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Capital One Trains Virtual Assistant Eno To Be Proactive with New Tax Feature

Bank Innovation

Most virtual assistants are reactive, but Capital One is training its virtual assistant, Eno, to be proactive, according to Ken Dodelin, VP of conversational AI products at the bank. Most [virtual assistants] are chasing reactive customer questions,” Dodelin told Bank Innovation. “We

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France Agrees To Postpone Big Tech Tax After US Threatens Tariffs

PYMNTS

France will postpone payment requirements on its newly levied digital services tax aimed at large tech companies like Facebook and Google due to a dispute with the U.S. The payments were due in April, and Washington took issue with the tax, which it said is unfair and discriminatory toward the U.S. .

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ERC for Banks – Told You Are Not Eligible? Find Out

South State Correspondent

We work with well-known national CPA firms that specialize in working with banks specifically to claim their ERC tax rebate. Instead of just the revenue test, where most CPA firms focus, our approach targets the total or partial suspension of operations aspect of ERC eligibility. The average tax rebate is approximately $1.5

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UK Rail Operators Solving Problems, But Can They Make The Trains Run On Time?

PYMNTS

So goes the recent heated discourse on Go-Ahead , which owns Southern rail operator Govia Thameslink Railway and which has reported a 27 percent increase in profits, reaching £100 million. Ah, data on train performance, well, now we’re getting somewhere! Driver-only trains are already widespread in the U.K.,

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Brexit And Beyond: Crossing The International eCommerce Tax Rubicon

PYMNTS

But along the way, global digital sales also carry a host of regulatory hurdles when it comes to satisfying various tax regimes. When [eCommerce companies] can’t get through the language barrier, the outcome is large-scale tax evasion, whether through ignorance, or whether through deliberate actions across the world.”.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Apple, Google, Amazon Boost UK Fees To Cover New Digital Tax; Amazon Gets FAA’s OK For Drone Delivery 

PYMNTS

In addition, the legislation would make sellers pay a third of commissions to a dedicated training fund for technology specialists each quarter. The FAA’s role is to ensure that any [drone] operation is performed safely,” the FAA said in a statement to PYMNTS. Big Tech Updates Fees to Reflect UK Digital Services Tax.

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Investing in America: 7 Strategies and 7 Tactics That Can Drive Business

South State Correspondent

The breadth of these programs is massive and combines grants, tax credits, production incentives, tax relief, and private investment stimulus. This is all on top of the tax benefits, such as the Employee Retention Credits businesses still claim have yet to be dispersed.

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