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SMB Tax Complexity Preserves Role For The Human Accountant

PYMNTS

has brought on a slew of changes in the small business community, and uncertainty persists even for professionals. Last year, the Supreme Court’s ruling in South Dakota vs. Wayfair Inc. Tackling Tax. Tax reform in the U.S. ” However, it’s not just tax reform tripping up the small business accounting space.

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From Farce to Menace

Independent Banker

It’s yet another disturbing proposal from the National Credit Union Administration to bureaucratically finagle its way around Congress and federal law. By Camden R. Fine, President and CEO of ICBA. So here we go again. Basically, all air-breathing mammals in the United States would qualify to be credit union members.

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Meta Financial gains national lending platform with Crestmark deal

Payments Source

The payments company will pay $321 million for Crestmark Bank, a commercial lender that focuses on asset-based lending, equipment finance and government-guaranteed loans.

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2019 Edition

Jeff For Banks

billion in assets community bank with 22 branches that encircle the Seattle Sound. Founded in 1980, Plumas Bank is a full-service community bank headquartered in Quincy in Northeastern California. is the parent company of First Harrison Bank, a community bank headquartered in Corydon, Indiana. (NASDAQ: FSBW) FS Bancorp, Inc.

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Coronavirus surge in Upper Midwest has bankers on edge

American Banker

The region now leads the nation in virus cases, and with winter lurking the fear is that the outbreak will only get worse.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C.

Lending 101
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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

CB Insights

In 2017, the National Restaurant Association reported annual sales of $799B — close to 48% of the total amount that Americans spent on food. The kombucha taproom: Cultured South (Georgia). Community initiatives: Loom (Massachusetts). Rest stops became iconic American landmarks that dotted the nation’s major highway routes.