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David Silberman
May 5, 2020 10:44 AM

Banks tend to pull back in times of crisis by tightening credit and focusing on collections efforts. But consumers, and not returns, must be the focus during the coronavirus pandemic.

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The 115th Congress convenes for the first time in 2017
Mark Watson
May 5, 2020 9:00 AM

There's a great deal of help for businesses in the CARES Act and the FFCRA.

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May 5, 2020 12:01 AM

Consumer remittance behaviors are being forced to change, with senders and recipients moving to mobile wallets, bank accounts, and cards. But many still want cash.

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Server farm
Penny Crosman
May 4, 2020 5:00 PM

Recent breaches and a pandemic-driven strain on cloud computing seemed to prompt a regulatory warning that banks, tech vendors and cloud hosts share an obligation to safeguard customer data — no matter where it resides.

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 Jay Dardenne
May 4, 2020 3:40 PM

S&P Global Ratings said balancing the state budget "will be met against a growing cloud of uncertainty” between the recession and COVID-19.

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May 4, 2020 3:04 PM

Lenders implemented stricter underwriting across all loan types in the first quarter as the pandemic upended the economy, the Federal Reserve said in its survey of loan officers.

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Highlights of Priority Loan Facility under Fed's Main Street Lending Program
Allissa Kline
May 4, 2020 2:26 PM

The Fed has tweaked its Main Street Lending Program to stir more enthusiasm, including the creation of a third financing option for larger companies. Will it make a difference?

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AICPA CEO and president Barry Melancon addressing the 2018 Engage event
Daniel Hood
May 4, 2020 2:20 PM

Leaders from the AICPA share details of firms’ struggles, and the work the profession is doing to mitigate the economic effect of the coronavirus.

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John Adams
May 4, 2020 12:54 PM

Visa’s the first card company to push back the October deadline for U.S. gas station EMV compliance, but that’s just one of a mounting set of challenges petroleum merchants are facing because of the coronavirus.

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IFAC offices
Michael Cohn
May 4, 2020 12:08 PM

The international group has published a roadmap that focuses on four main areas of change.

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