After taking regulatory supervision remote due to the coronavirus pandemic, FINRA is now considering whether the in-person component of cycle examinations will always be necessary going forward, according to CEO Robert Cook. The regulator halted the onsite component of its cycle exams on member firms earlier this year, which involved tours of a firm’s offices […]
Archives for September 2020
GitHub sets up sales team in India to target large startups
GitHub, the code-repository service used by many developers, startups and companies worldover, aims to make India the largest market from the third largest at present, said Maneesh Sharma, India head of GitHub. Sharma, who was appointed India head in February when GitHub opened its first office in the country, is doubling down on working with […]
Google files for CCI approval for stake buy in Jio Platforms
US internet giant Google has moved the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to get an all-clear for its Rs 33,737 crore investment in Jio Platforms for a 7.73% stake and manufacture a new smartphone in India. As per the CCI filing on Thursday, Google will be making the investment into the digital arm of Reliance […]
Spotify, Hollywood producer Chernin to adapt podcast shows for films, TV
Spotify has signed a deal with Hollywood production house Chernin Entertainment to adapt the music streaming firm’s podcast shows for films and television and sell them to other outlets, the companies said on Thursday. The deal would unite Spotify, which has more than 1.5 million podcast titles, with media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s former right-hand man […]
CSC eStores post record sales riding on rural demand surge
The central government-backed Common Services Centres (CSC) Grameen eStores exclusively servicing rural markets has done a record Rs 73 crore in sales in the months between April and August, with rural growth continuing to grow faster than urban for packaged consumer goods, CSC chief executive Dinesh Tyagi said. CSC has partnered with close to half […]
COVID-19 is driving a borderless accounting profession – Accounting Today
A new era of work was ushered in by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many organizations quickly adapted to the remote workplace, relying heavily on the cloud, Zoom and other technologies to conduct business (not as usual). Several months into this gigantic work from home experiment, accounting professionals around the globe are settling into this new definition […]
Netflix, Amazon Prime are latest weapons in India’s telecom war
By Ashutosh Joshi and Devidutta TripathyIndia’s telecom price war is back, and this time the battle is being fought with freebies. After announcing the first tariff increase in three years in 2019, telecom carriers are offering incentives such as subscriptions to services from Netflix to Amazon Prime to win customers in a content-hungry market. With […]
Facebook’s Oversight Board plans to launch just before U.S. election
Facebook‘s long-delayed independent Oversight Board plans to launch in mid-late October, just before the November U.S. presidential election, although a board member said he did not know whether it would hear cases related to the contest. The board, created by Facebook in response to criticism of its handling of problematic content, will initially have the […]
What Is a Check Register, and How Can It Help You Organize Business Transactions?
As a small business owner, you know how important it is to keep track of your company’s finances. But, sometimes your business bank statement is not up-to-date with the most current information. For an up-to-date picture of your transactions, you can use a check register. So, what is a check register? What is a check […]
FCA lambasts scam ads on Google and social media
FCA chairman Charles Randell has lambasted scam investment advertising on Google and social media. He said it was an area that needed “urgent change.” Mr Randell said many cheated investors were lured to invest via ads they had seen on Google and other search engines. He said it was not just Google advertising that was […]