Visa acquires Plaid & Intuit makes ChronoBooks exclusive to QBO Advanced

Sponsors QuickFee: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/quickfee AccountingSuite: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/asuite OnPay: http://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpay Show Notes 01:52 – David can see clearly now, just in time to admire the cracked screen of his smartphone 02:42 – Blake's upping his skills game at Jirav, learning financial modeling 03:08 – Blake's second webinar - Webinar Recording: How to Build a Financial Model for an Accounting Firm | Jirav 04:25 – The most effective way to master a new tool or software is to use it for yourself, or a client 05:24 – Is there life after The Cloud Accounting Podcast? Blake reveals his retirement plan 06:57 – Side hustles can help you understand your clients' pain points 07:42 – American remote-worker ranks have nearly tripled in the past two decades! 08:02 – Business on top, PJs on the bottom - just one of the reasons why remote work rules! 08:18 – Reviews! Thank you, I <3 smilies, Aassas, and Glafollette! 13:43 – Visa changes it stripes , with some $5.3 billion Plaid | Bank Innovation 14:30 – Is data the new oil? 15:46 – Everything old wants to be new again , when it comes to fintechs, at least | Advisorhub 16:30 -- Visa's Acquisition of Plaid Presentation | Visa 17:42 – No QuickBooks Online Advance? No ChronoBooks for you! | Intuitive Accountant 19:16 – Perhaps Intuit killed the wrong tool? The ChronoBooks backlash begins 23:38 – Who needs a one-percent reward, when you can boost your Karma with every purchase? | Expensify 27:12 – Dave Barrett makes a case for Karma | Expensify 27:23 – Do you Concur? Emburse wants to change your mind! | Accounting Today 29:19 – Google ups its productivity game with the acquisition of AppSheet | AppSheet 31:16 – Stand up and shout - FASB is the villain ! | Accounting Today 33:02 – While it might delight CPAs and auditors, this 10,000 page codification, for mere accounting mortals, is a bit much 33:28 – The End of Accounting by Baruch Lev and Feng Gu | Amazon 34:32 – There's really no place for GAAP-basis financials in a subscription economy 37:11 – The CCPA implementation comes with a pretty hefty price tag - $55 BILLION |The Hill 39:11 – Could the CCPA be more trouble, and new risk than it's actually worth? 41:00 – Email still poses the biggest security threat for small businesses | PYMNTS 42:17 – Deepfake audio fraud is the new risk in town | Axios 43:28 – Are Google and Facebook too big to fail ? Apparently not when it comes to invoicing scams | Fortune 44:19 – While paper check usage declines, check fraud continues to rise | WSJ 45:09 – UK small businesses are just not that fond of open banking | PYMNTS 46:29 – Be afraid; be very afraid of the Buffett Indicator | CCN 47:05 – Mr. Buffett buys low, and sells high, or holds ... Be like Mr. Buffett! 49:41 – Time to move to Finland ? | Quartz at Work 51:44 – Eliminating useless and constant meetings might be even more useful than a four-day workweek 52:28 – Who needs humans when you can hire an Alphabot? Walmart's trying to stay in the game with warehouse automation | Gizmodo 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 ! Limited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessities. TeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merch Subscribe Apple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcasts Spotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/Spotify Google Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlay Stitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/Stitcher Overcast: http://cloudacctpod.link/Overcast Classifieds FutureFirm.co: https://futurefirm.co/cloudaccounting/ Go here to create your classified ad: https://cloudacctpod.link/RunClassifiedAd