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ADP Strikes Acquisition Deal As SMB Hiring Remains ‘Erratic’

ADP Strikes Acquisition Deal As SMB Hiring Remains ‘Erratic’
ADP Strikes Acquisition Deal As SMB Hiring Remains ‘Erratic’
August 02, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Moody’s Analytics and payroll provider ADP released their latest small business hiring data on Wednesday (August 1), with analysts describing the current trend as “erratic.”...

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Chairish And UPS Team To Solve Sellers’ Big Shipping Friction
Chairish And UPS Team To Solve Sellers’ Big Shipping Friction
August 02, 2018  |  Retail

Today, the wait — quite literally — could be over. That is, the wait between that moment when a buyer purchases that mid-century piece of...

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Transaction Volumes, Subscription Services Boost Square’s Q2 Earnings
Transaction Volumes, Subscription Services Boost Square’s Q2 Earnings
August 02, 2018  |  Earnings

Square managed to beat Wall Street estimates on both earnings and revenue when second quarter earnings went live yesterday — powered largely by higher-than-expected transaction...

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Trump Administration Wants To Raise China Tariffs To 25 Percent
Trump Administration Wants To Raise China Tariffs To 25 Percent
August 02, 2018  |  Regulation

Some Trump administration advisers are pushing the president to set tariffs as high as 25 percent on $200 billion of Chinese imports — a steep increase...

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Wikipedia Co-Founder Says ‘No’ To Crypto, Chainalysis Study Finds Decline In Bitcoin Payments
Wikipedia Co-Founder Says ‘No’ To Crypto, Chainalysis Study Finds Decline In Bitcoin Payments
August 02, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Mistertango found that 88 percent of crypto exchanges do, in fact, want regulation in the industry, Cryptovest reported. At the same time, however, 17 percent...

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Facebook’s Chief Security Officer Steps Down
Facebook’s Chief Security Officer Steps Down
August 02, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook’s chief security officer, Alex Stamos, is leaving the company this month to join Stanford University as an adjunct professor. Get the Full Story Complete...

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WhatsApp’s Business API Is Its First Revenue-Generating Product
WhatsApp’s Business API Is Its First Revenue-Generating Product
August 02, 2018  |  Facebook

WhatsApp has announced the launch of its first revenue-generating enterprise product, and the only way it currently makes money is directly from its app. The...

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Wells Fargo To Pay More Than $2B Penalty Over Mortgage Loans
Wells Fargo To Pay More Than $2B Penalty Over Mortgage Loans
August 02, 2018  |  Loans

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Wells Fargo will pay $2.09 billion in penalties to settle claims related to mortgage loans that the lender...

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