Lawmakers want to break them up. Regulators want to fine them (and reportedly will) — big time. The media keeps piling on. Everyone hates #Facebook except ... the consumers who keep showing up every day and the advertisers who drive their significant top line growth. It’s a story that hasn’t been told ever since the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke last year. And could be why its stock price jumped nearly 2 percent on news of the $5B FTC fine. Here’s that story. …see more

When decoupled debit hit the scenes in the mid-2000s, it was touted as the merchant’s reprieve to interchange fees. It wasn’t. A decade or so later there are new reports that merchants will bring back that oldie-but-not-so-goodie way for consumers to pay them. What’s so different this time? Not much including how it all might end — should it ever again begin. …see more

Some 48.5 million U.S. travelers are expected to hit the road for Thanksgiving, and roughly half will use apps to find gas deals. According to our new Paying At The Pump Report, once these mobile-savvy consumers fuel up, they’re likely to shop at the gas station’s convenience store. Find over 350 data points, outlining the $22 billion opportunity to drive gas patrons into c-stores, inside the report. …see more

The scariest thing for big tech this Halloween isn’t the little goblin at their door asking for candy on Halloween night. It’s the conversations between now and the end of the year about the scary things that could make or break its 2019. Here's my take on what could keep seven of the biggest players in payments, tech and commerce wide awake as they take the next 60 days to wrap their strategies for the year to come. …see more

Airlines, hotels and travel aggregators are the ultimate cross-border payments players. The complexity of managing those payments is evident in how much they spend processing them: 5.4% of sales, on average. That’s a $75 billion problem that 81% of those companies are highly motivated to solve, and innovators are more than happy to lead the way. Those details, and a lot more data points, in our new Travel Payments Study. …see more

When the ThreeSixty Group bought The Sharper Image in 2016, CEO David Conn told me they were attracted to a legacy brand with an incredible consumer affinity. Today, it’s a brand that's less about what it sells, and more about the experience and “wow factor” that comes along with their products. …see more

Ignore the innovation elephant in the online platform room - today’s Goliaths are all competing in a complicated ecosystem where it’s impossible to identify clearly who’s competing with whom - and for what.

Mastercard and Western Union have teamed up to create a new, digital, model for sustainable, scalable refugee settlements — borrowing from what makes cities work for its citizens and the digital financial systems that underpin them.

Data goldmine. PayPal ’s annual X-Border shopping trends. We break it all down. https://lnkd.in/e4vAee7

Let's Get Radical ... LIVE! | Thursday, Jan. 21 | 12 pm | LinkedIn and Facebook Live What does #AI , #ML and #RPA mean for the #accounting profession? Join me tomorrow to find out! I'm talking with Tiffany Miller and Kristopher Miller of tm2 Accounting Solutions, LLC to hear their experience growing their firm with technology. Don't miss it! Thanks to Botkeeper for sponsoring! #CPAs #accountants #accountingfirm #RadicalCPA #RadicalCPALive #CPALove #accountantlove #botkeeperfordumies #botkeeper …see more

We've learned a lot since March, and now we've got to put it all together and move towards a future-facing vision of our firms. We have to be intentional about how we reset what our firm looks like, behaves like, and how that’s communicated. #radicalcpa …see more

It’s time to productize your services and use the cloud with all your customers, not just one or two. If you allow that to happen, your firm will go through a transformation. #radicalcpa #cpas #accountants #technology #cpafirmgrowth …see more

So what are you all up to tomorrow (June 4th) at lunchtime? Let's have a chat about ways that tech can help you engage with your employees in the era of #covid19 . I'll be talking with Craig Cohen , DVP of the ADP Marketplace about digital tools available to #CPAs and #accountants to help drive employee engagement. Tune in live right here on LinkedIn at 12 noon EST. Thanks to #ADP for making this session of #LetsGetRadical Live possible! #coronavirus #RadicalCPA #CPALove #AccountantLove #ADPMarketplace …see more

Who in the accounting space told you about both these AMAZING companies first!!!! Yeah, I think it was me!!! #radicalcpa #cuttingedge #startup #finance #entrepreneurship #accounting #technology #fintech

Shawn Bond Asked if I would post this for him! The CPA must have experience with VDAs (voluntary disclosures re: sales tax IRS) https://lnkd.in/exZCwjP . #radicalcpa #cpa #talent

What I love about social!!! How today when people diss your company without knowing all the facts and partners create loving content to support you. #botkeeper #radicalcpa #ai #cpa #automation #ravingfans #love #brandambassador #doyouwantobeafirmlikehis ? #analytics #artificialintelligence #machinelearning #data #technology #digitaltransformation https://lnkd.in/ed_4XW6 …see more

I swear they add women so more people click on it!!! What if women are able to do other things! #wedontknowwhatwedontknowyet #radicalcpa #leadership #technology #aI . #innovation #data

Everyone always asks how I got so many followers... I was named to this list in 2015 and 2016 for money and finance. Its because I was an early adopter of their blogging platform. It’s about risk and reward... the bigger the risk, the bigger the reward. If I had waited till this year to start blogging...I would never have made the list. What new idea or tech have you decided to become an early adopter of #today ? #leadership #business #technology #fintech #radicalcpa #linkedintopvoices …see more

What’s your favourite #financebook for someone to build a #financecareer ? My one tip to become a good investor is to develop a #reading habit - read lots of history and psychology in addition to finance of course …see more

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