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Gift Cards A Taxing Problem? Not Necessarily Says Tango Card CCO

PYMNTS

And when it comes to rewarding employees with a holiday or other work anniversary reward, the last thing businesses need is to have their generosity become a tax headache. However, he added, the tax implications should not exceed the cost and purpose of the present. “We Awesome … My Fourth Water Bottle.

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Q1 2019: US credit card issuer snapshot

Accenture

Each quarter, Ryan Douglas from the Card Issuing group compiles key metrics on US consumer credit cards, tracking spend, receivables, loss rates and returns reported by the largest US banks. Loss rates increased slightly YoY, and issuer after-tax returns are strong for those that report. Key themes.

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Q2 2019: US credit card issuer snapshot

Accenture

Each quarter, Ryan Douglas from the Card Issuing group compiles key metrics on US consumer credit cards, tracking spend, receivables, loss rates and returns reported by the largest US banks. American Express and US Bank led all issuers in receivables growth with YoY increases of over 8.5 Key themes.

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Data Dive: The Uncertain Future Edition, MoviePass, Credit Cards And Seattle Taxes

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There’s been a feeding frenzy of negativity, but it’s not going to slow us down,” said Farnsworth in the interview. They’re trying to put us out of business,” he said. Credit Card’s Profit Squeeze. The balances on credit cards have grown at a fast pace — up 7 percent year over year in the early part of 2017. the CEO said.

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Things worth reading: 2nd July 2020

Chris Skinner

Things we’re reading today include … Société Générale acquiring challenger bank Shine Banking watchdog drops threat of inquiry into overdraft charges July 4th 2020: how a tax on playing cards and a thwarted tea shipment led to US Independence Day Wirecard administrator starts to dismantle defunct payments group Can BNP … The post (..)

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Hacker Tracker: The Evolving Threat Of Tax Fraud

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Earlier this year, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reported that there was a reduction in the number of fraudulent tax returns identified between 2013 and 2015. What’s Next In Tax Fraud. Cybercriminals aren’t always going to go after credit card information, because they don’t have to.

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The Clearing House On The Race for Real-Time Payments In The US

PYMNTS

These efforts include TCH’s efforts to connect financial institutions’ (FIs’) core banking systems to the company’s Real-Time Payments (RTP) network, along with what card networks and FinTechs are doing to enable real-time push payments to receiver bank accounts. The silver lining for us has been Jack Henry,” Waterhouse told Webster.

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