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Sponsors BooksTime: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/bookstime QuickFee: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/quickfee Practice Ignition: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/pi Show Notes 00:56 - Blake's been forgiven by the PPP! 05:50 - ‘It Was a Joke’: Some Small Businesses Got $1 Relief Loans https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/business/small-businesses-ppp-covid.html?referringSource=articleShare 09:42 - Bitcoin and SPACs Give 2021 a Flavor of Dot-Com Bubble https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-04/bitcoin-and-spacs-give-2021-a-flavor-of-dot-com-bubble 14:24 - Visa and Plaid Abandon Merger After Antitrust Division’s Suit to Block https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/visa-and-plaid-abandon-merger-after-antitrust-division-s-suit-block 17:38 - Visa, Fintech Startup Plaid Drop Merger Plans After DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2021/01/12/visa-drops-plans-to-acquire-fintech-startup-plaid-after-doj-antitrust-lawsuit Related stories: Plaid CEO touts new ‘clarity’ after failed Visa acquisition https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/14/plaid-ceo-touts-new-clarity-after-failed-visa-acquisition/ Visa Opts Out Of Plaid Acquisition, Cites Lawsuit https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2021/visa-opts-out-plaid-acquisition-cites-complex-litigation/ 18:44 - Stripe Stops Processing Payments for Trump Campaign Website https://www.wsj.com/articles/stripe-stops-processing-payments-for-trump-campaign-website-11610319116 19:54 - Shopify Takes Trump Organization and Campaign Stores Offline https://www.wsj.com/articles/shopify-takes-trumpstore-com-offline-in-response-to-riot-11610035673 21:10 - Who is Jack Ma? Where the Alibaba co-founder came from and disappeared https://nypost.com/article/who-is-jack-ma-where-alibaba-founder-cam-from-disappeared-to/ 23:16 - Individual CPAs can apply for .cpa domains now https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/individual-cpas-can-apply-for-cpa-domains-now 31:57 - Cloud-based farm accounting solution launched by ag tech start-up Traction https://www.agriculture.com/news/technology/cloud-based-farm-accounting-solution-launched-by-ag-tech-startup-traction 32:57 - TrustBooks Releases Full Accounting Software Niched Specifically for Legal https://www.prweb.com/releases/trustbooks_releases_full_accounting_software_niched_specifically_for_legal/prweb17651217.htm 35:25 - Commerce7 and Ekos Integrate to Help Wineries Sync D2C Sales, Inventory and Accounting https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2021/01/13/commerce7-ekos-integrate-help-wineries 36:32 - Lightspeed Rolls Out Vendor Network For SMBs https://www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments/2021/lightspeed-rolls-out-vendor-network-for-smbs/ 40:26 - Here’s Intuit’s plan to get Mint back on track after years of neglect https://www.fastcompany.com/90591464/intuit-mint-new-version-and-alternatives 47:45 - Listener questions from M. Ives. Thank you! 50:55 - Melody Seefeldt talks credit hours for the CPA. 51:56 - Color us corrected (via Twitter)! 53:10 - Talk to us! Tell us how your tax season goes! Share your PPP adventures! We really want to know! Get in Touch Thanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary . Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes , or Podchaser . Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus , and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram ! You can now call us and leave a voicemail, maybe we'll play it on the show. DIAL (202) 695-1040 Need Accounting Conference Info? Check out our new website - accountingconferences.com Limited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessities TeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merch Subscribe Apple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcasts Podchaser: http://cloudacctpod.link/podchaser Spotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/Spotify Google Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlay Stitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/Stitcher Overcast: http://cloudacctpod.link/Overcast Classifieds Breadwinner - https://bread...