PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

Anxieties that automation will replace humans have waned in the accounting sector, as industry players begin to realize that technology can actually help accountants play a more important role for their small business (SMB) customers as advisors and guides, rather than replacing their roles outright. Tackling Tax.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

One of the largest challenges for procurement chiefs today, according to Sovos VP of Strategy Christiaan Van Der Valk, is tax compliance, and it can easily trip up organizations as regulations become more complex — and as regulators’ strategies to ensure tax compliance become more sophisticated.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

As the saying goes, nothing in life is certain but death and taxes. To be certain of taxes, will blockchain seal the deal? Last week, Thailand’s Revenue Department was reported to be bringing blockchain projects into the fold to track tax payments, aided by machine learning.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Progress Bank , which serves companies in Alabama and the Florida panhandle, has rolled out Sensibill ’s online receipt management offering, with the aim of conserving time, increasing efficiencies and offering a better digital experience for clients, according to a Thursday (Nov. 12) announcement.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

Electronic payments company ACI Worldwide is integrating its technologies with SPAN Enterprises , a tax filing technology provider, to power tax payments for the fleet industry. A press release issued Thursday (Aug. A press release issued Thursday (Aug. ”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

The latest Workforce Spend Playbook examines how an increasingly younger workforce is changing employees’ and employers’ approaches to payment and expense spending, as well as the ways manual spending tools could hurt both during tax season and in spend reporting. Why Deft Spend Management Is Crucial To Successful Event Planning.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

Accounting, consultancy and technology firm Crowe is rolling out a new solution designed for hospitals to automate daily bank reconciliation processes and manage cash flow, the company said in a recent announcement. The financial services sector is promoting innovation in the area of healthcare financial management.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Albania has announced it will implement a new online billing system to prevent businesses from circumventing tax payments and to boost revenue in the country, according to a report by Reuters. When Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government came into power, it ran a campaign asking companies to register and issue receipts. “The

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

We have a deep dive into spend management in addition to news involving the Sprint and T-Mobile merger, as well as data on state tax laws. . The decision comes after a lawsuit filed against the company by COTECH SA. Behind Sysco’s Spend Management Switch To Cards. 12 Ways Consumers Will Pay (And Be Paid) In 2020.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

Here’s the latest news from the technology industry, which is coming under increasing global scrutiny from governments around the world. US Trade Representative: India, Italy, Turkey Digital Taxes Discriminates Against US Firms. US Trade Representative Halts Plan To Tax $1.3 The USTR is suspending an initiative to tax $1.3

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

Here’s the latest news from the technology industry, which is coming under increasing global scrutiny from governments and consumers. . Amazon Plans to Raise Fees for Companies in Wake of New Digital Tax in Spain . Google Makes Deal to Pay Media Companies for Content in France.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2018

Filing taxes is hardly a walk in the park. Fortunately, online tax filing solutions have helped cut through the mounds of paperwork that go into preparation and filing — and consumers seem to be rejoicing. The average federal tax refund is $2,960 — $3,091 for direct deposit filers — as of March 2018.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

As commerce has, increasingly, moved into the digital realm, and even the smallest merchants have gone omnichannel, tax policy has evolved as well — although perhaps it may be more apt to say tax policy has scrambled to keep up. Thus far, a bit more than a year after the ruling, tax policy remains fragmented.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Morgan Asset Management has announced that it has agreed to acquire FinTech 55ip , which works to help financial advisors deliver tax-smart investment strategies, according to a press release. The release stated 55ip will still operate as its own separate company, but it will have the "full support" of J.P.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

TurboTax , the online tax preparation service, has said it is launching a free stimulus registration system to help people who don’t need to file a tax return. Approximately 10 million people in the country don’t have to file taxes, and roughly 80 percent can receive a stimulus check. . Arvind Krishna Takes Over As IBM CEO.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

When it comes to solutions, the latest Workforce Spend Playbook , a collaboration between PYMNTS and Bento for Business , is a compilation of the best spend management approaches currently available. Weddings and events are another sector experimenting with card-based spend management efforts. Tax Time, and Time as a Commodity.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 21, 2023

ERC gave eligible businesses a refundable tax credit of up to 50% of $10,000 for qualified wages paid per employee. The ERC Assist Program SouthState has partnered with SmartBiz, a fintech company, and several known CPAs and ERC processors to assist banks in processing ERC payments for their small business customers. In 2020, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In addition, the legislation would make sellers pay a third of commissions to a dedicated training fund for technology specialists each quarter. The proposal comes at a time when Google and Apple’s right to charge commissions and make a sizable portion of sales has come under fire worldwide by companies that develop apps, such as Epic Games.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

Expense management technology is now a saturated market, particularly for the small business space – which is notoriously difficult to serve, because they are too small for large, enterprise-grade solutions, but too large for consumer-specialized tools.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Some firms have better adjusted to new digital tendencies than others, especially when it comes to keeping track of B2B payments and spend management. Many of the tools that have traditionally been used to track payments and manage spending have now fallen out of step with what businesses currently need in today’s digital environment.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

India’s YES BANK is tapping into tax data to expand small business (SMB) lending. Reports in MENAFN on Friday (April 13) said the company plans to offer loans to micro, small and medium-sized businesses based on their Goods and Services Tax (GST) returns. Singapore, Germany and Hong Kong.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2018

Marry tech and talent, then risk management can pay dividends, notes an upcoming PYMNTS webinar. However, for many financial services firms, RegTech’s (Regulatory Technology) potential is limited by any number of causes. Among those factors: the cultural hallmarks of the organizations adopting such technologies.

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Risk Management Strategy Management Compliance 167

PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

Middle market companies need help navigating the complexities of accounts payable management, especially when it comes to cross-border, cross-currency payments. During that timeframe, Tipalti ’s FX services revenue increased 103 percent, driven in part by the company’s Multi-FX product launch.

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Management Payments Taxes Software 127

Accenture

APRIL 21, 2017

A recent Accenture roundtable discussion concluded that European banks have the opportunity to develop innovative transaction banking offerings using virtual accounts, such as virtual cash management, to address changing market needs and create new business models.

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Management Innovation Taxes Marketing 200

PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2019

International Business Machines Corp (IBM) and blockchain consultancy Chainyard have announced a new blockchain network for supply chain management designed to improve supplier validation, onboarding and life cycle information management, IBM said in a press release on Aug. 5 (Monday).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2021

Cygnet Infotech promotes FACE as a product that handles not only conventional accounting processes, but also provides specialized handling of challenges around goods and services taxes. The new version supports accounting for multiple companies working in multiple currencies, among other aspects, the report stated.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2018

Invoice financing and payroll funding solutions company Vindeo will white-label Tipalti’s AP automation solution for its clients; Vindeo already works with Tipalti as a lender for its early payments solution, which allows businesses to capture discounts by paying suppliers early.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2019

According to a new lawsuit, though, one company allegedly found a way around that. According to the lawsuit, Eaze allegedly got around that problem by processing payments thru a series of off-shore shell companies. Skillfully created and placed shell companies, of course, can greatly complicate such matters. The good news?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2018

Microsoft and human resources management company ADP are partnering for a holistic business management solution that combines financial and human capital data analytics, the companies recently announced. According to the latest data from ADP released last month, the U.S.

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Management Data Resources Taxes 124

PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

WeChat , an online messaging service operated by Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent, is looking to enhance its ability to facilitate employee expense reimbursements, and reports said the firm is exploring blockchain as part of the effort. CoinDesk reported Friday (Aug.

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blockchain Management Taxes Tools 102

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The compliance burden of a legal marijuana business having to manage regulations that vary by state, and between the state and federal level, has created a banking conundrum for a market forced to rely heavily on cash. You need to watch every transaction.”. The Compliance Burden Proliferates. Leapfrogging to Digitization.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Alfa-Bank and Novolipetsk Steel Company (NLMK), along with Commerzbank, Germany, and Vesuvius GmbH, Germany, have launched a pilot project of cross-border payments via Marco Polo. We launched our first distributed ledger technology in trade finance as early as 2017.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Technology has the power to help a business rise up from the competition. From spend data analytics to cybersecurity detection, innovative tools in FinTech enable companies to gain visibility into the performance of their business. Small businesses, too, have an appetite for technology. 78% of U.S. 78% of U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Technology may be enabling automation in small business (SMB) accounting and financial management, but rather than cutting out the need for human accountants in the field, this tech disruption is supporting a change in the profession. Recently, several technology firms have done just that.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2017

As TechCrunch put it in its Tuesday (May 2) report, expense management for the self-employed “sucks.”. A new tool from QuickBooks Self-Employed is hoping machine learning technology can help with that. Its current abilities are about 90 percent accurate, reports said, and is already a feature integrated in its QuickBooks app.

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Management Training Taxes Report 112

PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

The approach to financial services for consumers and businesses is quite vast, but across the spectrum, access to and management of financial data is a critical component. Finicity , a company built for financial data aggregation, is jumping into the conversation. But these agreements also tend to inflame the debate over data privacy.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

Small business accounting and cash management took home the gold this week, with two startups raising a collective $93 million in funding. FreshBooks CEO Mike McDerment spoke with PYMNTS to announce the $43 million in new venture capital for his SME accounting company. Expense Management. Canada and India. Trade Finance.

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