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APRIL 11, 2024

Counter-intuitively, an outsourced bookkeeping service reduces the risk of fraud by adding more oversight and best-practices to your accounting processes. Beyond security, there are other reasons “do it yourself accounting” hurts your business. The entry-point for hackers – your vendor’s email accounts – are beyond your control.

Securities 52

Securities CFO Education Auditing 52

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In those pieces, I acknowledged bitcoin was an interesting, even fascinating, innovation, but not the salvation of our global financial system — not even close. Bitcoin’s core principle of anonymity is anathema to operating a safe and secure global financial system. At least I hope so.

Currencies 71

Currencies Concentration Financial Systems Investments 71

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

Bitcoin’s processing operation is highly concentrated within a handful of miners in China — which is getting more concentrated now, since the price of bitcoin has crashed and fewer players can afford to keep the lights on (literally, since bitcoin processing requires a massive amount of electricity). It isn’t because it won’t.

Currencies 85

Currencies Concentration Financial Systems Leverage 85