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German Merchants Call For Gov’t Assistance; Banks In Europe Accept $130B To Lessen Financial Stress

PYMNTS

As shops shuttered to curb the coronavirus’ spread, the HDE retail association of Germany asked for the government to provide tax relief and state aid as soon as possible to prevent companies from going out of business, Reuters reported. Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus around the world. billion) weekly or 1.15 billion) daily.

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London’s Dirty Little (Money Laundering) Secret

PYMNTS

office were facilitating tax evasion and money laundering. office in London, revealed that back in 2008 secretive techniques and services were being offered to clients that would allow them to conceal assets. A former employee at Swiss bank BSI, who worked at the bank’s U.K. But as the FT’s reports showed, U.K.

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Time Tried, Panic Tested. The Forgotten Story of the First National Bank of Keystone

Jeff For Banks

The bank, First National Bank of Keystone, was $1.1 billion in assets, had 87 full-time equivalent employees, and accounted for two-thirds of the town's tax revenue. And so went the birth of First National Bank of Keystone's meteoric rise. Cherry died in 2008 while still in jail. Clearly, blue-suit regulators stood out.

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Where People Spent Stimulus Payments – And Where They Didn’t

PYMNTS

A recent report by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) finds that recipients of the initial $2.2 In one example, with the 2001 tax rebates, households spent roughly 20 percent to 40 percent of those funds in the first quarter after receiving them, with two-thirds spent over the first six months.

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The Gig Economy Gets Its Props

PYMNTS

It may sound like 2008 all over again, but this is different. Seamless, self-service processes to bring on new gig workers — including capturing tax and payment details — is mission-critical in terms of payment processing,” Tipalti’s Todd McGuire told PYMNTS. Payments have to be more frequent.”. Platforms and Partners .

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Bank Customers Lose Real Money

Jeff For Banks

Then, boom, the 2008 financial crisis. Heck, maybe there'll be a reassessment and your real estate taxes will go down. Taxes go down? And ignores politician's calls to continue to print money to keep bond yields low so they can keep swiping the national credit card. Your money grew. I made a funny.

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update - First Quarter 2024

Jeff For Banks

Our lives changed forever from this whole experience of the government’s declaration of a national emergency, leading to forced shutdowns of businesses and schools, mandated mask wearing, forcing 6-foot distances between people, travel restrictions, fear mongering with case and death counts, and forced vaccines/boosters. Real GDP was +3.2%

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