MyIRSRelief

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Every business that operates in the United States is responsible for reporting certain types of information to the government. One of the most important things that a business must report is certain tax information for employment payroll on a quarterly and annual basis. They are required by the IRS to report the amount of 941/940 employment payroll taxes that have been either withheld from employees or what they owe to the government.

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PASBA

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Whether you’re planning a business meeting with a client in person or by using technology, it’s essential that you come to the session prepared. Every meeting should have an agenda that outlines who will attend the meeting and the purpose for holding it. The agenda should also include what each person plans to discuss. As a courtesy to clients, consider sending the agenda at least a week in advance to see if there is anything they would like to add or change.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The global payments ecosystem’s path to faster and real-time payments ubiquity is an evolution, not a revolution. That is to say, mass adoption will take time, and the factors driving that adoption will almost certainly continue to change and shift as end users’ needs do the same. Among corporates, there is an increasing demand that their global payment activity is able to keep up with the pace of doing business.

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Katz,Sapper&Miller

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In the hustle and bustle of holiday activities, year-end business items can easily be forgotten. That’s why we’ve created a year-end checklist – to help you make the most of 2019 and keep your hospital as healthy as it can be.

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Hospitality 64

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Banks and credit unions are certainly not on their way out, even as they face more pressure from challenger banks, FinTechs and Big Tech in the coming decade. Consumers, after all, tend to trust their financial institutions (FIs) to safeguard their money – and the data about their money – and they remain largely satisfied doing business with them. But as a recent Google announcement demonstrated, FIs are engaging with technology players in new ways as together, they seek to create ecosystems tha

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Printing company Vistaprint left an online database containing customer interactions unencrypted, according to a report. A security researcher named Oliver Hough discovered the unprotected database on Nov. 5. He reached out to the company but didn’t hear back. After the report was published, the company quietly took down the database. Vistaprint is owned by Cimpress, a company based in the Netherlands.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Membership in the U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC) is growing with the addition of ACI Worldwide, as the electronic payments and banking solution provider announced this week. The company is joining the FPC to support U.S. initiatives of innovating in faster payments capabilities and promoting adoption of real-time payments. ACI Worldwide noted it already has a strong foothold in the real-time payments space, with integrations with 18 real-time domestic payment networks around the globe.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

This past year has been difficult for Chinese banks, and the country’s central bank, People’s Bank Of China, said that about 13 percent of the country’s financial institutions were considered “high risk,” according to Bloomberg. . People’s Bank Of China ran a report — its 2019 China Financial Stability Report, published on Monday (Nov. 25) — and found that about 586 banks and financial institutions were highly risky, and in need of some sort of change.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

MoneyGram has announced a partnership with Cambodian bank Wing on a digital wallet venture that will allow funds to be deposited directly into customers’ accounts. “With 80 percent of our online transactions being made on a mobile device, we are looking to provide even more options for our customers using our digital platforms,” said MoneyGram President and CEO Alex Holmes.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The First Deputy Governor of the central bank of France, Denis Beau, spoke in support of a blockchain-based settlement system that would allow for faster transfers of euros, as well as be more cost-efficient, according to a report by Yahoo! Finance. Beau wants to use distributed ledger technology (DLT), and France is considering a central bank digital currency (CBDC).

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Finance Technology 94

Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

MoneyGram has announced that it’s continuing its worldwide digital expansion with greater options for its overseas customers, especially in the Asia Pacific area and New Zealand. The MoneyGram website and MoneyGram Plus Rewards program is now available to the company’s Hong Kong customers, and users in New Zealand are now able to use the MoneyGram app to send money to friends and family. .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

GoExpedi , an eCommerce, supply chain and analytics startup, has raised $25 million in Series B funding led by Top Tier Capital Partners. CSL Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Bowery Capital, Blue Bear Capital and other current investors also participated in the round. GoExpedi provides more than 200,000 critical parts and supplies, offering complete transparency on price, supplier choice and availability.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Nike is offering 3 percent cash back to Apple Card users when a Nike product is purchased using Apple Pay , TechCrunch reported Monday (Nov. 25). The deal applies to all Nike products when purchases are made using the Apple Card through the Nike website, retail stores, Nike Training Club and more. Nike joins Uber/Uber Eats, Walgreens/Duane Reade, and T-Mobile stores in offering the top-tier cash back of 3 percent.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

After using their accounts to log into specific Android apps downloaded from the Google Play store, Twitter and Facebook noted that the personal information of hundreds of users might have been accessed improperly. The tech firms received a report from researchers who came across the oneAudience software development kit (SDK) that provided third-party developers with access to personal information, CNBC reported.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Make sure to bring more than your appetite when you dine out in the 2020s, especially at a quick-service restaurant (QSR). You might end up ordering or paying with your face via facial recognition technology. Payments are changing so rapidly that they can sometimes be hard to keep up, and that certainly holds true for QSRs. In a new PYMNTS interview, Andrew Robbins, co-founder and president at Paytronix Systems Inc., discussed the emerging payments coming to the QSR world, and what’s on tap for

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Internet scammers, by nature, are a resourceful lot. They poke and prod, looking for various weaknesses to be exploited on online platforms, in company emails (as in Business Email Compromise, or BEC), through text messages and even the old-fashioned phone call that induces a victim to hurry online and send some money. The scams? Well, they can be done from anywhere, affording the fraudster the luxury of plying his or her trade on the go, at all hours — and even, it seems, from prison.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In addressing the innovation gap that exists between credit unions and their larger financial institution (FI) brethren, credit unions (CUs) may be perceived to be at a disadvantage, at least when it comes to dollars. At first glance, that gap may seem insurmountable in the age of mobile banking , where technology is a vital component of financial services.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2019

The holiday season isn’t only about retail and payments. It’s about family and friends – and killing time with those relatives and pals. And that means this is the time of year for board games to shine. Yes, board games. On the cusp of 2020, board games remain relevant, and may even be enjoying a renaissance. As one recent report stated , board game sales in the U.S. grew by 28 percent in 2017, per the NPD Group, a market research company – and global sales increased to $9.6 billion in 2016 fro

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Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

More than half of the 3,114 counties in the U.S. lost bank branches between 2012 and 2017, with rural areas feeling the brunt of the closures, according to research from the Federal Reserve released on Monday (Nov. 25). . Rural communities with lower incomes or a higher percentage of minorities saw the most closures, losing 1,553 bank branches in 794 counties, a decline of 14 percent.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Former U.S. President Barack Obama is concerned about the impact technology can have on society. “’Big, disruptive’ information technologies can sometimes be ‘dangerous,’” Obama said during a talk with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. “People don’t know what’s true and what’s not, and what to believe,” he noted, adding that instead of uniting people, technology — like social media — is “splintering” them.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has revealed that it might look into using blockchain technology to streamline disaster insurance payouts, as well as speed up its response to disasters. “The Administrator should create a pilot blockchain-based land/property registry with critical information needed to file an insurance or disaster assistance claim.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

A recent SEC filing revealed that two companies were aggressively bidding to buy Fitbit. Although multiple firms met with the company to talk about an acquisition, it was only Google and a mystery firm that ultimately came through with serious bids, CNBC reported. The identity of the other firm was not revealed, but the report noted that UnitedHealthcare and Fitbit already had a Motion wellness partnership program, while Amazon has been aggressively looking into the health-tracking wearable

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Three billion credit and debit cards. More than 100 billion transactions, worth more than $11 trillion. That’s the payments volume running over Visa ’s global network, a network whose vast global expanse is a tempting playground for cyberthieves. Visa’s cybersecurity team, as Chief Information Security Officer Sunil Seshadri told Karen Webster, also logs as many as 8 billion security events every day — that’s billion with a “b.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Entertainment streaming giant Netflix has taken over the lease of the iconic New York City movie theater, The Paris, and plans to use it for movie screenings, events and releases, the company said Monday (Nov. 25). The theater closed in August. “After 71 years, the Paris Theatre has an enduring legacy, and remains the destination for a one-of-a-kind movie-going experience,” said Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer in a press release.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Citi is streamlining the cross-border collections process for its corporate treasury clients, the financial institution said Wednesday (Nov. 20). In an announcement , Citi revealed the launch of its Citi Global Connect platform, enabling corporates to accept B2B payments across borders with integrated FX capabilities. Citi noted traditional methods of cross-border accounts receivable are inefficient, involving multiple collections service providers with silos between invoicing, collection and r

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The wholesale car financing arm of JPMorgan Chase is putting together a plan to finance the creation of a blockchain-based automobile inventory system, The BlockCrypto reported on Friday (Nov. 22). The inventory system would digitize floor plan financing using the company’s patent-pending ledger-based floor planning methods. The plan also aims to bring greater efficiency to the commercial lending process.

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Speaker: Mark Stovel

When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2019

JPMorgan’ s wholesale car financing arm has filed a patent application to use blockchain to track the automobile inventory it finances for car dealers. The application describes a distributed ledger-based version of floorplan lending, a revolving line of credit that allows car dealers to borrow against their retail inventory. The bank wants to tie each car’s individual vehicle identity number (VIN) to a blockchain that can get rid of any inefficiencies when it comes to auditing a dealer’s invent

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), the supervisory arm of the Bank of England (BoE), has fined Citigroup a record-breaking $56.3 million for not completing accurate returns between 2014 and 2018, according to a report by Reuters. The regulator said the data it received from Citigroup was not acceptable, and the way the bank handled the reporting processes was not effective.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Nike announced that it is parting ways with Amazon and will no longer sell its products on the eCommerce marketplace, ending a pilot program that began in 2017, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Tuesday (Nov. 12). The sneaker and sports apparel company said it is going forge new retail partnerships and concentrate on its direct business. For many years, Nike opted out of an Amazon partnership due to concerns that it would weaken the brand.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

China’s Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial is drumming up $1 billion to fund startups in Southeast Asia and India, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Nov. 26) citing a source. Jack Ma’s FinTech firm has its eye on new companies in emerging markets that focus on payments and online financing, the source said, confirming a DealStreet Asia report. . At the Beijing 2019 Global Young Entrepreneurs Conference on Tuesday, Ji Gang, vice president of Ant Financial, told those in attendance that his company was

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