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Sponsors Thomson Reuters SYNERGY: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/synergy ClockShark: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/clockshark OnPay: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpay Show Notes 03:41 – Why political campaigns are sending 3 billion texts in this election https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/28/1011301/why-political-campaigns-are-sending-3-billion-texts-in-this-election/ 07:43 – America’s Password Habits: 2020 https://www.security.org/resources/online-password-strategies/ - 14% of Americans Using COVID in Online Passwords, New Survey Reveals https://smallbiztrends.com/2020/10/americans-using-covid-online-passwords.html 09:34 – At the expense of its partners’ neutrality, Expensify boosts Biden https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/at-the-expense-of-its-partners-neutrality-expensify-boosts-biden 09:54 – Coinbase CEO discourages politics at work, offers generous severance to employees who want to quit https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/30/coinbase-ceo-offers-severance-to-employees-leaving-over-politics.html 12:20 – SBA presses big businesses to justify aid, sparking uproar https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/30/sba-big-businesses-ppp-loans-433736 16:23 – Fed lowers minimum loan level for small business lending program https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/30/fed-lowers-minimum-loan-level-for-small-business-lending-program.html 17: 51 – An Avalanche of Fraud Buried a Small-Business Relief Program http://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/an-avalanche-of-fraud-buried-a-small-business-relief-program-1.1514674 23:00 – SEC awards record $114M to whistleblower https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/sec-awards-record-114m-to-whistleblower 24:49 – Employers refilling open accounting jobs amid pandemic https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/employers-refilling-open-accounting-jobs-amid-pandemic 25:55 – Number of the Day: 75% https://www.goingconcern.com/number-of-the-day-75/ 27:12 – More than Half of Small Businesses Say They're the Same or Better Than Before COVID https://smallbiztrends.com/2020/10/capital-one-small-business-confidence-survey.html 31:00 – More than Half of U.S. Companies Have Hired New Staff Remotely https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/payroll/news/21159623/more-than-half-of-us-companies-have-hired-new-staff-remotely 34:14 – Vast migration of over 14 million Americans coming due to rise in remote work, study shows https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/28/vast-migration-of-over-14-million-americans-coming-due-to-remote-work.html 37:52 – 9Spokes signs new Bank of New Zealand contract for further two-year term https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/932539/9spokes-signs-new-bank-of-new-zealand-contract-for-further-two-year-term-932539.html 38:12 – BlueVine Takes Wraps Off Biz Banking Platform https://www.pymnts.com/news/banking/2020/bluevine-takes-wraps-off-small-biz-banking-platform/ 38:56 – Sunrise Bookkeeping, a Lendio Company, Releases Its First Mobile App https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/10/29/2117108/0/en/Sunrise-Bookkeeping-a-Lendio-Company-Releases-Its-First-Mobile-App.html 39:52 – QuickAccept First Step To Building SMB Ecosystem https://www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments/2020/chase-neukirchen-quickaccept-first-step-building-smb-ecosystem/ 40:41 – Stripe Expands Partnership With Mindbody https://www.pymnts.com/news/payment-methods/2020/stripe-expands-partnership-with-mindbody-for-fitness-payments/ 42:01 – Credit Karma in Talks to Sell Tax-Preparation Business to Square https://www.wsj.com/articles/credit-karma-in-talks-to-sell-tax-preparation-business-to-square-11604067274 43:59 – What’s new in QuickBooks Online: October 2020 https://quickbooks.intuit.com/blog/whats-new/whats-new-in-quickbooks-online-october-2020/ 46:25 – Tech news: Wolters Kluwer adds eSignature to ATX, and more https://www.accountingtoday.com/list/tech-news-wolters-kluwer-adds-esignature-to-atx-and-more 46:57 – Report: DOJ May Sue To Block Visa's Plaid Acquisition https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2020/report-doj-could-soon-decide-if-it-will-try-to-block-visas-acquisition-of-plaid/ Visa $5.3 billion Plaid deal triggers DOJ antitrust worries https://bankinnovation.net/allposts/focus/comp-reg/visa-5-3-billion-plaid-deal-triggers-doj-anti...