PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2019

Gobal investment firm KKR is acquiring a majority in German payments group Heidelpay for more than 600 million euros ($668 million), according to the Financial Times. Heidelpay Group and its majority stakeholder AnaCap Financial Partners reached an agreement on the terms of the investment from KKR, making KKR the new majority shareholder.

Payments 136

Payments Groups Taxes Regional 136

PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

has hiked the normal commercial property tax rate on vacant property from between $1.65 On March 3, San Francisco voters approved Proposition D , a property tax aimed at filling vacancies. Backers of the tax position it as a solution to the increasing amount of empty retail space in the city. and San Francisco. Starting Jan.

Retail 135

Retail Arlington San Francisco Milwaukee 135

PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

But a new eCommerce platform coming out of the Alibaba Group in Southeast Asia is bringing a unique business model to malls in that region, one that could provide a blueprint for struggling U.S. In Indonesia, more than 100 tenants of three malls by developer Pakuwon Group are going live on Lazada.”. shopping destinations.

Groups 153

Groups Branding Retail Taxes 153

PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2020

Writing in NJ Biz, Linfante points to the mall anchors and other tenants that have already closed, expressed financial concerns or filed for bankruptcy that will lead to significant challenges will be faced by regional malls. The existential threat facing regional malls is the instability of anchor department stores.

NJ 132

NJ New Jersey Illinois Retail 132

Abrigo

JULY 15, 2015

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. Loans for small businesses are another avenue that you can advise clients to use.

Management 150

Management Resources Capital Taxes 150

PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2019

Nordea, the biggest bank in the Nordic region, is being accused of handling millions of dollars in suspicious transactions for several years. Yle is part of a group of media companies that joined forces to look into money laundering in the Baltics tied to Russia.

Virgin Islands 116

Virgin Islands Taxes Regulation Regional 116

PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2018

He cited “Zug’s high quality of life, openness, pro-business mindset and favorable tax structure” as factors that make the city attractive to people from around the world. The group seeks to connect segments of the crypto ecosystem from startups, investors, tech companies, academia, legal firms, legislators and established enterprises.)

blockchain 104

blockchain Taxes Regional New York 104

Abrigo

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

How many times have you had to refer a client out to another financial services firm because your firm is too busy putting out fires with tax and audit work to provide business analytics or other advisory services ? At the same time, owners obviously have unmet needs related to growing their companies.

Taxes 191

Taxes Survey Technology Comparison 191

PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2019

By way of example, during the quarter, the tech giant sold its mortgage servicing business to Mr. Cooper Group. CFO James Kavanaugh pointed to the Asia Pacific (AP) region, which saw revenue deceleration. Systems sales slipped 11 percent as mainframe and other hardware demand slid, and demand seemed soft in emerging markets.

blockchain 100

blockchain System Taxes Software 100

PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2016

The firm, according to the Canadian press, has hired Alexandra Dagg to help get ahead of efforts in various locations in Canada to tax and restrict hosting services in general. The taxes would be levied across hotel and provincial sales taxes, and would be an effort to keep housing markets from becoming overheated. Down round?

Tennessee 100

Tennessee Taxes Regulation Regional 100

Abrigo

JANUARY 19, 2016

Politicians and pundits debating these days how candidates can win will often discuss the importance of “playing to the base,” that core group of supporters who will be loyal voters and will evangelize for the candidate. Efficiency of scale also motivates some valuation professionals to win new business.

Taxes 150

Taxes Regional Compliance Survey 150

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Beyond that, though, using the IRS rate can lead to unnecessary expenses, including tax-related ones, for employers. Lackey offered an example of how that approach can save money, via a case study of an unnamed California retailer with 9,000 employees and a group of “high-mileage regional managers.” Different Programs.

Taxes 128

Taxes San Francisco New York City Case Study 128

American Banker

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Third-quarter profit at PNC Financial Services Group in Pittsburgh declined on a yearly basis as a higher tax rate and increased expenses ate into improved revenue in both lending and fee-based products.

Taxes 28

Taxes FDIC Lending Groups 28

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

John Davies, executive chairman of Just Loans Group (of which Just Cashflow is a subsidiary), pointed to the “unprecedented upheaval” of today’s business climate and the pressures that SMBs are facing as a result of their international expansions. Eika Group, EedenBull Team for Banks. Alliance Bank Taps Into Ephesoft Data Capture.

Fintech 132

Fintech Groups Data Strategy 132

PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

Kobo360 operates a freight technology platform, connecting truckers with businesses that need shipping services across the region. Coatue led the Series C round, while existing backers Bessemer Venture Partners, Canaan Partners and Broadhaven Ventures, and newcomers Vulcan and Stripes Group, also participated.

Fintech 179

Fintech Analytics Capital Lending 179

Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Payments: Still Hot for Teacher (Wait, Song or Not, Can We Still Say That?).

Fintech 195

Fintech Lending Software Compliance 195

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The emergent form of coronavirus that originated in China’s Wuhan region continues to spread and pick up fatalities. The price of bitcoin may be down, and trading activity may have gotten a bit sluggish in the last year, but among at least one demographic group crypto will always be king. Bitcoin and the Cybercrime Boom .

Bitcoin 132

Bitcoin Data Retail Charlotte 132

Jeff For Banks

APRIL 9, 2019

And we can measure this by looking at a financial institution's cost of interest bearing deposits, and yield on loans, compared to other regional players that have similar balance sheets. The first step is to select regional financial institutions with a similar size, in the below case $1 billion - $10 billion in total assets.

Branding 60

Branding Regional Nashville Tennessee 60

PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2017

That’s a bleak outlook, but new research from TMF Group suggests that — while outbound foreign direct investment from U.S. Raimundo Diaz, head of Americas at TMF Group, and Jason Gerlis, regional director of North America at TMF Group, both chatted with PYMNTS about the findings in the report.

US 100

US Compliance Taxes Trends 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

Expectations can differ from region to region regarding timing of payments, taxes, currencies, regulatory differences – and we look at all of those variables.”. An example of a regional nuance is our Brazilian market.

Regional 148

Regional Mobile Security Fraud 148

American Banker

APRIL 26, 2016

The monitor of the Bank of America Mortgage Settlement distributed roughly $89 million Tuesday to legal assistance groups in nine states from a fund for federal tax assistance.

Groups 28

Groups Taxes America Regional 28

Abrigo

JANUARY 20, 2016

With more than 28 thousand members (and over seven thousand followers on Twitter) the NYSSCPA feed is a crucial source of information for all accounting professionals, regardless of whether or not they reside in the Greater New York region. Follow Kelly for all things tax-related. Follow Kelly for all things tax-related.

social media 150

social media New York Maryland Taxes 150

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

arm, known as BBVA USA Bancshares, to PNC Financial Services Group, for $11.6 We’ve noted that the stage has been set for M&A to ramp up, due in part to lower corporate taxes, which gives firms higher profits, which in turn gives them more money to both extend loans (building up customer bases) and have money in hand to pursue deals.

Google 189

Google Course Strategy Innovation 189

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2016

With the selldown of the Africa business – in a business that serves a region where the company has been for more than a century – minority ownership will effectively take the business off of Barclays’ books. And there could be some legal issues afoot, too.

Operations 100

Operations Strategy United States Regional 100

Abrigo

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Our firm differentiates by keeping abreast of technology" said Daniel Kaufman, a partner at Nathan Accounting Group, LLC. Using up-to-date technology can help firms acquire new clients and save time on business valuations and tax work. Leverage technology that fuels your firm.

North Carolina 150

North Carolina Branding Taxes Industry 150

BankUnderground

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It provides insurers with an option to pass the flood-risk element of their policies on to the reinsurer at a lower fixed price according to property council tax band. Moreover, the Flood Re effect might vary by area and demographic groups due to differences in flood risk and home ownership.

Marketing 74

Marketing Policies Regional Data 74

Abrigo

OCTOBER 21, 2019

You can’t ignore an entire group, said Jill Hudson, Vice President of Loan Operations at Vision Bank, another panelist at the ThinkBIG conference. In order to have a customer-focused financial institution, you have to consider the needs of the variety of customers that bank with your institution. Go the extra mile.”.

Oklahoma 218

Oklahoma Millennials Innovation Technology 218

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A regional government in Russia is now working with state-backed VEB, reports in CoinDesk said this week, as authorities explore how to use blockchain “to improve the quality of management decisions.”. In Spain, regulators are reportedly exploring how to support blockchain developers.

blockchain 130

blockchain Los Angeles Regulation Oregon 130

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2016

The world of global payments is evolving rapidly — driven by an increasingly global economy, expanding consumer buying power in regions like Asia and South America, rising adoption of digital payment methods and increasing concerns over security and transparency. Payments 2016: The Year Of The Emergence Of The Global Citizen.

Payments 113

Payments eBook Regional Study 113

Abrigo

JULY 3, 2017

The survey found that all age groups of business owners – but particularly those younger than age 55 -- prefer their accountants to handle all or most of their accounting work paperlessly. Moreover, younger business owners, in particular, expect accounting services that are in the cloud and accessible on mobile devices.

Mobile 150

Mobile Millennials Survey eBook 150

PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

Personal loans from family and friends also remain popular for this group. In this effort, the platform is turning to regional and national economic development organizations to promote education on both sides. The smallest of the SMBs, meanwhile, simply use their own profits to reinvest in their firms and finance growth.

Capital 145

Capital Community Oklahoma Maine 145

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Reports indicated that four Amazon executives met in Governor Cuomo’s office with “the presidents of the New York State AFL-CIO, a regional chapter of the Teamsters and his group, as well as some officials from the governor’s office.” Others were not feeling quite so victorious, or quite so happy with those who had derailed the deal.

New York 115

New York New York City Virginia Nashville 115

South State Correspondent

MARCH 28, 2024

The breadth of these programs is massive and combines grants, tax credits, production incentives, tax relief, and private investment stimulus. This is all on top of the tax benefits, such as the Employee Retention Credits businesses still claim have yet to be dispersed.

America 195

America Strategy Taxes Community 195

Insights on Business

JULY 20, 2017

This solution became an overnight success and turned into a form of payment that is now accepted by the most merchants in the bank’s region. Other banks in the region tried to build alternative solutions. A large banking group positioned itself as the enabler for seamless customer journeys and corporate processes in a digital economy.

Fintech 181

Fintech Mobile Examples Data 181

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

To that end, said Ron Chakravarti, Treasury Advisory Group head at Citi, the role of the treasury management team in optimizing cash on a day-to-day basis is changing as real-time operations (and payments) increasingly command attention.

Management 116

Management Operations Payments Course 116

FICO

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Today, it’s really only Tier 1 banks that use analytics in AML, KYC and tax compliance areas. The political turmoil of 2016 means that there is a lot of gain to be had by exposing politicians who used tax havens, which should drive even more investigations and revelations. At our Siron User Group last month, Kumar C.

Compliance 40

Compliance Analytics Taxes Groups 40

PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2018

The Series D funding will be used to accelerate growth in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, the company announced, while it will also explore entering new markets that include Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. WeWork said it will use its investment to focus on expansion throughout China.

Payments 101

Payments Capital Security Management 101