Coronavirus

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Michael Cohn
July 27, 2020 5:00 PM

More than half the companies that completed their first audits under the new standard needed to make an extra effort.

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Hantz Fevry, founder and CEO, Stoovo
Penny Crosman
July 27, 2020 2:34 PM

Current, Stoovo and other companies are reaching out with low-cost, low-fee financial services and even tools to help users search for part-time jobs.

9 Min Read
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Michael Cohn
July 27, 2020 12:54 PM

New regulations to help employers reconcile any advance payments of refundable employment tax credits and recapture the benefit of these credits when necessary, in line with the CARES Act and the Families First Act.

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Inside the Amazon Go grocery store
John Adams
July 27, 2020 11:09 AM

Checkout-free stores still feel experimental, but the coronavirus pandemic is pushing more retailers to contemplate how to reduce human interaction in larger settings.

4 Min Read
Employees
Patrick Luther
July 27, 2020 10:43 AM

Financial firms should offer debt consolidation and faster payment services to help employees who may be struggling through the coronavirus pandemic.

3 Min Read
Miriam Cross
July 26, 2020 9:00 PM

BBVA and Rockland Trust have taken a highly numbers-driven approach to branch reopenings. All banks are having to rethink their branch networks during the pandemic and beyond, and analytics software is helping.

7 Min Read
Timeline of SBA forgiveness application process
John Reosti
July 24, 2020 4:02 PM

A new Small Business Administration notice explains what steps lenders must take to seek approval of their forgiveness decisions under the Paycheck Protection Program. But lenders say lawmakers and regulators must do more to cut red tape.

4 Min Read
David Heun
July 24, 2020 10:40 AM

Three months ago, Stephen Squeri, the chairman and CEO of American Express, declared a global "economic free fall" due to the coronavirus. Its second-quarter earnings show how far a fall it has been.

3 Min Read
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By Steven T. Dennis
July 24, 2020 10:17 AM

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell waited until a key component of U.S. coronavirus aid was about to expire before drafting the Republican version of the next major relief bill, a decision that is increasingly looking like a significant miscalculation.

5 Min Read
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By Laura Davison and Laura Litvan
July 24, 2020 9:56 AM

The 160 million Americans who got stimulus checks earlier this year would get another payment as soon as next month under a plan being negotiated by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

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