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Fortnite, Minecraft Accounts Big Business On Black Market

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Tens of thousands of stolen Fortnite accounts are being sold on the black market in a $1 billion a year trade, according to Bloomberg. The news outlet cited a report from Night Lion Security , which looks into companies' vulnerable points. It found that criminals are using automated tools to mass-check for Fortnite accounts from hordes of stolen identities from recent data breaches.

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Jedox 2020.3: User Actions for Interactive Applications and Hyperflexible Lists for Reports

Jedox Finance

The 2020.3 version of Jedox software enables anyone building applications in Jedox to design an interactive experience for end-users with ease. And the all-new, hyper-flexible Jedox Lists take ad hoc reporting and analysis to another level.

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Why the Adam Kae Way Works

Adam Kae

The Secret to Our Success. Usually, spilling business secrets is typically a major “no no." In our case, our best kept secret is hidden in plain sight! Industrial organizational theorists have used the bones of the Adam Kae way for decades. We just gave some of these steps cooler names. Why are we telling you this? Our goal is to help you: Find solutions to complex financial problems.

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Nonprofit organizations face challenges. We offer solutions.

Capital CFO LLC

Nonprofit organizations are struggling, and it is as simple as that. The financial and staffing challenges often seem insurmountable. According to a recent article by Nonprofit Quarterly, … many organizations, […]. The post Nonprofit organizations face challenges. We offer solutions. appeared first on Capital CFO.

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The Human Side of Finance: The Intersectionality of People, Culture, Adaptability, and Resilience

Speaker: Melissa Hurrington

Finance isn’t just about the numbers. It’s about the people behind them. In a world of constant disruption, resilient finance teams aren’t just operationally efficient. They are adaptable, engaged, and deeply connected to a strong organizational culture. Success lies at the intersection of people, culture, adaptability, and resilience. Finance leaders who master this balance will build teams that thrive through uncertainty and drive long-term business impact.

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Industry Experts Say Bank Job Cuts Are Coming

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U.S. and Canadian banks are all but certain to cut personnel costs as the COVID-19 shock gives way to more long-term economic problems, even though the CEOs of some banks pledged this past spring to not lay off employees, per sources as reported by Reuters on Friday (Aug. 28). Industry experts cited by Reuters attribute their predictions to factors including low interest rates, credit problems among potential borrowers and efficiencies generated by work-from-home programs.

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How to Read Financial News: Home Country, Confirmation, and Racial Bias

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We all have biases and blind spots, and it helps to listen to people who see things differently.

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Goldman Sachs Eyes Creating $2B Tech Fund

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Goldman Sachs is pondering a $2 billion venture and growth fund that could boost its stature in the world of technology investing, sources told Bloomberg. The amount of the fund being $2 billion would make it one of the largest in the field, Bloomberg reported. It could help Goldman Sachs court bigger investors and investments. SoftBank 's Vision Fund has $100 billion, but otherwise, not many firms have investment funds in the billions.

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18,000 Furloughed MGM Resorts Employees Laid Off

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MGM Resorts International CEO William Hornbuckle delivered bad news to his 18,000 furloughed U.S. employees on Friday (Aug. 28): They will not be invited back to work. The Wall Street Journal reports that the layoffs represent 25 percent of the company’s pre-COVID workforce of 68,000, as the global travel slowdown continues to hurt the casino industry’s recovery from COVID-19.

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Trimble Enhances Fleet FinTech Offering With Card Processing

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Trimble has announced new upgrades for its TMT Service Center and TMT Fleet Maintenance solutions, including faster payment options and more visibility, according to a press release. Renaldo Adler , industry principal of asset management for Trimble Transportation, said the new ideas are intended to bolster services for the new COVID-19-based environment for businesses.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Related Cos. CEO Calls For Workers To Come Back To New York City

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Some major New York City retail properties — including the shopping center at Hudson Yards — are only producing 50 percent of pre-pandemic rent, the CEO of major Big Apple landlord Related Cos. said Thursday (Aug. 27), according to CNBC. "Retail is obvious struggling," Jeff Blau said on CNBC's "Squawk Box." "We expect that will pick up post [re]opening.".

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Apple Has Pulled Epic Games From App Store

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While a judge may not settle the dispute between Apple and Epic Games for months, the computer giant pulled the Fortnite maker’s games from the App Store on Friday (Aug. 28), 9to5Mac reported. Epic emailed its Fortnite players that the iOS and Mac versions of the game are blocked from receiving updates. The move comes amid a pending lawsuit against Apple by Epic.

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New Report: Helping Retail Treasurers Navigate The Digital D2C Shift

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Large, well-established companies were once seen as relatively insulated from disruptions wrought by Amazon, Netflix and other Silicon Valley giants. This was a doubtful proposition to begin with, but the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken such assumptions to the core, for companies both large and small. Corporates cannot expect to weather the economic and social changes taking place by virtue of their market clout and mastery of traditional supply chains and distribution channels.

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Small Landlords Face Cash Crunch As A Third Of US Renters Don’t Pay

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Almost a third of renters in single-family or small multifamily properties couldn't make their August rent, according to CNBC , citing a survey by Avail , a tech and marketing platform for small landlords. The main reasons, the survey showed, were the same as they have been for months: the pandemic has left them without jobs or with reduced income. Missed rent payments have soared, rising 93 percent between March and May of this year as the pandemic wiped out jobs and kept people in their houses

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Smarter Card Solutions: Meeting the Challenges of Mid-Market Travel & Expense

Our 2025 Center Travel Survey is clear: as corporate travel increases, so does corporate credit cards distribution, and a rise in off-platform travel booking. This 61% rise causes various challenges: compliance, spend control, reporting problems, and a lack of visibility across organizations. To evolve with the ever-changing needs of travelers, decision-makers need a better solution.

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The Traditional Events That Are Getting Their Digital Debuts

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In the era of COVID-19, as the world is awaiting a vaccine that will formally bring the pandemic to a close worldwide and consign it to the realm of the ill-remembered past, a lot of traditions are looking to make their virtual/digital debuts. Everything from parades to trick-or-treating to Black Friday doorbusters to Santa Claus himself are getting a virtual makeover to make them safer and more socially distanced.

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Retail's Digital Shift, SPACs, And DoorDash's IPO Plans Top This Week's News

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It’s the end of another week and the end of a busy month. The PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest payments and commerce news. We have deep dives on retail’s digital D2C shift, blank-check companies, and DoorDash’s IPO plans. Top News. DoorDash Moves Ahead With Q4 IPO Plans. DoorDash , the San Francisco-based prepared food delivery service, is planning to go public by year’s end, after filing confidentially in February.

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Google Invests $100M Into Telehealth Provider Amwell

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Google 's cloud division is investing $100 million in Amwell , a telehealth operator preparing to go public, according to CNBC. The investment will come with Amwell transitioning some parts of its business away from Amazon Web Services and onto Google Cloud. Amwell will use Google as its "preferred global cloud partner," according to CNBC, and will move some of its video performance capabilities to Google.

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It’s Down To The Wire For Wirecard

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Call it a case of death by a thousand cuts. Job cuts. And cutting loose operations. And cost cuts. What will be left of Wirecard Card Solutions? What will be left of Wirecard? The company said this week that it would sell its United Kingdom operations to Railbank. Though the terms of the agreement were not disclosed, the pact seems far-reaching in scope.

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Bringing AI to Finance: How to Leverage Technology for Efficiency and Control

Finance teams are balancing more than ever, but manual processes shouldn’t slow you down. In this ebook from BILL, discover how AI is transforming finance—automating AP, expense tracking, and document management to reduce errors, increase efficiency, and improve financial control. Learn how real companies are using AI-powered automation to streamline workflows, detect anomalies, and gain deeper insights.

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Why Procurement Optimization Must Go Beyond Spend Analytics

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Today's modern, digital-first corporate has procurement expectations far beyond what the average business would have had only about five years ago. Like so many other areas of the enterprise, initiatives to optimize procurement activity have only taken greater precedence in the midst of the global pandemic. As a high-spend business function, procurement is embracing the opportunity of data analytics to understand spending patterns and identify potential areas to cut costs.

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Uber Health’s Play To Close The Last Mile In Prescription Deliveries

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Uber Health made big news this past week with the announcement that it was scaling up its delivery services to include pharmaceutical products in some locales. That’s a major new add-on for Uber Health, which the ride-hailing firm launched in 2018 to provide patients with transportation to and from medical appointments. "With COVID-19 cases still on the rise across the U.S., getting to a pharmacy to pick up prescriptions can be challenging for many and nearly impossible for some," Uber said in a

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Freshly Rolls Out Meal Delivery Platform For Businesses

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Freshly , which works in manufacturing fresh, prepared meals for the U.S., introduced a new B2B platform, Freshly for Business , which is centered around feeding company teams in any place, according to a press release published by Food Industry Executive. In 2020, Freshly is set to deliver 50 million meals to over 200,000 zip codes in the country, which the release stated will be a lifeline during the current pandemic.

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Australian Bank Debuts BizExpress To Speed Up SMB Financing

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Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has introduced a new digital service that expedites the distribution of pandemic-related loans, allowing small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to access money "within minutes," according to a report from News.com.au. With the bank's new BizExpress Online, existing SMB customers can apply for loans of up to $50,000 through the bank's NetBank and CommBank apps.

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Say ‘Goodbye’ to Clunky Spreadsheets and Say ‘Hello’ to Month-End Automation

Technology is rapidly changing the way accountants perform and manage month-end activities. Spreadsheets, emails, and shared drives no longer need to slow you down. In under four weeks, your team can start reaping the benefits of month-end close automation by vastly reducing spreadsheets, cut down on reconciliation work, speed up the month-end close, and better manage your remote team.

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Mitek, Lightico Team On Secure Smartphone Text Transactions

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Mitek , which offers digital identity verification services, has partnered with Lightico , which works in the field of identity verification and eSignatures, to provide a new way to complete transactions over a text message, a company blog post stated. Lightico, using a secure platform, can allow businesses to "collect forms, documents, eSignatures, photos and payments, consent to disclosures and verify identities instantly via text, even while the customer is on the phone," the post stated.

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Bitcoin Daily: Huawei Creates Blockchain System For Beijing; CryptoTrader.Tax Suffers Hack

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Huawei has created a technology based on the blockchain to help the Beijing government more effectively monitor and supervise citizen information, CoinDesk reported. The effort is reportedly part of the “New Infrastructure Initiative” of the country to allow for information to be unchangeable and provided to various governmental bodies, the report stated.

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Apple's Fortnite Fight Hurts All Gaming Business, Microsoft Says

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Microsoft is stepping into the fray of the legal battle between Apple and Epic Games over the banning of the Fortnite app from the App Store and the banning of Epic's account, CNBC reported. Kevin Gammill , Microsoft’s general manager for Gaming Developer Experiences, said the banning of Epic Games sets a bad precedent because it makes Microsoft and others unable to use Epic's Unreal Engine.

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This Week In Payments: MerchantE’s Sandra Blair On Amazon’s Busy Week And The Secret To Salesforce’s Success

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It’s been another busy week in payments and commerce, as summer winds down and the world gears up for an autumn where nothing seems certain except the presence of pumpkin spice at Starbucks (and everywhere else). Sandra Blair , executive vice president of MerchantE , joined Karen Webster in our latest edition of This Week in Payments to discuss the week’s big news, from some high-profile Amazon launches to the Salesforce ecosystem’s real power.

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Outsourcing Vs. In-House: The Ultimate Battle For Better Collections

Speaker: Susan Richards

Your past-due accounts are growing, cash flow is tightening, and the pressure is on. The big question: Do you handle the collections internally or outsource to experts? Both strategies come with advantages and risks - but which one delivers the best impact for your business? In this session we’ll dive deep into the in-house vs. outsourcing debate, examining cost-effectiveness, efficiency, compliance risks, and overall recovery success rates.