Visa acquires Plaid & Intuit makes ChronoBooks exclusive to QBO Advanced


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Jan 19 2020 58 mins  

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  • 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


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