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How to Turn a Shortage of Accountants Into an Opportunity for Businesses

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And today, I use my company’s own virtual credit card and spend management app to help control spending and close the books faster. Here’s how to attract them to accounting: Make the education requirements for CPAs less onerous and expensive. But those who enter the field need to be the best the job market has to offer.

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PSCU: Credit Spend Rebounds, Offering CUs New Ways to Engage Members (Digitally)

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They can gain insight into different redemption options tied to their rewards cards, for example, or be educated by the CU on how to turn their cards on and off (remotely) or control spend.

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Leading analyst IDC recognizes innovation in procurement solutions.

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For decades, the many steps and stakeholders in large enterprise purchasing meant procurement teams had to rely on heavyweight, expensive solutions, while mid-market companies either had to adopt one of those overly cumbersome solutions or throw some ad-hoc procedures together to try to control spend.

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Dept. Of Ed Piloting Debit Card To Control Student Loan Refund Spending

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The Department of Education is gearing up to roll out a pilot program in which college students’ federal financial aid surpluses will be distributed via prepaid debit cards. Elizabeth Hill, a spokeswoman at the Department of Education, said the government won’t “exercise” control over how students spend their college loan money.

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Spend Management is the Next Focus for Client Accounting Services

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By comparison, modern spend & expense management solutions can provide proactive insights based on real-time data. Modern spend & expense management solutions allow companies to take advantage of all the rewards and services they are used to with personal credit cards in their business transactions.

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Malauzai Partners With Vantiv On SmartKid Control For Tweens, Teens

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“Consumers expect an experience that is convenient and mobile-forward, which is exactly what SmartKid Control will deliver across any device,” said Mick Oppy, vice president of Product, Financial Institutions at Vantiv. Our commitment to providing innovative tools while fostering financial education is a passion we share with Malauzai.

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Is President Biden On the Right Track With His Billionaire and Business Tax Increase Plans?

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Caroline Freund, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy YES: Taxing the rich and big corporations more heavily to reduce soaring inequality while improving access to health care and education makes sense. Moreover, passing this budget without control of Congress is a complete non-starter.