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After A Century, Barclays Steps Back From Africa Operations

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The decision to pare back operations in Africa — where the company will sell off much of its 62 percent ownership in publicly traded Barclays Africa — represents what The New York Times said was a step back from one of the key pillars of Barclays’ long-term strategy, right in lockstep with credit cards and investment banking.

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NYC Taxi Commission Accused Of $810 Million Fraud

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She’s alleging the city profited by that same amount selling medallions and by collecting a 5% tax on third-party transfers. A taxicab medallion is a numbered plate required to operate a yellow cab. The price of an individual taxi medallion sold at an auction skyrocketed 240 percent from 2004 to 2014, from $283,300 to $965,000.

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Ant Financial Posts Rare Quarterly Loss

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Ant Financial , the Chinese FinTech giant and an affiliate of Alibaba Group , posted an earnings pre-tax loss of 2.4 The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ), citing Ant, reported that the company had a pre-tax profit of 5.3 Ant operates Alipay, the digital payment service in a battle with Tencent ‘s WeChat Pay for dominance in China.

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Foreign Tax Compliance Reporting — FATCA vs. CRS

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You would think one system would be enough to manage foreign tax compliance. In 2010 the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) started to define the details of FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act). Two aspects are of interest: possible additional tax revenue from foreign accounts and additional information on the customers.

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Portfolio Management

Independent Banker

During my 20-plus years of dealing with community bankers, either as an investment strategist, sales rep or business-development manager, I have come to understand that certain buzz words fall on deaf ears. tax-equivalent yield, 2.) In all of 2014, it had simple price appreciation of 11.39 percent for 2014. They are 1.)

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Cultivate a better ag lending process: 7 best practices

Abrigo

Takeaway 3 Better ag lending workflows streamline document collection and management and increase credit analysis accuracy. . Whether the institution offers an ag operating loan, an ag real estate loan, or a loan for farm equipment, it can create a better ag lending process with these seven best practices: Provide a mobile experience.

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3 top tech trends for public accountants to watch in 2017

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The thing about databases is they’re siloed and they’re generally centralized, and they’re owned and managed by someone who has unilateral editorial rights. Asgeirsson noted that cloud computing has helped turn client accounting services into a high-margin, high-growth line of business for many firms. Register here.)

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