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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is paying $1.7 million to a Virginia company to handle “large cash payments for processing cannabis federal taxes.”. According to Quartz , the U.S. government collected approximately $4.7 billion in taxes last year on nearly $13 billion in revenue from legal cannabis companies. Most of these companies were forced to pay their federal taxes in cash because about 70 percent of all legal cannabis businesses are unbanked.

Compliance 83

Compliance B2B Accounting Firms Banking 83

CFA Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Kate Moore, chief equity strategist at BlackRock, thinks that the next six months should be a great opportunity for investment managers who can stay focused over the longer term.

Investments 52

Investments Valuation Economics Marketing 52

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Contactless payment company Mobeewave announced the closing of a $16.5 million Series B funding round, led by NewAlpha Asset Management, Mastercard and Forestay Capital. The investment funds will enable the Montreal-based startup to continue to deploy its patented solution in markets around the world, develop new product offerings and expand the company’s head count.

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Investments Startups Securities Banking 79

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Opus, the provider of global compliance and risk management solutions, announced Thursday (Nov. 15) the results of the third annual Ponemon Institute’s “Data Risk in the Third-Party Ecosystem” study, which found that 59 percent of companies surveyed said they have experienced a data breach caused by their vendors or third parties. In a press release announcing the results of the survey of more than 1,000 CISOs and other security and risk professionals across the U.S. and U.K., Opus said th

Risk Management 78

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Western Union and FLEETCOR are nearing an agreement to sell WU’s business payments operations to the fleet payments firm, according to reports in PE Hub on Wednesday (Nov. 15). Citing three unnamed sources, reports said Citi is advising on the deal, which could fetch $600 million for the B2B payments operations. Though unconfirmed, the deal would not come entirely as a surprise.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 77

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) B2B Banking Numbers 77

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

In a week of multiple nine-figure venture capital funding rounds, B2B FinTech has proved it plans to end the year on a high note. The star of this week’s roundup is undoubtedly data: Two Robotics Process Automation (RPA) companies focusing on enterprise data analytics and automation landed a combined $565 million, while other high-value rounds were closed in the workspace sharing and asset-based lending markets.

Accounts Payable 77

Accounts Payable Foreign Exchange Currencies Startups 77

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

A group of payment players announced Tuesday (Nov. 13) that they created a new organization, dubbed U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), aimed at working toward a ubiquitous payment system that enables Americans to safely and securely pay anyone, anywhere and at any time with near-immediate funds availability. In a press release, the group said the mission, structure and focus of the U.S.

Education 76

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Google Cloud has announced a partnership with artificial intelligence and data analytics firm ThoughtSpot to develop cloud analytics solutions for the enterprise. In a press release issued on Tuesday (Nov. 13), Google Cloud said it has certified ThoughtSpot to operate its in-memory calculation engine, Falcon, on the Google Cloud Platform. The company also revealed additional integrations into the Google Cloud Machine Learning Engine.

Analyzing Data 76

Analyzing Data Investments B2B 76

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Amid stricter checks for money laundering, banks are moving away from the international money transfer practice known as correspondent banking. The shift could possibly cause payments to move underground and particularly impact nations that are dependent on remittances, Reuters reported. Even with efforts to stem the decline in correspondent banking, The Financial Stability Board (FSB) noted on Friday (Nov. 16) that the practice still fell in popularity in 2017.

Banking 76

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

CanIDeal has announced that vendors of cannabis-related products can now start listing their merchandise on its eCommerce portal. “While we are only selling THC products in Oregon, any and all non-THC and.3 CBD products can now be listed for sale in every one of the 22 recreational and medical states through our platform. We are thrilled to be able to offer the industry’s first national eCommerce solution for everyone,” Joseph Farruggia, CEO of CanIDeal, said in a press release. “With our

eCommerce 75

eCommerce B2C B2B Planning 75

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

It’s a combination of the latest technology and prehistoric human need: the increasing trend of using robots in the grocery industry. It has gained speed in 2018, showing how fulfillment — in many cases, following the lead of Amazon — is relying less on human participation as eCommerce buyers continue to change their shopping habits and expectations.

Construction 75

Construction Startups Retail eCommerce 75

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

CIMB , a banking group that operates in countries such as Malaysia, Cambodia and Thailand, has inked a deal with Ripple in order to bring the company’s blockchain technology to its SpeedSend remittance offering, Cryptovest reported. Through the offering, the bank hopes to take on the inefficient, sluggish and costly process for settlements with distributed ledger technology solutions in the ASEAN region.

Currencies 75

Currencies Banking Technology Numbers 75

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Nordstrom has suffered a data breach that exposed employee names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, checking account and routing numbers, salaries and more. According to The Seattle Times , a company spokesperson confirmed that employees received an email notification and apology from Co-president Blake Nordstrom last week regarding the breach.

Securities 75

Securities Numbers Retail Accounting 75

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Finance

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Veterans Day is Nov.11 in the U.S. — a day set aside each year since 1954 to honor all those who have served in the military. There are roughly 26 million veterans in the U.S. today and, each year, about 1 percent of those eligible for service enlist. First Data CEO Frank Bisignano told Karen Webster that the 1 percent is critical. “[Veterans] are the 1 percent that protect all of our liberties and freedom,” Bisignano told Webster.

Education 75

Education Technology 75

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

What’s worse than a “maybe”? Warm ice cream, perhaps? Flat soda? Pat Boone singing heavy metal? (Yes, he actually released an album of heavy metal covers in 1997, with hard-edged songs from Metallica and Guns N’ Roses rendered in a jazzy style that is not campy but just bad.). Anyway, when it comes to “maybes” — the absence of certainty, the mushy middle that, in business, can mean revenue loss and flat growth — too many of them can provide openings for fraud.

Retail 74

Retail Technology Securities Marketing 74

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

American Express announced Thursday (Nov. 15) the launch of American Express Go, a new digital service aimed at helping mid-sized and large companies handle business expenses for temporary workers, recruits and employees without corporate cards. In a press release , American Express said American Express Go features a virtual card that can be used online and over the phone, and also the option for the virtual numbers to be printed on a plastic card for in-person payments.

B2B 74

B2B Numbers Accounting Retail 74

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In the connected age, consumers have more ways to interact with retailers than ever before. While brick-and-mortar stores are still popular with shoppers, they are also looking to new channels to buy clothes or their weekly groceries. Simply said, consumers are turning to their mobile devices to make purchases that they might have once made in a brick-and-mortar store.

Entertainment 74

Entertainment Retail eCommerce Sales 74

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the latest way Instagram wants to appeal to online shoppers, along with fresh data about how fraudsters might attack on Thanksgiving Day. Instacart raises new capital, Berkshire takes a stake in Chase and bitcoin has a bad day. Instagram Rolls Out Three New Ways to Discover Products to Purchase.

eCommerce 74

eCommerce Planning Currencies Valuation 74

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

An application program interface (API) ecosystem is growing to transform the financial services (FinServ) sector, and small business (SMB) banking won’t be left out of the shift. APIs offer third-party FinTech firms new opportunities to make use of valuable data stored within traditional bank accounts. In some instances, these systems deploy this data to create a solution that banks haven’t developed themselves, often due to restricted investments in small business product developmen

Cash Flow Forecasting 73

Cash Flow Forecasting Accounting Banking Forecasting 73

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Open banking initiatives are changing the way banks operate and engage with third parties and partners. However, those are not the only changes the movement is causing — it’s also having an unexpected side effect of pushing banks to reimagine their traditional roles as financial institutions (FIs). Now, several major financial giants are encouraging industry-wide collaborations with the launch of B2B market platforms.

Banking 73

Banking B2B Planning Invoicing 73

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Online lender Social Finance (SoFi) continues to struggle, recording an adjusted loss of around $12 million during the third quarter before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. The FinTech company has now recorded losses for the second consecutive quarter. In August, it posted a second quarter loss of about $200 million. According to The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ), the earnings losses follow an adjusted profit of $56 million in Q3 of 2017.

Profit and Loss 73

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Digital identity in the last few years has gotten a major boost — as of 2018, 60 nations worldwide have embraced some version of a digital identity scheme. But digital identity, and leveraging it properly, as Diebold Nixdorf ’s Scott Anderson noted in a recent conversation with Karen Webster of PYMNTS and Diebold Nixdorf’s John Spenler , is rather easily misunderstood.

Banking 73

Banking Construction Leverage Healthcare 73

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Collaboration amid competition has been a hallmark of the financial services space, as traditional financial institutions (FIs) join forces with FinTech startups. To that end, news came earlier this week in the United States that a dozen community and regional banks have formed a group aimed at exploring the opportunities amid FinTech offerings. The group, to be known as Alloy Labs Alliance, according to a press release , is being managed by FinTech Forge.

Banking 73

Banking Startups Economics Treasury 73

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

In early October, Hurricane Michael ravaged the Southeastern United States and parts of Central America, and these areas are still recovering from the damage. In addition to the human toll, the damage includes destroyed homes, vehicles, roads and infrastructures. By some estimates , the powerful storm — which has been linked to 36 deaths in the U.S. — caused approximately $4.5 billion in damages to residential and commercial properties.

Communication 72

Communication Transportation Accounting 72

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Ripple , the cryptocurrency startup behind the XRP tokens, and its affiliated defendants have filed documents to move a consolidated class action lawsuit to federal court. According to CoinDesk , Ripple lawyers want the suit to be moved from its previous venue at the San Mateo Superior Court to the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California.

Startups 72

Startups Securities 72

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