General Electric Co.’s plan to split into three public companies puts its Chief Financial Officer Carolina Dybeck Happe in a core position to shape the new businesses by dividing up the conglomerate’s cash, debt and obligations such as pension liabilities.

A tax provision under consideration in Congress that is designed to get multinational businesses to pay more U.S. taxes could lead companies to move borrowing and investment offshore, some corporate executives and tax professionals say.

Ford Motor Co. on Monday offered a $2.5 billion unsecured green bond to investors, a first for the car maker that comes days after it launched its sustainable-financing framework and said it would buy back higher-priced debt.

Ford Motor Co. said it would buy back up to $5 billion in high-priced debt, a move that comes as finance chief John Lawler works to overhaul the car maker’s balance sheet and improve its credit rating.

TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. said Chief Financial Officer Shou Zi Chew will step down from that role to focus on his position as chief executive of the popular video-sharing platform, a move that comes as ByteDance is reorganizing its business.

The Biden administration is floating a 1% excise tax on corporate stock buybacks.

For Square, bitcoin is the leading contender to be the internet’s native currency and the company is positioning its business accordingly, CFO Amrita Ahuja told me for The Wall Street Journal.

Tesla Inc. has won over equity investors, but it still has work to do to convince ratings firms.

Finance chiefs are boosting salaries and recruitment spending, offering more in the way of perks and expanding their equity plans as they joust to attract—and retain—workers.

General Motors Co.’s finance chief is working to build out the company’s forecasting and planning capabilities to help the car maker achieve its long-term goals and better explain its business transformation to investors.