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EU And Tech Firm Taxes Dominate Regulatory Landscape

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Tax season, indeed. The regulatory landscape was dotted with news out of Europe centered on the way that tech firms do business — and how they’re taxed. As for taxes , tech behemoths under scrutiny across a separate proposal might face taxation on digital activities of as much as 3 percent of turnover. Separately, Sen.

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The 2018 GonzoBanker Awards

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GonzoBankers, 2018 has been a troublesome year. We’ve simultaneously disdained and feared the fintechs, artificial intelligence and blockchain consortia. about the best and worst in banking for 2018 and get fired up to start again in ’19. Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you the 2018 GonzoBanker Awards ! Let’s think.

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Digital Payments Startup GPay Awarded Vietnam License

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The State Bank of Vietnam granted FinTech startup GPay a 10-year license to provide intermediary payment services in the country — electronic payment portals, payment services, digital money transfer services and eWallet services. In 2019, Payme, FinViet, EPay, PayTech, Dibee and Smart Net were granted licenses from Vietnam’s central bank.

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Acquire or Be Acquired 2018: Breaks, Bulls and Business Models

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Nothing seems to put a bounce in a banker’s step more than a tax break and regulatory relief, and this bountiful energy was radiating at Bank Director’s annual “mecca” for bank M&A in Phoenix last week – Acquire or be Acquired. For those in the know – simply AOBA. The chatter at AOBA centered on three important topics: #1: The Breaks.

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The Biggest Banking, Regulatory Challenges For Today’s Entrepreneur

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and finance experts are celebrating with new data on the state of the entrepreneurial community. Fifty-four percent of small business owners say they are optimistic about the national economy , found Bank of America’s 2018 Business Advantage Small Business Owner Report. National Small Business Week is this week in the U.S.,

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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

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In this world, the only things certain are death and taxes. According to a Crunchbase article published in February of 2018, investments in blockchain and blockchain-related startups (excluding initial coin offerings, or ICOs) were already 40 percent of what they were in 2017. billion in 2018 growing to $1.1 Benjamin Franklin.

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Is Small Business Lending Facing a ‘Moment of Reckoning?’

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article , former Small Business Administration administrator Karen Mills said community banks with strong small business customer bases that don’t find new ways to serve them digitally are going to face a “reckoning.” billion to small businesses in 2018, up nearly 36% over 2017 and double that of 2016. In a recent American Banker.

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