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Hacker Tracker: The Evolving Threat Of Tax Fraud

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Earlier this year, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reported that there was a reduction in the number of fraudulent tax returns identified between 2013 and 2015. What’s Next In Tax Fraud. As of February, the number of mentions in 2017 so far was already over 40 percent of the 2016 total.

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Examining Bond Portfolio Trends: Second Quarter 2022

South State Correspondent

Longer-term yields trended higher too but were more range-bound believing the Fed would manage to quell the inflationary forces but also slow the economy as well. tax-free, 4.7% tax-free, 6.0% The graph below tracks average portfolio tax-equivalent book yield, duration, and unrealized gain/(loss) as a percent of book value.

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Guest Post: 2013 Economic Year in Review and Outlook by Banker Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Incidentally, your QE 1 to 3 programs ran for six years, accumulated three trillion dollars of securities, and pushed long term rates lower when your forward guidance could not do so. in the third quarter of 2013, but the strong growth numbers were the result of huge inventory building, to the tune of nearly $116 billion annualized.

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Fizzle Of The Week: The Cannabis Payments Conundrum

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states (and the District of Columbia) where marijuana has been legalized for sale in some capacity, it has thrown off a fairly large chunk of tax revenue in the last year. billion in taxes from legal cannabis companies last year, an amount of money that is undoubtedly a sizzle for the federal coffers.

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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

Abrigo

Relationship focus helps CFIs Small banks can leapfrog competitors and better serve their communities by combining their unique advantages with smart management and partnerships. Declining deposits, higher cost of funds, and ever-increasing competition are just a few challenges these executives are managing. The result?

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How Axis Bank Prevents Identity Fraud With Video-Based Onboarding

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The major cybersecurity issues that will continue to increase as digital becomes more prominent is fraudsters managing to get control of customers’ accounts,” he said. Social Security numbers. billion in losses in 2019, according to a recent study, although it has declined from $20 billion in 2013. Shetty explained.

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Deep Dive: Digital ID Developments From Around The World

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Even though biometrics offer notable security advantages, they do come with risks. The following Deep Dive examines the potential use cases for biometrics in national identification systems and the security pitfalls they could encounter. . A reported 3.6 billion people worldwide will carry digital IDs with embedded biometrics by 2021.

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