PYMNTS
JULY 1, 2020
A group of big European banks is planning to challenge Visa ’s and Mastercard ’s positions as the world’s two largest payment processing networks, Electronic Payments International reported. . Dubbed the Pan European Payment System Initiative, or PEPSI, the group has the support of 20 French and German banks, and would handle all forms of cashless transactions. .
Patriot Software
JULY 1, 2020
If you have employees, you likely need to fill out and file Form 941 each quarter. Form 941 is jam-packed with different sections and calculations, which leaves room for errors. To avoid major mistakes, learn how to fill out Form 941 line by line. Form 941 recap Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return, reports […]. The post How to Fill Out Form 941: Your Step-by-step Guide appeared first on Patriot Software.
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CapataCPA
JUNE 30, 2020
Paycheck Protection Program Reminder Just as a reminder, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan application deadline is today (June 30, 2020). With today being the last day to apply for a PPP loan, there is no more time to wait if you have decided that this program is the right thing to do for your business. You will need to have. The post Paycheck Protection Program Reminder appeared first on CPA firm in Orange County, CA | CAPATA.
GrowthForceBlog
JULY 1, 2020
Contribution Margin is not a number you see on a traditional financial statement- it's a management accounting calculation. If you want to do more than break-even and make a profit , you should understand your contribution margin. Analyzing your contribution margin is the fastest way to get your business to drive profits.
Speaker: Victor C. Barnes, CPA, MBA
In the climb from contributor to leader, the rules quietly change. But if you’re aiming for the summit, the air gets thinner, and what got you here won’t be enough to get you to the top. 🗻 What made you successful early in your finance career—technical accuracy, sharp analysis, flawless execution—won’t be what carries you to the next level. The higher you go, the more your effectiveness depends on how you connect, adapt, and communicate.
PYMNTS
JUNE 29, 2020
In the ongoing scandal of Wirecard , under fire for fraud, the focus is now turning to auditors Ernst & Young (EY), which reportedly failed to report Wirecard’s “unorthodox financial arrangements” as far back as 2016, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. According to emails seen by WSJ, the auditing firm knew of and had questions about the arrangements and was signing off on Wirecard’s financial results for years anyway.
MazumaBusinessAccounting
JUNE 29, 2020
Did you know that poor bookkeeping, or lack thereof, is one of the top reasons small businesses fail? It may not sound like the most exciting thing, especially if you don’t consider yourself a “math person”, but let’s face the facts, bookkeeping is essential for the success of any small business. Here at Mazuma, we believe that each small business has the potential to succeed with the right tools, mindset, and organization.
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PYMNTS
JUNE 27, 2020
When COVID-19 exploded into a global pandemic that more or less shut down everything worldwide, restaurants began diving for digital cover and rapidly embracing order-ahead, curbside pickup, delivery options, modified menus and rewritten business plans – anything and everything they could think of to survive the shutdown and stay alive long enough for patrons to return for on-site dining. .
PYMNTS
JUNE 30, 2020
Digital dollar advocates told a U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday (June 30) that electronic currencies could help consumers. However, committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) said the sector needs “rules of the road,” while ranking Democratic member Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) asked, “Why on earth would we trust big tech with our banking system?”. “Big Tech companies have made a lot of big promises about the better society they were going to allow us to build, [but] they have not lived up to them,
PYMNTS
JUNE 29, 2020
After spending years fine-tuning travel reward cards, banks have found that the coronavirus pandemic decimated all the effort by reducing the need or will to travel, The Wall Street Journal reports. The cards contained perks like sign up bonuses, points on airfare, hotel stays and more — but now, with the pandemic necessitating staying at home and out of crowded tourist spaces, customers are wondering if the payments are worth it at all.
PYMNTS
JULY 1, 2020
Just as the application deadline was set to expire on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) at midnight Tuesday (June 30), the U.S. Senate extended the popular measure for five more weeks, The New York Times reported. If lawmakers had failed to act, more than $130 billion would have gone unspent from the Small Business Association’s forgivable loan program to assist companies endure the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaker: Kim Beynon, CPA, CGMA, PMP
The most overlooked, yet most critical, element of transformation is preparing people for change. Automation and AI aren't just technical upgrades, they’re cultural shifts which can challenge identities. That’s why change management isn’t a side project—it’s the foundation. In finance, where precision and process rule, navigating change can feel especially disruptive.
PYMNTS
JULY 3, 2020
Robert Morris , founder and CEO of agricultural-imaging company TerrAvion Inc. , is bringing modern technology to what’s perhaps the world’s oldest business — farming. All with the simple goal of helping farmers more precisely grow the food that consumers want to eat — and grocery stores want to buy. “ Agriculture is the original high-tech industry,” Morris told PYMNTS.
PYMNTS
JULY 1, 2020
Stay-at-home mandates have consumers spending more on subscriptions, ranging from streaming services to buying retail products for day-to-day use. It is perhaps not surprising that merchants that are offering subscription services are flourishing. Yet, these services are still not immune to experiencing churn. Both consumers and businesses are tightening their belts in the face of the economic downturn caused by the pandemic, and many are actively considering plans to cancel their subscriptions.
PYMNTS
JULY 1, 2020
B2B payments account for $25 trillion in the United States each year, but these transactions are often fraught with frustrations and challenges. Studies have found that B2B invoices take an average of 37.4 days to settle , a pace that is largely due to the business world’s lingering reliance on analog payment methods like paper checks. Digitizing these payments has been a top priority for banks, payments processors and businesses for several years, but this digitization has its own fair share of
PYMNTS
JUNE 28, 2020
San Francisco’s planned next phase reopening scheduled for Monday (June 29) for outdoor bars, hair salons, museums and more has been put on hold. Mayor London Breed tweeted Friday (June 26) that the city will wait as the number of COVID-19 cases rise across California, CNBC reported. “Yesterday we saw 103 cases,” Breed wrote. “On June 15, when we first reopened outdoor dining and in-store retail, we had 20.
Speaker: Mark Gilham, FCCA, CPP
Finance used to be the function that counted, now it's the one that’s counted on. 📊 For accounting firms, controllers, and finance leaders, expectations are rising faster than headcount. Businesses want agile forecasts, granular analysis, seamless reporting, and smart automation—often without added resources while demanding uncompromised accuracy and compliance.
PYMNTS
JULY 2, 2020
Consumers’ commerce patterns have been very much upended in the past few months and shifted heavily to digital. On the upside, this digital gold rush has created an opportunity for merchants to push about a decade’s worth of digital innovations out the door in weeks. But the bad news is that fraudsters see a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to jump into the increased flow of transactions, Gary Sevounts , executive at fraud detection firm Kount , told PYMNTS in a recent conversation.
PYMNTS
JULY 3, 2020
Open banking is shaking up the financial industry and is poised to revolutionize the way banks share data with each other as well as with third-party app developers, FinTechs and payment providers. Open banking — a system in which banks allow third parties to freely access their data to develop new apps and services and provide bank customers with greater transparency — is accomplished with APIs that allow third parties to interface with bank systems and access data with minimal friction.
PYMNTS
JULY 3, 2020
Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Benioff and Mark Zuckerberg all have something in common other than being billionaires. They all invest in a company called Vicarious , which is taking robotics to a higher, yet more democratic, level. It’s making robotics a service industry, just like software, with a touch of artificial intelligence (AI). “Right now, most robotic manufacturing is like getting a computer in 1965 where you needed a custom engineering firm to develop the whole thing,” said Vicarious CE
PYMNTS
JULY 2, 2020
More than $25 trillion flows between U.S. businesses in the form of B2B payments each year, yet the payments industry faces a host of complications despite this impressive sum. The banks and payments providers that process these transactions often have difficulty interfacing with incompatible systems, slowing down the payments process and leaving the businesses involved to figure out how to make ends meet.
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PYMNTS
JUNE 29, 2020
A Chinese startup is landing hundreds of millions in additional financing as a group of investors – which includes Tencent – eyes the country’s fast-growing grocery delivery sector. Tencent and private equity heavyweight Primavera are spearheading the $300 million investment in Xingsheng Youxuan, Bloomberg reported , citing sources familiar with the deal, which values the company at a healthy $3 billion.
PYMNTS
JULY 1, 2020
Is it surprising to know that 55 percent of legacy financial institutions (FIs) report lacking maturity in core systems? Or that, on average, 15 percent of an FI’s annual operating costs go toward maintaining core banking systems that are outmoded? It’s true, but not for long. “Migrating to cloud- and AI-based solutions could help FIs handle growing calls for faster banking tools during the COVID-19 pandemic, and recent trends show they are beginning to do so,” according to PYMNTS’ June 2020 Dig
PYMNTS
JUNE 30, 2020
The pandemic may be here for a while. But bit by bit, economies are reopening and taking tentative steps toward normalcy. The “new normal,” however, for firms across any industry — but especially across the payments and commerce spheres — must include a “digital-first” mindset. We queried 35 payments executives about their individual efforts to fast-track the leap to digital and recount what has happened in the past 12 weeks — and what will need to happen moving forward to keep that digital shif
PYMNTS
JULY 3, 2020
Retail CEOs faced a parade of problems in 2020’s first six months, but some executives look ready to set off plenty of fireworks in the year’s back half. . Who will come up with revolutionary solutions to the COVID-19 slowdown and other challenges? Here’s a July 4 th look at some top executives in retail who seem ready to declare their independence from business as usual in 2020’s final six months. .
Speaker: Cheryl J. Muldrew-McMurtry
Distributed finance teams are rewriting how the back-office runs, and attackers are taking notes. Disconnected workflows, process blind spots, and rising cyber threats are more than just growing pains—they’re liabilities. The challenge isn’t just going remote. It’s building resilient systems that protect accuracy, control, and speed across every transaction and touchpoint.
PYMNTS
JULY 2, 2020
Amazon is moving its annual mid-summer Prime Day shopping bonanza until at least October, according to numerous published reports. No exact date has been given, but Business Insider reported that Amazon told one retailer to expect the event to be held around Oct. 5. . The news outlet quoted what it said was a leaked Amazon email to a supplier as stating: “Every year, Prime Day is a huge hit with customers, who enjoy some of the best deals of the year.
PYMNTS
JUNE 29, 2020
When Bolun Li was in high school, a local bank came in and offered a heavily branded PowerPoint presentation about financial services and money management to students who reacted pretty much the way one would expect. Since it was an ungraded class with no immediate connection to their lives, students mostly looked at their phones, texted each other and waited for the presentation to be over.
PYMNTS
JUNE 30, 2020
Financial institutions (FIs) are on the cusp of change, as the great digital shift is forcing them to bring new products and services to market with speed and agility. That means updating legacy systems and bringing banking processes and infrastructure to the cloud. In an interview with Karen Webster, Ariff Kassam , CTO at NuoDB , delved into the roadmaps FIs should develop as they move to the cloud over a timeframe that best aligns with end users’ evolving (and sometimes rapidly changing) needs
PYMNTS
JULY 2, 2020
Corporates of all sizes and verticals are taking an introspective look at internal operations to pinpoint areas of opportunity for working capital optimization. Often at the center of this initiative is the accounts payable (AP) department — and unsurprisingly for these volatile times, the strategy can turn toward lengthening the days payable outstanding (DPO).
Speaker: Frank Taliano
Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.
PYMNTS
JULY 1, 2020
For one of his first assignments early in his consulting career, Alex Ramirez was given a task in warehouse operations, and the client was a retailer called Walmart. From this auspicious beginning, Ramirez — now CEO of warehouse management platform CognitOps — has been working on and innovating in an essential-but-underappreciated part of eCommerce , bringing data and artificial intelligence (AI) into the infrastructure and logistics space.
PYMNTS
JULY 1, 2020
A team of investigators raided Wirecard AG’s offices in two countries as part of the probe into the 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) that went missing from the payments company’s accounts, Bloomberg News reported. According to the report, a dozen Munich prosecutors and 33 police officers searched the company’s headquarters in Aschheim, Germany and two offices in Austria.
PYMNTS
JUNE 29, 2020
Across industries and across the globe, industry experts continue to raise concerns about shifting B2B payment habits — often to the detriment of small vendors. But some analysis suggests supplier payment strategies are in flux to better support the working capital positions of corporates. Despite widespread disruption in global supply chains, a new report from Medius indicates that supplier invoice and payment volumes have actually remained relatively stable this year compared to last.
PYMNTS
JUNE 30, 2020
The pandemic has upended daily life – and in payments, it is moving analog, face-to-face transactions toward the digital realm. In an interview with PYMNTS, Michael Bermingham, co-founder and chief business officer for Nium , said the pandemic has been changing the very nature of cross-border payments. That’s due in part to the fact that across the globe, businesses have shuttered in the wake of lockdowns and government mandates – including money transfer agents and locations.
Speaker: Claire Grosjean, Global Finance & Operations Executive
Finance teams are drowning in data—but is it actually helping them spend smarter? Without the right approach, excess spending, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities continue to drain profitability. While analytics offers powerful insights, financial intelligence requires more than just numbers—it takes the right blend of automation, strategy, and human expertise.
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