Square Buys Afterpay for $29B, Could Have Bought Xero for Less
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The cloud accounting podcast takes a look at the big news in fintek. This week, we talk about after pay and Square's purchase of actopit. We also discuss how to use your phone as a point of sale for financial services.
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Show Notes
3:00 – Risk Assessment and COVID
10:30 – Square to Buy Installment Lender Afterpay for $29B
https://www.cfo.com/ma/2021/08/square-to-buy-installment-lender-afterpay-for-29b/
19:21 – Rootworks Acquires CPA Practice Advisor
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rootworks-acquires-cpa-practice-advisor-131500586.html
19:36 – Right Networks Acquires Rootworks
https://www.rightnetworks.com/blog/right-networks-acquires-rootworks/
20:57 – Windows 365 costs how much!?
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3628169/windows-365-costs-how-much.html
More Microsoft News:
Microsoft's new collaboration tool wants to replace Google Workspace for good
4 Must-Know Features of Project Moca (a.k.a. Outlook Spaces)
https://www.avepoint.com/blog/manage/outlook-spaces-project-moca/
28:17 – Greenback is becoming Dext Commerce
https://www.greenback.com/blog/greenback-and-dext/447
Dext debuts rebranded e-commerce solution
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/dext-debuts-rebranded-e-commerce-solution-following-acquisition
31:43 – Earth Class Mail: Mailbox Scan
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.delivered.ecm&hl=en&gl=US
33:37 – Introducing the new Xero App Store
https://www.xero.com/blog/2021/08/introducing-new-xero-app-store/
37:14 – Latest product news – August 2021
https://www.xero.com/blog/2021/08/latest-product-news-august-2021/
38:20 – Zeni receives $34M in funding for AI bookkeeping
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/zeni-receives-34m-in-funding-for-ai-bookkeeping-and-accounting
48:30 –Meetings aren't killing productivity; data entry is
https://zapier.com/blog/report-how-office-workers-spend-time
52:13 – 1 in 4 Former Employees Still Has Access to Files at Old Job
https://smallbiztrends.com/2021/08/employees-access-files-former-employer.html
57:20 – Final Report - Advisory Committee on Open Banking
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