Top Story - Oracle to Release Finance Data Warehouse

The new data warehouse package should eliminate a lot of the routine chores devoted to customizing data warehouses for the financial environment, according to Oracle.

Top Story - Mobile Finance A Hit In Asia: TNS study

For a region with billions of mobile devices, expect their users to also lead in mobile finance adoption. A recent study by TNS revealed that Asia is leading worldwide in mobile finance adoption, notably for application and service such as mobile banking and mobile wallet.

Case Study - Mahindra Finance Expands its Reach With Handhelds

Reach and speed are key to Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services' thriving business in rural India. So, it empowered its field force with handhelds, creating 3,000 mini-branches in nine months.

• Reader Roi
  Reader ROI:

  :: Why agility and transparency are important

  :: How automation improves turnaround time

  :: How innovation aids in gaining a competitive edge

Top Story - Informatica CFO Fry Sees a Cloud Bringing IT, Finance Closer

Top Story - Mobile Finance a Hit in Asia - TNS Study

A recent study by TNS revealed that Asia is leading worldwide in mobile finance adoption, notably for application and service such as mobile banking and mobile wallet.

Case Study - Bajaj Auto Finance Adopts Cloud Based CRM and Increases Productivity by 50 Percent

Bajaj Auto Finance has reaped significant rewards for over coming apprehensions on data security and deploying a Cloud based CRM.Rise in transactions from 1,500 per day to a record of 8,500 a day is just one part of the story.

• Reader Roi
  Reader ROI:

  :: Why companies whose IT is integral to their operations are taking to the cloud

  :: Infrastructure issues to expect and address

Case Study - Reliance Finance Automates Documents, Makes Loans Easier

CIO 100 Winner: Shashi Kumar Ravulapaty, CTO, Reliance Consumer Finance, realized that automating documentation management using a scanning mechanism would help. This in turn reduced the need for manpower, pared turnaround time and improved efficiency.

• Reader Roi
  Reader ROI:

  :: Why automating documentation management is relevant

  :: Each scanned images then get unique IDs

Top Story - Survey of Finance Execs Shows Uptick, but Still Worries

A survey of U.S. finance executives by CFO services provider Tatum was suggesting a slight upturn in corporate-finance conditions in the days before the nation's debt ceiling was raised, and before the Standard & Poor's downgrade of the U.S. threw the markets into turmoil.

Top Story - Survey of Finance Execs Shows Uptick, but Still Worries

A survey of U.S. finance executives by CFO services provider Tatum was suggesting a slight upturn in corporate-finance conditions in the days before the nation's debt ceiling was raised, and before the Standard & Poor's downgrade of the U.S. threw the markets into turmoil.

Article - Finance and 'Business Improvement' Tech

The CFO's job is explaining areas like spend management and analytics to employees --- and calming their fears about it.