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I hope so too! You’re right, I should probably fire myself as CFO. Frankly, it's amazing I could even find this subreddit without my CPA in the loop, let alone post a question in it. How am I getting by??

1. Merchant acquirer stocks are all beaten down hard due to intense competition. See Paypal, Fiserv, Shift4, even Adyen.
2. The market doesn't like them levering up to buy Worldpay. Some felt that management has misled shareholders on capital allocation strategies. I'll lay out the facts:
On 12 March 2025, at the Wolfe Fintech Forum, CFO Joshua Whipple was asked about capital returns. He said that they had "some M&A built in the model for some small, tuck in stuff" and planned to return the rest of the capital. A month later on 17 April they announced the acquisition of Worldpay for $22.7B and divestment of Issuer Solutions to Fidelity Information Services for $13.5B. Judging by the scale and complexity of this deal, negotiations would've likely been underway when the CFO made those remarks, and he failed to disclose it.

At this juncture of the corporate saga, I would consider the financials of Microvision to be a circle arguement as they do not show the real movers of recent financial backing.

The most direct strategic link I see now is that Temasek is a lead investor in Einride and potential backer of Microvision's recent purchases. If you recall, in November 2025, Glen DeVos joined the Board of Directors of Foretellix (an Israeli AI company focused on autonomous vehicle verification) specifically as a representative of Temasek.

Temasek is Einride’s "Deep Pocket" Backer and most likely, the finance"glue" between the two entities. They provide the capital for Einride to buy the hardware needed, and they likely influenced the hiring of leadership (Verma) who knows exactly which hardware (MicroVision) should buy to get everything in-house. They participated heavily in Einride’s Series B ($110M) and Series C ($500M) funding rounds.
In the current $1.8 billion SPAC merger (expected to close in H1 2026), Temasek is listed as one of the primary institutional shareholders that will control the majority of the post-merger company.
Essentially, Einride is a "Temasek portfolio company," and its expansion into the U.S. is being fueled by Singaporean sovereign wealth.
The CFO "Executive Bridge"
The move of Anubhav Verma from MicroVision to Einride in late 2025 is viewed by analysts as a "Temasek-approved" appointment.
As Einride prepares for its IPO/SPAC debut, Temasek needed a CFO with experience in the U.S. public markets and LiDAR technology.
By pulling Verma from MicroVision, Temasek effectively installed a leader who knows exactly which sensors (MicroVision’s) are the most cost-effective and technically sound to put onto Einride’s multi-billion dollar fleet while also owning the select assets of other entity's hardware, software, and ip.
My doubts are not regarding the company's ability to succeed, my doubts are regarding the integrity of board members towards the stockholders.
Will those of us that have been funding the stock of Microvision be rewarded for believing in the company will we be just another means to an end for them?

That is the question I ask myself everyday.

A CFO asking questions like this is rich…

Co-founders both outrank CEO. Give him a co-founder and CFO title. She’ll have co-founder/CEO.

For anyone following the rise of promising British European chip designer EnSilica, a company aiming to become Europe’s premier ASIC designer and a highly profitable ‘fabless’ semiconductor business, I am pleased that following the strong H1 FY26 results last week, that Simply Wall St’s latest data also confirms institutional shareholding has increased.
I am also particularly pleased to see Trading 212 become a top 25 shareholder.
This seems like a good opportunity to reiterate my forecast as detailed on my blog of 85p a share for late 2026. Furthermore if EnSilica wins approximately 25% to 30% of the $400m sales opportunities pipeline in the next few months as indicated by CFO Kristoff Rademan on last weeks webcast then I currently expect to raise that forecast to £1. So more than double what today’s share price currently is.
May fortune favour the brave!
Mark aka Double Bubbler
Screenshot courtesy of Simply Wall St. 🫶

# Spyware- BlackBerry? 

My question is simple, is this company not Spyware? Was Ivy not not named after Nina White-Ivy? Was John Chen and Prem Watsa not both “New Silk Road Award Winners“, fully recognized for their contributions to the Chinese Belt and Road Initiativ?
Did Prem not award millions of Shares to John for what seemed obviously as insider orchestrated meme run, and did John not sabotage the share price to support the short position?
Why would the promote JG, a failed Nortel executive who has been labelled as a sexual deviant?
Did John Chen not make deals with Huawei while the CFO was being held in Canada (How convenient) for extradition to the US which of course never happened, just sales of key patents that were never disclose.
Not sure though it seems very evident that BB is a front and has been developed as a Trojan horse, within Canada, and the face of the company literally white washed to mask the spyware that has been developed under Watsa and Chen…
seems far to obvious as its all been baked in and under developed for many years, to roll out the social enslavement system in the Western Nations by those who will sell out their own to hide their crimes on tape

Spyware My question is simple, is this company not Spyware? Was Ivy not not named after Nina White-Ivy? Was John Chen and Prem Watsa not both “New Silk Road Award Winners“, fully recognized for their contributions to the Chinese Belt and Road Initiativ?
Did Prem not award millions of Shares to John for what seemed obviously as insider orchestrated meme run, and did John not sabotage the share price to support the short position?
Why would the promote JG, a failed Nortel executive who has been labelled as a sexual deviant?
Did John Chen not make deals with Huawei while the CFO was being held in Canada (How convenient) for extradition to the US which of course never happened, just sales of key patents that were never disclose.
Not sure though it seems very evident that BB is a front and has been developed as a Trojan horse, within Canada, and the face of the company literally white washed to mask the spyware that has been developed under Watsa and Chen…
seems far to obvious as its all been baked in and under developed for many years, to roll out the social enslavement system in the Western Nations by those who will sell out their own to hide their crimes on tape

Following the appointment of new CEO **Enrique Lores**, PayPal is set to undergo a wave of key management changes, particularly at the CFO position. While **Jamie Miller** currently serves as Interim CEO, she is highly likely to be replaced by Chief Accounting Officer **Chris Natali**.
As a key executive brought in during the tenure of former CEO Alex Chriss, Miller oversaw a series of financial policies that failed to stem the stock price decline, making her **unavoidably responsible** for the slump. Moreover, Chris is a former colleague of new CEO Lores from HP, making his promotion a natural succession.
Similarly, **Gill**, **Cruz**, and **Scotti**—close allies of **Alex Chriss**—are also expected to be ousted. They are essentially the **scapegoats** for the poor execution criticized by the new CEO.
It is rather lamentable that PayPal’s market value is on the verge of being overtaken by rival Block, a scenario that would have been unthinkable in the past.
Perhaps PayPal’s value will only start to recover after **Enrique Lores** takes office in 2026 Mar.

Did you see that Director Mark Peek bought nearly $600,000 worth of shares of the AI [cybersecurity](https://www.fool.com/investing/stock-market/market-sectors/information-technology/cybersecurity-stocks/?utm_source=yahoo-host-full&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=article&referring_guid=07b70f56-4878-47f8-ae04-af84ca7dc1bc) company in mid-December? Peek was previously the chief accounting officer at **Amazon** and CFO at VMware, which is now owned by **Broadcom**. He was also co-president at **Workday**.