regulation E-Delivery, a new rule that would expand the ability of issuers, broker-dealers, investment advisers, and others to use electronic delivery to satisfy information delivery requirements under the federal securities laws.

Citing the increase in the cost of fuel, the IRS has set a higher optional standard mileage rate used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business for the remainder of 2026.

Artificial intelligence has made phishing, fraud and deepfakes cheaper, quicker and harder to spot. With more accountants using AI tools than ever before, firms must look past the hype to tighten internal controls.

New rules will require finance leaders at larger colleges that offer further education programs to hold a professional accountancy qualification.

In a recent survey of CFOs and other top finance leaders, 38% of respondents say they plan to increase hiring this year, while just 4% plan to decrease it.

While most employers say they don’t plan to reduce headcount this year, almost half of employees plan to find a new job in the next six months, a global report shows.

A new report commissioned by accounting software firm Sage aims to identify lingering bottlenecks in the race to implement artificially intelligent systems.

Widely available AI is making payment fraud easier to perpetrate and harder to detect, raising the stakes for controls, verification, and professional skepticism.

Remaining workers often lose confidence in leadership or become less productive.

Change management related to technology, including the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), ranked as CPA firms’ leading issue by expected impact in the next five years, according to the latest CPA Firm Top Issues Survey.

Slow and steady wins the race, according to younger workers. They want to develop on their terms rather than rapidly climb the corporate ladder, a stance that challenges employers to reconsider how talent is rewarded in the workplace.

The gap between projected and actual return could widen further with increasing investments in complex new tools.

Finance teams are uniquely positioned to restore confidence by pairing AI tools with human judgment, stronger oversight and practical upskilling.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division announced it will rescind the Biden-era overtime rule, more than a year after federal courts vacated the rule (the “2024 Rule”). The recission formally ends the DOL’s effort to increase the salary threshold for overtime exemption eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

New research from talent solutions and business consulting firm Robert Half shows that professionals are reassessing their careers, and many are preparing to make a move in the second half of 2026. A survey of more than 2,000 U.S. professionals found that 46% plan to look for a new job in the next 6 months, up from 38% in the first half of 2026 and 27% one year ago.

AI will not turn difficult clients into organised ones overnight. It will not make missing receipts appear, stop clients ignoring deadlines or remove every awkward conversation from practice life. But according to Prashant Ganti, vice president of product strategy at Zoho, that is not where AI's most immediate value lies.

Accounting undergraduate enrollment in U.S. colleges and universities showed strong growth in spring 2026 and continued to eclipse the performance of business-related fields of study in aggregate, according to recent data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.