WSJ CFO Journal

Higher household costs are driving demand for quick cash at Ezcorp’s stores, which also are seeing affluent customers on the hunt for secondhand luxury goods wsj.com/cfo-journal/fr… via @WSJ @JenKayW

AI’s rise is forcing consulting firms to rethink traditional hourly billing, a transition proving slow and difficult for the industry wsj.com/cfo-journal/in… via @WSJ @markgmaurer

Deutsche Bank’s Former CFO Has His Eye on a CEO Role wsj.com/cfo-journal/de… via @WSJ @kcbroughton

Exclusive: @Welltower Tim McHugh is the new highest-paid finance chief. Here are the top 10 CFOs for 2025 wsj.com/cfo-journal/we… via @WSJ @JenKayW

Exclusive: Accounting firm Eide Bailly agreed to sell a stake to private-equity investors, a move that it says will help double its revenue in the next three or four years wsj.com/cfo-journal/ac… via @WSJ @markgmaurer

Accounting firm Crowe agreed to sell a majority stake to KKR and co-investors in a nearly $3 billion deal wsj.com/cfo-journal/ac… via @WSJ @markgmaurer

The Metric CFOs Struggle to Track: AI Usage wsj.com/cfo-journal/th… via @WSJ @kcbroughton @markgmaurer @JenKayW

America’s apparel companies are fighting increasing returns. The problem is the soaring use of weight-loss drugs. wsj.com/business/retai… via @WSJ @JenKayW

Former auditing regulator Christina Ho joined a new accounting firm that aims to be 80% automated in the next four years wsj.com/cfo-journal/fo… via @WSJ @markgmaurer

Ethan Allen is cutting physical space and head count as it invests in technology wsj.com/cfo-journal/wh… via @WSJ @JenKayW

Intuit plans to lay off 17% of its workforce and invest the savings in “big bets” as it makes artificial intelligence a centerpiece of its business @JDeanSeal @kcbroughton wsj.com/business/earni… via @WSJ

@KPMG is partnering with @AnthropicAI to integrate Claude AI tools into its global tax and consulting services, @markgmaurer reports. wsj.com/cfo-journal/kp… via @WSJ

The Big Four accounting firm has been grappling with slower demand for certain advisory services and lower voluntary attrition wsj.com/cfo-journal/kp… via @WSJ @markgmaurer

Shoppers are increasingly buying goods on TikTok Shop. Retailers want in and are setting up their own virtual storefronts. wsj.com/business/retai… via @WSJ @JenKayW

Exclusive: Forvis Mazars Lays Off U.S. Workers in Restructuring wsj.com/cfo-journal/fo… via @WSJ @markgmaurer

KPMG is cutting roughly 10% of its U.S. audit partners, people familiar with the matter said, following a yearslong effort to push more of them to voluntarily retire early wsj.com/cfo-journal/kp… via @WSJ @markgmaurer

As M&A deals bulk up, so have the fees banks rake in advising targets. Last year, six acquisitions generated sell-side fees of at least $100 million, with the top fee at $130 million. wsj.com/cfo-journal/mo… via @WSJ @kcbroughton

Private jet company Wheels Up wants its private jets to be more accessible to certain high-end commercial travelers. wsj.com/business/airli… via @WSJ @JenKayW

FASB plan for stablecoin accounting rules moves forward. wsj.com/cfo-journal/co… via @WSJ @markgmaurer

Auditing firms are eagerly putting AI agents to work on the most rote part of audits—with human supervision. But some firms harbor bigger plans for their bots. wsj.com/cfo-journal/in… via @WSJ @markgmaurer