PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Here’s the latest news for Big Tech’s Google , Amazon , Apple and Facebook , which are coming under increasing scrutiny from legislators and regulators the world over. Regulation. In addition, the legislation would make sellers pay a third of commissions to a dedicated training fund for technology specialists each quarter.

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JANUARY 24, 2021

Cygnet Infotech promotes FACE as a product that handles not only conventional accounting processes, but also provides specialized handling of challenges around goods and services taxes. India uses its Invoice Registration Portal to track business activity and ensure compliance with tax laws.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Facebook’s Libra project has renewed focus on how cryptocurrencies are regulated, with current rules on the sector patchy and varying from country to country. Cloud-based KYC activities were among the new technologies most used by U.S. Smaller companies were less likely to report investing in and using AML technologies.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

With legal cannabis a fast-growing market, the industry has a unique opportunity to innovate and adopt technologies from scratch — adopting best practices from the get-go, rather than trying to fix another industry’s strategy. In California, where WAYV operates, and where the legal cannabis market is expected to reach a $5.1

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

For much of the world, electronic invoicing is taking off — not only for the benefits it offers, like enhanced cash flow visibility, but largely because jurisdictions are implementing eInvoicing regulatory requirements to crack down on tax evasion. It’s an operational challenge we see across the board.” While the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

the ability to send secure funds to 12 countries in Africa for a reduced fee, while Volante Technologies Inc. Plus, HM Treasury is seeking input on the challenges that the sharing economy brings for value-added tax (VAT). Volante Technologies Accelerates Market Convergence For Santiago Exchange. Volante Technologies Inc.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

After a ruling by a location regulator that the firm wasn’t fairly engaged in competition, Uber Technologies Inc. is asking for the Colombian government to put emergency regulations into place to enable its ridesharing service to continue running.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Financial services providers that slack on regulatory compliance and fail to safeguard their operations against money laundering, terrorist financing and other criminal activities may face damaged reputations and significant fines. billion — 91 percent — of those penalties, while European regulators demanded $1.7 imposed a full $23.52

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2020

Avanti Financial Group said in a press release that it has received permission from the Wyoming Division of Banking to begin operating in the state as a bank as early as October and plans to offer a real-time settlement solution for corporate treasurers. The new banking options are largely built around blockchain technologies.

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Abrigo

JUNE 10, 2020

The former Chief Operational Risk Officer was fined for insufficient action on AML program deficiencies and staffing issues. The regulators don’t care what your budget is,” Luttrell says. Adequately staffed and risk-focused AML resources with good documentation are critical. The recent $450,000 fine of U.S. Get adequate resources.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2018

The rise of RegTech is not by chance: There is an undeniable link between regulatory changes and technological innovation, and that link has a profound impact on FinTech and the financial services market. As the risk of noncompliance evolves and grows for corporates, many turn to technology to ensure adherence to complex regulatory demands.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In a recent conversation with PYMNTS, he discussed how various trends in how employees wish to get paid and how employers manage those payouts are driving more organizations to digitize payroll operations, with payroll data an increasingly valuable asset for CFOs. The Value Of Integration. Cash Flow Implications. The Digitization Drive.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Eynat Guez , co-founder and CEO of cross-border payroll technology company Papaya Global , told PYMNTS about the biggest hurdles in international payroll as working from home persists and employment regulations grow more complex. Then they find themselves in a very complicated situation, and have to solve many more problems.".

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2019

Both corporates and banks have said Know Your Customer ( KYC ) regulations are their most pressing compliance concerns, with nearly three-quarters of businesses with more than $1 billion in revenues pointing to KYC as their top challenge. ” and an overall rise in complexity of current regulations. ” Technological Troubles.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2020

Corbett stepped down from the job because it was “impossible” to overcome regulations on Bird Rides while Brexit was in process. ” As such, they are subject to tax, driver’s licenses and insurance. Bird Rides, Inc. , the eScooter startup, lost its U.K. The eScooters receive active use within that area.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

Wirecard said over the weekend it would continue to operate in all but one of its European locations as the court considers the company’s insolvency request. A number of British FinTech firms have suspended services following the FCA’s restrictions on Wirecard, leaving hundreds of thousands of accounts blocked, the news service reported.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

The financial center operates with its own legal, regulatory and tax infrastructure and traces its roots back to 2005. As reported by the Gulf Times , the Qatar Central Bank adopted new regulations in December that focus on combating money laundering and terrorist financing.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2017

are anticipating new technologies and market trends for the year to come, with these professionals signaling interest in real-time and electronic payments. Twenty-nine percent said they already spend as much time on company strategy as they do on operational and financial management tasks. In an announcement Thursday (Dec. ”

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2020

Accounts payable (AP) automation technology presents an obvious benefit to companies of all sizes and industries to boost efficiency and strategize vendor payments. ” From Onboarding to Compliance. This is where AP automation can push the envelope and introduce additional value to an enterprise.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Cryptocurrency has come a long way since bitcoin’s emergence as an unregulated, anonymous payment technology. which the institution plans to deploy in its corporate payments operation. BitRail doesn’t yet operate in the B2B payments space. “Adoption is like water,” he said.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

European regulators this week continued to show their love, respect and admiration for U.S.-based Assuming that caught your attention, here’s the real story: It’s shaping up as a busy week for regulators in Europe (including Turkey, which for purposes of this article, qualifies as Europe). based tech firms operating there.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

We must also keep our focus on protecting the 2017 tax cuts and, as always, monitoring and confronting credit union overreach. Lucas White: We need to continue to differentiate community banks and educate policymakers on why tiered and proportionate regulation is necessary. We are not Wall Street banks—we are community banks.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

payroll processing company Payescape , said this area of the back office may have a larger influence on how accountants operate than some may believe. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a prime example, said Jones. However, Steven Jones, business development manager of U.K. In the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

Bookkeeping is at the core of many essential processes in the back office: tax filing, working capital management and access to financing, to name a few. Indeed, integrating various apps and platforms was cited as the largest focus of technology investments for small businesses recently surveyed by CompTIA.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Takeaway 3 With effective technology, the bank can continue to grow its portfolio without necessarily adding staff. Technology through a trusted partner that automates those and other tasks frees up staff “for what you’re really paying for, and that’s business development,” Kirby noted. “I The result?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

Kadena’s existing blockchain clients include $3 billion asset manager USCF Investments, healthcare technology company Rymedi, and leading Latin American technology business Alteum, as well as one of the world’s top 100 largest banks, and Fortune 500 companies. “In

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Abrigo

JUNE 9, 2016

Accounting, audit and tax services are unlikely to be the growth engines of the accounting profession in the coming years. Technology is also making it easier to scale new advisory services, such as business valuation. Technology is also making it easier to scale new advisory services, such as business valuation.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Takeaway 3 Meanwhile, regulators continue to reinforce the importance of lenders knowing customers and beneficial owners. Even after redoing this certification, borrowers may then still be declined on the same application due to another incorrect validation rule (for instance, an Applicant Tax ID issue),” the letter said.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

Numerous economic, social and technological trends are rendering this system more outdated, however. The pandemic-related economic fallout has hit the gig economy hard, but technology-oriented platforms have also demonstrated that they can adapt to rapid economic shifts. The Flexible Pay Imperative And On-Staff Workers.

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Abrigo

JULY 17, 2017

“The challenge with the piecemeal approach right now is that every project becomes a new and different project,” says Donny Shimamoto, CPA.CITP, CGMA, founder of advisory-focused CPA firm IntrapriseTechKnowlogies LLC in Honolulu and a nationally recognized accounting technology thought leader. “If

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2018

Hype over distributed ledger technology (DLT) has certainly led to a bump in shares for companies operating in the space — and even for some companies with seemingly no connection to the tool. The blockchain hype certainly hasn’t risen without catching the attention of regulators. But it’s not all smooth sailing.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

That’s especially important as businesses gain scale, as they expand reach into new geographic areas — and as they grapple with AP operations. One solution may address tax issues, another currencies, and so on — and that approach, he said, works well for larger firms, but decidedly less well for everyone else.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

Expense management technology is now a saturated market, particularly for the small business space – which is notoriously difficult to serve, because they are too small for large, enterprise-grade solutions, but too large for consumer-specialized tools. ” What is clear, though, is that demand for T&E technologies is on the rise.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Apple and Alphabet, the parent of Google, are reportedly getting asked by Taiwan to pull the apps of Uber Technologies from their app stores. Taiwan claims Uber misrepresents its service because it claims it operates as an internet-based technology platform instead of a transportation company.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Regulation makes the sharing a economy a challenge in Japan, but those rules apparently don’t quite apply to a network of freelancing Buddhist priests that is making on-demand gains by bringing enlightenment to the doors for the devout. Not so much — unless one happens to take the review section very seriously.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

For CECL, Schroeder explained, the board looked at a range of solutions, from ignoring losses to fair value, and examined each solution to determine if it was operable, understandable, and auditable. Technology isn’t just important for making business loans more efficient. This brings us to cost-benefit.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

According to reports, Kaliningrad governor Anton Alikhanov and VEB chairman Sergey Gorkov met with officials at the Russian Investment Forum to announce their collaboration using, according to Alikhanov, VEB’s “competence in the area of blockchain technology. In Spain, regulators are reportedly exploring how to support blockchain developers.

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