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DECEMBER 26, 2018

and China, local Chinese vendors operating in Yiwu International Trade City are upbeat about 2019. tariffs placed on Chinese exports and a crackdown on eCommerce platforms like Amazon by the European Union to stop online vendors from evading taxes, local Chinese merchants expect cross-border sales to grow.

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MAY 16, 2019

Death, taxes and data breaches – those are perhaps the only sure things in life, and new evidence is emerging that hackers are finding increasing profit in targeting online retailers. The news comes amid yet another online retail cyberattack, this one targeting Japan’s Fast Retailing, the company that owns the Uniqlo retail chain.

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Abrigo

MAY 22, 2024

Takeaway 2 Several small business lending processes can tax both borrowers and staff. trillion between 2019 and 2022. At the same time, 59% pursued credit to meet operating expenses. Online fintech lenders and merchant cash advance providers are also making up ground. The market surged to as high as $2.4

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JANUARY 28, 2020

As eBay seeks to right its ship with its search for new leadership, as well as new revenue from StubHub (and perhaps even the sale of its classifieds unit or other assets), the online marketplace operator reported an earnings slide for the fourth quarter of 2019. Tax Impact. 28) following the earnings release.

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Abrigo

APRIL 22, 2024

Takeaway 2 Several small business lending processes can tax both borrowers and staff. trillion between 2019 and 2022. At the same time, 59% pursued credit to meet operating expenses. Online fintech lenders and merchant cash advance providers are also making up ground. The market surged to as high as $2.4

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

With the holiday shopping season in full swing amid the global pandemic, online commerce is booming. Digital Black Friday sales this year hit $9 billion, a 22 percent increase from 2019 figures, according to recent Adobe research. The company now operates in the U.K., Small Business, Big Challenges. Europe, Canada, the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Intuit is known for making online tax filing service TurboTax, which is used by millions of people. Credit Karma offers a number of services including free access to one’s credit score and borrowing history, alerts to potential data breaches, and tax preparation and filing. Intuit is valued at around $77 billion.

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

percent from 2014-2019. Urban developers confront “competition with other uses such as retail, multi-family apartments, offices and mixed-use developments that generate higher taxes and higher rents,” Walaszek added. It’s not only a race for space when it comes to warehouse and logistical needs by eCommerce operators.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

American Eagle Outfitters concluded Q2 with $899 million in cash and short-term investments, marking a rise from $317 million in 2019, after generating $173 million in operating cash flow in Q2. Management noted at the time that online sales had surged 33 percent.

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

That means that on the brink of 2019, it remains uncertain whether the next year will look more like the best of times or the worst of times when it comes to providing consumers and small businesses (SMBs) with access to financial services — both in and outside the traditional bank-backed channels. The Two Faces Of Consumer Credit.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Dubious because the company operates and pays leases on 350 stores and on the flip side of the coin, it only generated 46 percent of its revenue from them. Fleeting because the company moved its anniversary sale from Q2 to Q3 this year and most of that business was online.

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

Italian consumers are embracing a new government program aimed at boosting retail sales while tamping down on tax evasion that allows buyers to receive a 10% refund on card payments made in stores. The program, which began on Dec. 8 and runs until the end of the year, allows shoppers to save up to 150 euros. The government plans to spend 4.75

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

Wayfair’s case enabled cities and states to pass economic nexus laws that require out-of-state sellers to collect and remit taxes on local residents’ sales, and it permitted these jurisdictions to implement marketplace facilitator laws necessitating that eCommerce platforms collect and remit taxes on third-party merchants’ sales. .

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The filing will allow the retailer to continue operating while it attempts to reorganize the business and return to profitability. It will continue operations in Mexico and Latin America, the article said. The company is struggling with online competition and changing clothing trends, like sustainable fashion and secondhand clothing.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

adult population — more than 38 million consumers — plan to bet on NFL football during the 2019 season, according to fresh figures from the American Gaming Association. More online gambling sites also apparently are becoming more “friendly” to cryptocurrencies, at least according to CoinRevolution early this month.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

A bit closer to home, 2019 marked a record year in the U.S. — More than 9,300 stores went dark, and among them were locations operated by marquee names, such as Sears , Party City and Payless. But online lending companies are seeing a surge in digital loans — up 19 percent year over year in 2019.

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MARCH 15, 2019

The publication pointed to Goldman Sachs as the latest FI giant to grow operations in Mexico, after it provided a $100 million credit facility to Credijusto, a FinTech startup that makes three-year loans to small businesses. “But they aren’t yet willing to take on that risk for the returns available.”

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Under the acquisition, Kaola will merge with Alibaba’s Tmall Global while still operating independently to create a massive cross-border eCommerce business. China’s cross-border eCommerce market hit $1 trillion in transactions in the first quarter of 2019, 36Kr reported. At the end of last year, Tmall Global held a 31.7

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The first quarter of fiscal year 2019 was a strong one for Intuit, which posted its earnings data Monday (Nov. “[The] Small Business and Self-Employed Group [SBGSEG] delivered another strong quarter, and we expect momentum to continue as we place an increased emphasis on online services to deliver greater value to our customers.”

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Apply the local sales tax and the new total is $48.07. will go to taxes, $8.29 Khosrowshahi wrote that if all 50 states had such laws in place, Uber would have contributed $655 million to such benefits funds in 2019. consumers living in large cities have shifted to ordering online from sit-down restaurants, and 16.3

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The news comes during a slowdown in the country, which has led the government to introduce tax cuts and various other measures to boost growth. Amazon is also reportedly planning to roll out a food delivery service in India, and is said to be working with Catamaran , having started hiring workers for the operation.

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AUGUST 3, 2020

Consumers have come to expect on-demand service when they watch movies, make online purchases or hail rides, for example, but this practice contrasts with how most employees are paid. Numerous economic, social and technological trends are rendering this system more outdated, however. On-demand pay appeals to gig workers for numerous reasons.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

More than 42 percent of consumers received at least one instant payment in 2019, but such disbursements have a way to go before they are as common as many would like. They may be less common in retail, especially as more purchases move online, but they are holding on as the disbursement methods of choice for businesses.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

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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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

For its three years in operation, Brandless generated no shortage of buzz with its concept of “private label for less” and the idea that the best brand is no brand at all. Facing a growing cash crunch — and trying to streamline its operation — Brandless laid off 13 percent of its staff last March.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

With government agencies working to combat tax evasion and fraud, eInvoice mandates mean a reduced risk of invoice fraud and greater visibility into trade and transactions. on the benefits of an eInvoicing mandate, noting that it would address the nation’s current tax challenges. On Monday (Aug.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

That’s especially important as businesses gain scale, as they expand reach into new geographic areas — and as they grapple with AP operations. In a release, Tipalti said earlier this month that it saw an increase of 250 percent in customer bookings in the first half of 2019 compared to the first half of 2018.

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JULY 23, 2018

subscribers can now organize payroll entirely online, with all federal, state and local payroll taxes automatically paid and filed. According to Gusto Chief Operations Officer Lexi Reese, “We first began our partnership with Xero five years ago and, since then, they have quickly become one of the most popular integrations on Gusto.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

By comparison, 2019 saw 9,200 stores closed as brands like Payless ShoeSource, Fred’s, Gymboree, Charlotte Russe, Family Dollar, Forever 21 , Charming Charlie, Sears, Kmart, A.C. Dark web drug sales were up 60 percent, hitting $601 million from January to March 2019, according to blockchain analysis firm and government advisor Chainalysis.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Today, 73% of all consumer interactions with financial institutions are done digitally , according to the 2019 FIS Performance Against Customer Expectations (PACE) report. You can’t ignore an entire group, said Jill Hudson, Vice President of Loan Operations at Vision Bank, another panelist at the ThinkBIG conference.

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Alex Jimenez

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

IBM Think 2019 Campus. As noted in a previous post, I attended IBM’s Think 2019 conference in San Francisco earlier this month. There were similar concerns about browser online banking. 37% of respondents don’t believe online banking is secure. The post Highlights of IBM Think 2019 appeared first on Alex Jimenez.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

The FinTech that sets its sights on Africa must grapple with the vagaries of 54 markets, 54 central banks, disparate tax and legal policies, and changing foreign exchange ( FX ) rates. This deal allows Emergent to extend operations of its digital payments operation, Emergent Payments, into 70 emerging markets.

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JUNE 21, 2019

The aim is to create “an online system where digital currency could be sent and received.” The bill authorizing the program, AB466 , gives an operational time frame for the program, running from Oct. 1, 2019 through June 30, 2023. 1, 2019 through June 30, 2023.

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JANUARY 1, 2021

You hear a lot about the new normal and stuff like that, but I really see it as banking at the speed of life,” said CarrieAnne Cormier , senior vice president of Retail Operations and Strategy at Avidia. As told by Citi and GE , the pandemic prompted a massive online shift as stores closed and consumers became wary about venturing out.

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APRIL 12, 2019

Robotics and automation were areas of focus for both retailers this week as they seek to upgrade their operations in an effort to capture more consumer spend. With the additions, Prime delivery is now online in 75 U.S. In 2019 Walmart plans to employ $11 billion in capital expenditures. told Adweek.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Efficiency in these essential lending and credit operations ensures a good customer experience, instills discipline for underwriting quality control, and helps meet institutional financial goals, according to O’Connell and others. Survey Methodology: Abrigo asked 15 questions in an online survey of Abrigo customers and non-customers from Nov.

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