The Retail Champion

Finextra Research | February 27, 2020

Today, Mastercard and myPOS, a pan-European fintech, signed a strategic partnership agreement to promote card payment solutions to SMEs across Europe. Working together, the partnership will raise awareness among small businesses of the innovative solutions to accept card transactions; designed to meet their needs at a price that fits their budget. SMEs underpin the European economy, representing 99% of all businesses, but, traditionally, the ability to pay by card in such businesses has been var...

CNBC | February 07, 2020

Democratic presidential candidates are taking aim at a new tax break for small businesses. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg last week pitched a $5 trillion tax plan that would raise levies on wealthy individuals and corporations. He also wants to repeal the 20% qualified business income deduction, a feature of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which went into effect in 2018. This write-off permits owners of “pass-through” entities, including S-corporations and partnerships, to deduct up to 20%...

AICPA | July 20, 2020

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and its business and technology arm, CPA.com, today announced the launch of a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness platform, PPPForgivenessTool.com, which automates the forgiveness process for small business owners who received funds from the PPP. The dynamic platform, powered by fintech lender Biz2Credit, incorporates the PPP forgiveness calculator created by the AICPA in May and is available to any business approved f...

MARKETING AND NETWORKING

Tuya Smart | June 07, 2022

Tuya Smart, a prominent IoT development platform supplier, recently announced that it will attend the LightFair 2022 Trade Show and Conference. LightFair 2022 will be held in the Las Vegas Convention Center from June 19 to 23, 2022, with over 300 brands expected to attend. Tuya Smart will showcase its latest IoT lighting products and solutions under the theme "Light Up the Unlimited Future." The booth, which will be in West Hall 1915, will feature a wide range of lightin...