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Square Merchants Shift Online As POS Volumes Sink

Square Merchants Shift Online As POS Volumes Sink
Square Merchants Shift Online As POS Volumes Sink
May 07, 2020  |  Earnings

Square reported earnings Wednesday (May 6) for the first quarter that showed slowing gross payment volumes, impacted by the pandemic and the shuttering of merchant...

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Homebound Consumers, Connected Fitness Revs Up Peloton Earnings
Homebound Consumers, Connected Fitness Revs Up Peloton Earnings
May 06, 2020  |  Earnings

Predicting that U.S. consumers would not return to the gym anytime soon due to the pandemic, connected fitness brand Peloton smoked its quarterly earnings Wednesday...

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New PPP Loan Rules On Student Workers Offers Break To Colleges
New PPP Loan Rules On Student Workers Offers Break To Colleges
May 06, 2020  |  Loans

Colleges suffering from lost revenues during the pandemic may have a better chance now as clarifications to the Paycheck Protection Program’s (PPP) rules say these...

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Etsy’s Q1 Gets A Big Boost From Stay-At-Homers
Etsy’s Q1 Gets A Big Boost From Stay-At-Homers
May 06, 2020  |  Earnings

Stay-at-home orders and the mass work-from-home (WFH) migration that flew in the face of America’s sense of freedom acted as a tailwind for handmade eCommerce...

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Bitcoin Daily: Delays In New EU AML Rules Leave Irish Crypto Firms No Access To Financial Services
Bitcoin Daily: Delays In New EU AML Rules Leave Irish Crypto Firms No Access To...
May 06, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Irish bitcoin ATM operator Boinnex found itself facing roadblocks from Allied Irish Banks (AIB), which shut down its account and said it didn’t want to...

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Google To Workers: Office Perks Don’t Carry Over To Remote Work
Google To Workers: Office Perks Don’t Carry Over To Remote Work
May 06, 2020  |  Google

Following complaints from employees who are teleworking and say they miss office perks such as free food and fitness, Google adopted a policy prohibiting expensing...

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Coronavirus Refunds: NFL Details Reimbursement Procedure; Cleveland Cavaliers Provide Refund Options
Coronavirus Refunds: NFL Details Reimbursement Procedure; Cleveland Cavaliers Provide Refund Options
May 06, 2020  |  Coronavirus

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt everyday life the world over, many consumers want refunds on things they paid for but aren’t able to use. Here’s...

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Fed Launches FedNow Community For Instant Payments, Seeks Participants
Fed Launches FedNow Community For Instant Payments, Seeks Participants
May 06, 2020  |  Faster Payments

The Federal Reserve has formed a FedNow Community group for its upcoming instant payment offering, the FedNow Service, and needs volunteers to support it, the...

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Short-Term Rental Hosts Undercut Airbnb With Pricing, Bookings
Short-Term Rental Hosts Undercut Airbnb With Pricing, Bookings
May 06, 2020  |  Business

Dissatisfied with Airbnb and other short-term rental companies, many hosts have created their own direct-booking websites to boost business and end years of frustration with...

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