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Wild Cards? Gambling, Payroll, Other Models Provide Fresh Fuel For Prepaid

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Cards (as in prepaid, stored-value cards that consumers can use for gambling, payroll and a variety of other uses, many of them novel) are only half the battle. Placing A Bet On Online Gambling. The rise of online and mobile (legal) gambling is providing benefits to reloadable and store-value cards, and driving innovation.

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Accounting Professor Indicted on Fraud Charges Over Embezzlement Claims

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The charges identified Kroger as a professor of business and accounting, but does not specify where. According to the indictment, Kroger and a business partner identified only as “Individual A” set up a Wyoming-based company called Lone Star Municipal Finance Company LLC in October 2019.

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US November Car Sales Fell, But That Doesn’t Reflect Underlying Trends

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November 2020 is a prime example of why accounting for selling day differences is important in measuring comparable sales performance," Thomas King, president of the data and analytics division at J.D. percent of used vehicles financed during the quarter, a new high for used vehicle lending, Experian said. car sales is still intact.

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Previse CEO: Fixing What’s Wrong With Supplier Payments

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Can the business model that’s kept the wheels of retail payments and commerce moving for the last six decades turn the whole notion of SMB trade finance on its head? That retail payments credit card model – and how it works – is well-understood. The model looks very much like the retail credit card model.

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Delivery Services Bridge The Gap From Farm To Table

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The company delivers items such as milk, produce and baked goods that consumers might be hard-pressed to find through other retailers. Beyond consumers, Doorstep Dairy also delivers to commercial accounts such as coffee shops and delis. When Mast began Doorstep Dairy, many of his vendors treated his company as another retail outlet.