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New Tariffs On Clothes, Shoes To Hit Consumers In The Wallet

PYMNTS

A recent survey by the University of Michigan showed a drop in consumer confidence in August to its lowest level since Trump was elected. But Chinese’s official Xinhua news agency hit back: “The United States should learn how to behave like a responsible global power and stop acting as a ‘school bully.’

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Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Adjusting To The New Normal

PYMNTS

Well, as is the case with most things we report on these days, it’s more a work in progress than anything as both retailers are working to separate out what goods count as “essential,” finding the best ways to get them into customers’ hands and figuring out how to manage a world that switched from multichannel to digital in only a matter of weeks.

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Cyber Risk Measurement: How to Measure a Moving Target

FICO

Mingyan Liu , Professor and Incoming Chair of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Michigan and founder of QuadMetrics. There’s a lot of work being done by insurers and re-insurers on how to understand the common characteristics, dependencies and impact later on,” he concluded.

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The Hybrid Workplace is One Huge Work-In-Process for Banks

Gonzobanker

One is how to better coordinate when the team is in the office so the value of in-person work can be realized. In a survey conducted by Executive Networks of 1,300 HR leaders, business leaders, knowledge workers and frontline workers, only 28% of knowledge workers said their company was making returning to the office “commute-worthy.”

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Fifth Third Taps Accion To Reach More SME Borrowers

PYMNTS

Reports late last week said the bank will work with SME lending portal Accion, a nonprofit company, to facilitate the financing of these companies across five states: Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio.

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Beyond efficiency: Using technology to ramp up a valuation business

Abrigo

These firms, according to the Wolters Kluwer 2014 Accounting Firm Preparedness Survey , “view technology as a utility, a mechanism for greater day-to-day efficiency,” and they quantify the investment returns mostly in terms of “back-office” benefits, such as improved productivity and work quality. But other firms view technology as much more.

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Cyber Risk: Businesses Show “Irrational Exuberance”

FICO

As a result, cyber insurers and the corporate customers they serve are in a quandary as to how to quantify, price and manage the risks and cost associated with data breaches, internal threats and a wide range of other cyber vulnerabilities. If you’re not already, follow me on Twitter @dougoclare.