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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

Big Tech Updates Fees to Reflect UK Digital Services Tax. Apple announced upcoming tax changes for apps and in-app purchases to include tax law changes in the U.K. digital services tax on to consumers in addition to an existing 20 percent value-added tax. customer charges to cover the new tax.

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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

Abrigo

Relationship focus helps CFIs Small banks can leapfrog competitors and better serve their communities by combining their unique advantages with smart management and partnerships. How can community financial institution leaders manage their challenges and seize their opportunities at the same time?

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Fintech Deals to Watch: Back to School

Gonzobanker

Plaid acquired ID verification and KYC/AML compliance platform Cognito Mitratech Holdings acquired compliance risk and vendor management solution Continuity Mitek acquired KYC onboarding and analysis solution HooYu Equifax acquired post-transaction fraud solution Midigator. Reg & Risk: Still Showing Up For Surprise Quizzes.

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Remembering 9/11 – A Pivotal Day for BSA/AML Professionals

Abrigo

BSA was intended to detect illicit activity through cash and monetary instruments to catch tax evaders using secret foreign bank accounts. The role of BSA staff was typical compliance and very task-oriented. See Part I: Implications for Community Financial Institutions. Stay up-to-date on the latest FinCEN Priorities.

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Growing your firm’s advisory services: Financial management

Abrigo

The transition from compliance to consulting makes sense: tax season is just that, a “season,” and nearly 60 percent of respondents to a Sageworks survey indicated they saw an increase in total revenue by adding financial services to their accounting practice.

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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. This region has the kind of energy that draws people to a place and helps them and their businesses thrive. That year, installations further south, in the region that includes Brownsville and Corpus Christi, supported an estimated 41,000 jobs and contributed about $4.6

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SMBs Remain Hot Spot For Open Banking Business Models

PYMNTS

In Norway, banking group Eika Group announced an investment in and collaboration with EedenBull in an effort to help traditional financial institutions in the region strengthen financial services to business clients. The company emphasized the opportunity open banking presents to promote automation for the SMB community.

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