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Death And Taxes: One Is Becoming Much More Digital

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After the holiday season comes tax season — everyone’s favorite time — but at least the payment of taxes, along with the tax refund process, promises to become even more digital this year. And digital payers are striving to win more business from tax filers this year. That’s up from about 59 percent in 2008. “As

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Commercial Real Estate or Business Lending: Which Is Better?

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The much sought after "operating account." The charts below show the pre-tax profits as a percent of the total product portfolio during different rate scenarios compared to the Fed Funds Rate. So the answer, from a straight pre-tax profit perspective, is commercial real estate in more recent times and a rising rate environment.

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Priority Technology Moves Beyond SMB Payments With Company.com Partnership

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The partnership is designed to help Priority Technology extend its services portfolio beyond payments to include marketing, email, tech support and tax services to their 190,000 businesses. Company.com was launched in 2008 to offer businesses a one-stop solution to find trustworthy, vetted resources.

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Agricultural Industry Goes Tech With OnPay, Xero Partnership

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The Magnify software gives farms and ranches a real-time view of their overall operations — helping them improve profitability and their decision-making processes. . It’s our mission to make payroll easy for every small business,” said Mark McKee, president and chief operating officer of OnPay, in a statement. analyzed by Reuters.

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Eyeing IPO, Airbnb Asserts Back-To-Back Profitability

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Airbnb measures profits through earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA). The online marketplace and hospitality company, which began in 2008, said it will hit 500 million guests by the end of Q1. 15) that it’s been profitable for two straight years, according to CNBC.

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Intuit Selects Its New CFO

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23) that Michelle Clatterbuck, current senior vice president of finance for Intuit’s consumer tax group, and current acting finance leader for Intuit’s small business group, will assume the role of Intuit CFO starting Feb. She succeeds Neil Williams, who has held the position since January 2008.

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Deep Dive: How FinTechs, FIs Can Arm Up Against Fraud

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Financial services providers that slack on regulatory compliance and fail to safeguard their operations against money laundering, terrorist financing and other criminal activities may face damaged reputations and significant fines. A report found that the U.S. imposed a full $23.52 billion and the Middle East levied $9.5 million. .

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