You’ve decided you need to bring on a part-time CFO to help you out a bit. Since hiring a part-time CEO is a bit different than bringing on someone full time, how do you know what key traits to look out for in a candidate and how can this person help your company? To find […]
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Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU) announced the launch of QuickBooks Online Advanced with the goal of providing a better way to help growing companies understand their business. The new cloud-based solution will leverage the large amounts of data generated by its 3.4 million online customers with artificial intelligence and machine learning to deliver insights businesses can use.
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Using digital technology means generating data — a lot of it. The data comes from your business and the customers you serve, but access to this data is not as seamless as it should be. Especially when it is sensitive information, such as financial data. Xero joins the Financial Data Exchange Cloud-based accounting software company
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mastersenaiper / Pixabay Financing your small business is never a process anyone would define as “fun.” Even if you’ve gotten lucky with a good loan at a fantastic interest rate, you still probably hate seeing money go out the door every month to make repayments. And if you have a not-so-great loan—or even more frustrating,
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Financial technology, or FinTech refers to a range of financial services software that are commonplace in the 21st century. Many small businesses use financial technology in their day-to-day tasks, and FinTech is changing the ways that small businesses manage concerns with cash flow. Managing Cash Flow with FinTech Take a look at these 7 ways
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Bitcoin is poised to take the financial world by storm. For the best part of 10 years it has existed under or on the fringes of the financial world’s radar. In the last 18 months, that all changed. Just about every news publication on the planet chimed in with their two cents on bitcoin’s future.
Stripe, an online payment processing service, and Twilio, a cloud communications platform, have announced a partnership they say will make it easier for small businesses to take payments over the phone. That partnership has taken the form of new payment service from Twilio called <Pay>. The new service will not only help businesses integrate phone payments,
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A growing number of small and midsize businesses are going cashless—accepting payments only by debit card, credit card or mobile wallet. The Los Angeles Times is one of several outlets reporting on the trend. Last year Visa held a “Cashless Challenge” giving $10,000 to each of 50 small business owners who went cashless. Winners were
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Crypto enthusiasts have long held that someday, cryptocurrency would replace traditional currency. That would mean the majority of a local population (or world population) using a decentralized currency or currencies in place of fiat currencies like dollars, pounds, or Euro. That reality would demand that at least one major world power adopt a specific cryptocurrency
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Whatever business you’re up to, whether it’s a small retail shop or a full-blown manufacturing business, you will need money (probably more than you initially thought). Where do you get the money? Your first resort is going to be your personal savings. However, you still need “infusion of capital” to get started especially if you
