#Nepal becomes the first country in the World Health Organization  South-East #Asia Regional Office to eliminate #trachoma as a public health problem. Amazing progress in the fight to #beatNTDs. #WHA71 Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases #HealthForAll #globalhealth …see more

never a dull day. this is the sound of intellectual capital (including fintech) swooshing to the UK.

The #COVID19 hit all #aviation has taken is enormous - not just #airlines but all sectors that rely on them #airports #boeing #airbus #travel sites

The growth of #internationalstudents into the #US had already stopped by 2018 - now #COVID19 + #immigration restrictions will make things much worse

WEEKLY UPDATE #COVIDー19 : 1. #USA #deaths stabilized around 5.5% of infections, compared to 7% for the world 2. Re total cases, US is now in a worse place than #Italy but still much better than #Spain 3. US still far behind #Italy #Germany #Spain #Russia in total #tests …see more

DAILY UPDATE #COVID19 - not a good day for #USA 1. #FlattenTheCurve US stills tracks #Italy on total cases per cap, now worse than #Germany 2. US #death rate continues to rise to 3.2% 3. US still behind #Italy #Germany #Spain #SouthKorea in total tests per cap …see more

On a day when #California says it can't afford #highspeedrail here's a blunt assessment of #China and its 18k miles of it - lots of debt, but is China better off?

My Knowledge at #Wharton #podcast on 10 years after the fall of #LehmanBrothers #financialcrisis

Are you a homeowner who prepaid (or thought about prepaying) property taxes to beat the new tax bill? Or are you a CPA or tax attorney getting deluged with calls about tax prepayment?  I'd love to talk to you for a story in The New York Times. Drop me a line at ben.casselman@nytimes.com if you're interested in talking.

Keki Mistry, HDFC, on #Pandemonium : The Great Indian Banking Tragedy. He finds the book "a work of contemporary fiction". #financialstability #indianbanking #india #financialservices #economy #finance #economics #debt #growth #money #fraud #governance #insolvency #consolidation …see more

At a CII summit last week in Delhi on Infrastructure Financing, with Pension Regulator and others. Conclusion is the same: Both the govt and RBI have been pushing hard but more needs to be done

Six out of 10 consumers now say that the touchless payments options merchants make available to them can sway their decision to shop – or not to shop – in this new digital first world. The new PYMNTS How We Shop Report, in collaboration with PayPal , surveyed 2,163 U.S. consumers and identifies the five payment offerings that have now become make or break for merchants when serving their customers. Full Report: https://bit.ly/34TMuHn …see more

I went shopping at Whole Foods on Saturday and came away with a lot more than six bags of groceries. An offer made by a Whole Foods team member, to link my Prime account to the Whole Foods app, inspired a set of thoughts that ended something like this: Whole Foods plus Prime could be Amazon’s flywheel for creating the uber loyalty program for physical retail. Here’s why. …see more

Our newly released Payments Powering Platforms Tracker is designed to give an overview of the trends and activities across B2B industry payment platforms. Full report: http://bit.ly/2kB20NK

Let's meet SALY, shall we? Same.As.Last.Year. Look at these processes -- from more than a year ago -- rank them, and start the change process in your firm. #radicalcpa #changemanagement …see more

The last few days! #seriesB #fintech Poor #scalefactor #cloudfirms #cpa #botkeeper #intuit

So Awesome to spend time with Bob Jahelka and his son last night! Talking Bots, AI and how to get Radical! I love hearing when Radical ideas have impacted a firm in so many positive ways! So Excited for the Future of DSJ! #radicalcpa #cpafirm #leadership #taxseason …see more

This is where I did my first tax return!!! As a volunteer in Claude’s class. It was a moving experience. The guy on the right was my tax professor 25 years ago... #radicalcpa #smc #tax When I taught tax 244 I used to make my student volunteer too... it’s a real eye opener about everyday struggles for the poor. …see more

Small Business and small CPA firms can now use BOTS too.. #radicalcpa #ai #accounting Is your CPA firm using them? If not, why not? Did you miss my event last week? - https://lnkd.in/eGU9PeA

Unquestionably, the best team tenet we have is "We believe in Waffle Wednesdays". That delicious smell is so intoxicating, it envelops the whole floor and captures you at the elevator. (I've had 4 already :) )