PASBA
OCTOBER 31, 2019
According to a recent study by US Bank, poor cash flow management is the reason for business failure more than 80 percent of the time, and it’s especially common with small businesses. That means there’s a good chance your clients may feel desperate for help when they visit your accounting practice. This puts you in an excellent position to offer advice as well as add-on services.
MyIRSRelief
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
If you or your company are being audited by the Internal Revenue Service, this is when proper IRS tax audit representation can help. Unfortunately, too many people believe that such representation is either unnecessary or having their CPA is good enough. And while having a trained tax preparer, an accountant, or even a CPA is beneficial, that all changes when the IRS decides to conduct an audit.
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PYMNTS
OCTOBER 28, 2019
It’s what WeChat and Alipay already are in China, and what LINE is in Japan. Rappi follows suit in Latin America. It’s what Grab and Gojek are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to become in South Asia. It’s Facebook’s global ambition, with or without Libra and Calibra. It’s the path that Amazon, Google and Apple are blazing for its users, too.
Katz,Sapper&Miller
OCTOBER 31, 2019
In recognition of their significant impact on our clients, our people, and our communities, we are pleased to announce our seven newest directors. In addition to being driven and talented, these individuals provide innovative solutions and superior service to help their clients achieve their goals. In short, they exemplify KSM’s values.
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.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 28, 2019
With jewelry as one of the fastest-growing businesses in the luxury sector, Tiffany & Co. has received an offer from LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. The French firm sent the company’s officials a letter that reportedly outlined an all-cash, $120-per-share takeover bid that would value the firm at nearly $14.5 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 28, 2019
During the Middle Ages, payday was a yearly event wherein the local landlords and their peasant workers settled up for the previous year’s work and drew up terms for the next year. As industrialization displaced feudalism, pay cycles evolved to monthly. The modern era ushered in the notion of a weekly or bi-weekly pay cycle, which remains the norm for most U.S. workers today.
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PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
If Q3 2019 quick-service restaurant (QSR) earnings are any indication, restaurants’ rush to digital and mobile ordering is benefiting many — but not all — restaurants. What’s the latest news in the quick-service world? Dunkin’ just announced the addition of on-the-go mobile guest ordering. The new feature allows any customer — not just Perks members — to place a mobile order via the Dunkin’ app.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 28, 2019
Cross-border payments firm Western Union has rolled out full application programming interface (API) access to domestic and global payment applications, the company said in a press release on Monday (Oct. 28). This new set of APIs offers users a way to “integrate their financial institutions, accounting and enterprise resource planning ( ERP ) systems and their account on GlobalPay,” according to the release.
Katz,Sapper&Miller
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Katz, Sapper & Miller’s Josh Malarsky and Katie Culp will speak at the Indiana Apartment Association’s 2019 Multifamily Industry Summit. Taking place Nov. 19 in Indianapolis, the annual summit is a can’t-miss opportunity for multi-family real estate executives, developers, regional level staff, and management to hear about trends and developments in the marketplace from local and national experts.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 28, 2019
During the Middle Ages, payday was a yearly event wherein the local landlords and their peasant workers settled up for the previous year’s work and drew up terms for the next year. As industrialization displaced feudalism, pay cycles evolved to monthly. The modern era ushered in the notion of a weekly or bi-weekly pay cycle, which remains the norm for most U.S. workers today.
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.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 30, 2019
The artificial intelligence-based accounts payable company Stampli has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round, the company announced Wednesday (Oct. 30). The round was led by SignalFire, and Hillsven Capital, Bloomberg Beta and NextWorld Capital participated in the round. So far, the company has raised $32 million. The money will be used for expansion and the creation of new products.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Payments company Square has announced the completion of a deal to sell food delivery service Caviar to rival delivery company DoorDash, according to a release. The sale was completed on Thursday (Oct. 31), for a combination of DoorDash stock and cash worth $410 million. Square will include Caviar in its financial results through the month of October, but not after the sale.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 28, 2019
The drive to become a “borderless business” has its challenges. Many of them are technical in nature, as firms — especially FinTech firms and traditional financial institutions (FIs) that want to bring digital payments to new markets — must navigate new relationships with multiple payment processors on a market-by-market basis to gain that acceptance.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your blockchains. Marx makes his mark, then, in the digital age. News came this week that, as reported via CoinDesk, in China there’s a new app, tied to blockchain, that lets Communist party members attest their party loyalty. In a decentralized and immutable fashion, of course. The Communist Party of China (CPC) debuted the app, which the report said translates to “Original Intentions Onchain.
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Join us in this webinar, where we share best practices on how to think about the reconciliation work each month, when best to do reconciliations, how they should be prepared, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 31, 2019
iPhone growth continues to look sluggish, but Apple’s earnings report was a mostly story about growth once one got away from the figures on the firm’s flagship product. Particular areas of strength were Apple wearables and the services business line. On the whole, Q4 was a strong enough showing that investors were satisfied and Apple stock price was up slightly in after-hours trading.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Seven years ago, when Visa first started working on bringing contactless payments to London’s Mass Transit system, the landscape for tap and go cards looked very different. The technology, Visa’s Global Head of Urban Mobility Nick Mackie told Karen Webster in a recent conversation, was still in its most nascent stages of deployment — outside of Europe the contactless cards essentially didn’t exist, and within Europe 1 out of every 400 payments in Europe made via contactless.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Google has reached a definitive agreement to acquire wearables brand Fitbit, Google said in a press release on Friday (Nov. 1). Google is paying $7.35 per share in cash for Fitbit, valuing the company at about $2.1 billion, various news outlets reported. “Over the years, Google has made progress with partners in this space with Wear OS and Google Fit, but we see an opportunity to invest even more in Wear OS as well as introduce Made by Google wearable devices into the market,” Google’s Senior Vi
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
While money cannot buy love, it can be a relatively good measure of love in some cases — particularly when looking at consumer spending. When vast sums are being expended in an area, odds are usually good that represents something someone loves — or minimally, something they feel incredibly strongly about. And by this measure, Americans love their pets.
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
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
More consumers want faster disbursements through digital channels for more complex financial transactions, and they want that functionality available now. Merchants and disbursements providers need to innovate quickly to stand up against their competitors, many of which are smaller FinTechs or startups that can capitalize on the host of customers that near-exclusively transact and receive money through digital and mobile devices.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 31, 2019
A new survey from J.D. Power suggests small businesses have begun to embrace mobile banking and are satisfied with the service. Released on Thursday (Oct. 31), the J.D. Power 2019 U.S. Small Business Banking Satisfaction Survey found an 8 percent year-over-year increase in the percentage of small businesses that use their bank’s mobile banking app (61 percent in 2019, compared to 53 percent in 2018).
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 29, 2019
The self-driving future is not exactly here yet, but it’s coming quickly, at least based on some of the most recent moves in this space – a space that will impact payments and commerce much more as time goes on. The latest news comes from Waymo, a Google sibling owned by Alphabet. According to a report from Reuters , Waymo has “begun offering fully automated rides, without attendants in the vehicle, to a few hundred early users of its robotaxi service in Phoenix.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Worlds are colliding when it comes to payments and commerce. One of the most recent examples of that movement comes from Walmart , the venerable retail chain locked in mortal combat with Amazon, and Green Dot, the 20-year-old payment services provider that has managed to not only survive in a cutthroat industry, but innovate and thrive. The two companies already have a payments partnership, one that involves Walmart MoneyCard program and which launched in 2006.
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The first Market Momentum Index: AI and Unstructured Data Management, conducted by Deep Analysis with support from AIIM and M-Files, surveyed 500 enterprises across various industries to assess their readiness to employ AI. The results reveal that AI is already far more embedded into organizations' operations than previously realized. These findings and more insights have been brought to you in the "Market Momentum Index: AI and Unstructured Data Management.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 28, 2019
Mastercard is expanding its offering to small business cardholders in collaboration with Microsoft. In an announcement on Monday (Oct. 28), Mastercard said its small business cardholders will now gain access to a range of Mastercard enterprise solutions. For users of Mastercard Business and Mastercard Business World Elite products, Mastercard will connect U.S. small business clients to Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Advertising. “We’re committed to delivering a solid foundation of benef
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 29, 2019
A decade ago, an antiques dealer with a shop in Kenya couldn’t have imagined selling to customers in the U.K., or anywhere outside the confines of the domestic market in which their shop was located. Now, with the tap of a keyboard or click of an app, selling to customers outside one’s domestic market is not only possible, but has become vital for the antique shops, jewelry makers, artists and millions of small businesses (SMBs) in developing and emerging economies that see the world as th
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 27, 2019
China’s congress has passed a cryptography law to promote crypto development and ensure sound cybersecurity, according to a report from Xinhuanet , China’s news agency, on Saturday (Oct. 26). . The law will regulate the use of cryptography, facilitate the cryptography business and establish cybersecurity, according to the NPC Constitution and Law Committee , the news agency reported.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
For retailers new to self-checkout (SCO) or those that have used it for years, there’s a gold mine in the most basic SCO data that includes whether consumers are paying by card or cash, the basket size and how lines build up at the register or at the kiosk. Data tells a tale, in other words. But no two stores are exactly alike, and automating the retail experience comes as a balancing act between examining the data and observing what’s happening in the field (OK, the checkout line) in real time.
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.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 31, 2019
In the flurry of payments innovation, it can be difficult to remember that legacy tools remain commonplace, especially in corporate payments. Take the lockbox, for example. It’s a service designed around the ubiquity of the paper check, and with checks still a popular payment tool in B2B transactions, lockbox services remain in high-demand. One of their biggest benefits for users is not only its ability to offer a secure location in which to receive paper checks; the lockbox is also critical to
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
If one were looking for a simple phrase to describe the theme of Western Union’s Q3 earnings report on Thursday (Oct. 31), “pleasant surprises” would probably be the way to go. Western Union (WU) reported adjusted quarterly earnings of $0.49 per share, beating the Zacks consensus estimate of $0.47 per share. The beat represents WU’s first in four quarters.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 28, 2019
Sorry, Halloween — you offer so much fun and so much decadence. But these days, at least when it comes to payments and commerce, you are becoming just a stepping stone to the holiday shopping season. And as that all-important season approaches — have you seen your first Christmas-themed commercial yet? Merchants of all types are racing to gain an edge so they can increase sales and perhaps breathe easier for a little bit come January.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 27, 2019
Mobile payments startup Stripe announced its official launch in Mexico, the second-largest economy in Latin America. While retail eCommerce is expected to grow in Mexico by 35 percent this year, the internet only represents around two percent of the country’s GDP. “For internet businesses, accepting payments and moving money is still too complicated, cumbersome and slow,” John Collison, co-founder and president of Stripe, said in a press release.
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