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May 07, 2024
What Businesses Tackling Technical Debt Can Learn From the IRS

Where a business spends its money typically defines its strategy. And with the news last Thursday (May 2) that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seeking more funding to continue scaling...


May 04, 2024
IRS Modernization Efforts Pose Challenges as Enterprises Embrace eFiling  

Digital transformation is becoming as inevitable as the reality of paying taxes. And as many companies discovered during the recent tax season, even the IRS is going digital. As Wendy...


May 02, 2024
Time for Competition Law Enforcement in Sports: Recent Developments in...

By Marcelo Guimarães1   I. Introduction Discussions on the interplay between economic competition and sports, while not a new phenomenon, have attracted greater attention from competition authorities in recent years,...


April 30, 2024
Swap Raises $9 Million to Launch Global eCommerce Platform

Swap has raised $9 million in a Series A round to launch its global eCommerce platform designed to facilitate cross-border shipments. The new Swap Global will enable the company to help...


April 25, 2024
FCC Set to Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules Today

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to vote today, Thursday, to reinstate net neutrality rules and assume new regulatory oversight of broadband internet, a reversal of actions taken...


April 24, 2024
New Airline Refund Requirements Put Spotlight on Instant Digital Disbursements

Air travel is a complicated business — and those complications can get passed down to travelers. From extended delays when waiting for refunds after abrupt flight cancellations, to spending hours...


April 22, 2024
Italy’s Antitrust Authority Investigates Enel’s Communication of Energy Price Hikes

Italy’s Antitrust authority has launched an investigation into Enel, the country’s largest utility provider, over its communication of significant gas and power price increases to domestic customers. The probe comes...


April 22, 2024
Escaped Binance Exec Reportedly Located in Kenya

A Binance executive who fled Nigerian custody last month has reportedly been found in Kenya. Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan who is the cryptocurrency giant’s regional manager for Africa, escaped after weeks of being held...


April 18, 2024
Regulations, Innovations and AI Define This Week in Big Tech

Big Tech companies, including Meta, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple and Microsoft, aren’t getting any smaller. Not only do these businesses represent many of the world’s most valuable public companies by market capitalization,...


Disbursements
Taxing Problem: H&R Block Supports Consumer Need For Instant Digital Disbursements Waiting six to eight weeks for a tax refund never cuts it — especially not this year. Kathy Pickering, chief tax officer for H&R Block, tells PYMNTS that instant, digital tax refunds are now one of disbursements' biggest opportunities in this month’s Disbursements Tracker®.