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Michael Jordan is mostly known for one thing: basketball. And as he once said about hoops, “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” But perhaps his best quote comes from his other pastime, gambling: “I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework […]

Tax compliance has never been a simple issue for businesses. There are changing federal, state and local codes — and, of course, there are changes brought on by digital business models. One of those evolving models is subscription commerce, especially for software. Software used to be purchased in a single big buy — a “one […]

QR codes have become more commonplace than ever as the pandemic continues, with one study last year finding that roughly 11 million United States households were expected to scan QR codes by the end of 2020. Consumers most commonly used QR codes for contactless payments, but they also leveraged the technology to access discounts and […]

In Pakistan, and elsewhere, the stars are aligning for greater use of digital banking and payments to improve financial inclusion. To that end, Amir Wain, CEO of i2c Inc., told PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster in an interview that the pandemic and the rise of mobile infrastructure have set the stage to bring people living in developing and emerging […]

To teach kids about money, there’s no substitution for learning by doing. That’s the thinking behind Mozper, a debit card and app focused on improving financial literacy in Latin America. As digital options grow in the region and kids’ spending habits move away from cash, Mozper has just closed a funding round in its quest to […]

As it shores up its online corporate banking qualifications, Virgin Money has brought U.K. FinTech Codat onto its roster of partners. The technology of the latter company will have an important position in enabling the communication of information among Virgin Money and its corporate bank clients, according to a Monday (Feb. 1) announcement. The deal […]

Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz are the subjects of a pair of watchdog investigations, Bloomberg reported. Mnuchin is under investigation over his decision to roll back the U.S. Federal Reserve’s emergency lending programs late last year, according to Bloomberg. Democrats have said that decision was politically motivated. Meanwhile, Cruz faces […]

A man has agreed to plead guilty to running an unlicensed company exchanging tens of millions of dollars in bitcoin or cash, a press release from the Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Central District of California stated. Hugo Sergio Mejia, 49, of Ontario, allegedly operated his virtual currency business from May 2018 […]

We may be catching a glimpse of economic life beyond the pandemic. The Congressional Budget Office said on Monday (Feb. 1) that it sees gross domestic product (GDP) returning to pre-pandemic levels by the middle of this year. But it’ll take some time, as The Wall Street Journal noted, before we get back to the […]

The U.K. fashion industry is being hit hard amid the shifts from Brexit, according to an open letter from Tamara Cincik, CEO of Fashion Roundtable, addressed to government leaders, asking for aid like what’s been offered to other industries. Fashion Roundtable is a think tank for the fashion industry. Cincik wrote that it has “a […]

Vision33 has acquired the iDocuments product suite from U.K. company Syrantix, Vision33 announced in a Monday (Feb. 1) press release, saying the acquisition will provide the company with access to new automation options and better visibility for B2B processes, among other benefits. The iDocuments platform integrates with all leading ERP and accounting systems, including SAP Business […]

Here’s the latest news from the technology industry, which is coming under increasing global scrutiny from governments around the world. French Finance Minister Embraces American Shift On Big Tech Taxes  Bruno Le Maire, the finance minister of France, embraced the support of the Biden administration on a potential international tax on Big Tech, CNBC reported. […]

Dunkin’ is offering its DD Perks members a free medium-sized coffee with any purchase every Monday through Feb. 22. “As we head into the home stretch of winter, we know our fans could use a little extra boost to stay energized. With Free Coffee Mondays, we look forward to keeping our rewards members running with […]

To help customers with supply chain funding and order growth, British boutique merchant bank TAP Financial Partners has created a subsidiary called TAP Fulfillment LLC, according to a Monday (Feb. 1) announcement. TAP Financial Partners Managing Partner Bill Fickling said a number of the company’s customers are geared toward building out their businesses. Fickling noted […]