CPA Leaders Most Optimistic Since Pandemic

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3:58 - Economic confidence recovers to near pre-pandemic levels for finance leaders

https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2021/mar/us-economic-confidence-recovers-to-near-pre-coronavirus-levels.html

6:56 - BREAKING NEWS: Scaling New Heights® Rescheduled to October - insightfulaccountant.comhttps://www.intuitiveaccountant.com/people-and-business/scaling-new-heights%C2%AE-rescheduled-to-october/

9:57 - Cost Of Deloitte’s EDD Phone Center Balloons to $55M, As Millions Of Calls Go Unanswered - capradio.org

https://www.capradio.org/articles/2021/03/11/cost-of-deloittes-edd-phone-center-balloons-to-55m-as-millions-of-calls-go-unanswered/

16:02 - Accountants experience 60% increase in payroll services, says QuickBooks | Newshttps://www.accountancytoday.co.uk/2021/03/10/accountants-experience-60-increase-in-payroll-services-says-quickbooks/

17:02 - Metric of the Month: Avoiding Payroll Bottlenecks

https://www.cfo.com/compensation/2021/02/metric-of-the-month-avoiding-payroll-bottlenecks/

17:34 - What should I take? Architecture or accounting? | Forum | Archinecthttps://archinect.com/forum/thread/150254452/what-should-i-take-architecture-or-accounting

23:00 - Alaska, Maine, and Oklahoma weigh CPA firm mobility bills

https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2021/feb/alaska-maine-oklahoma-weigh-cpa-firm-mobility-bills.html

24:08 - Lightspeed to acquire Vend to power global retail expansion | Lightspeed POShttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/news/lightspeed-to-acquire-vend/

27:11 - Winners in New Zealand

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/nz-retail-software-company-vend-sold-for-455m/QOK7AA57JK4MP3LTTHYD744W34/

NZ retail software company Vend sold for $455m - NZ Heraldhttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/nz-retail-software-company-vend-sold-for-455m/QOK7AA57JK4MP3LTTHYD744W34/

Lightspeed to acquire Vend for $350M to expand its global retail base

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3672022-lightspeed-to-acquire-vend-for-350m-to-expand-its-global-retail-base

29:00 - Karbon raises $10M

https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/practice-management-software-developer-karbon-raises-10m

30:00 - Accounting Services Platform Autobooks Raises $25 Million In Series Bhttps://pulse2.com/autobooks-raises-25-million-in-series-b/

32:00 - Zeni Raises $13.5M To Put A Real-Time Digital Bookkeeper Inside Every Startup – Crunchbase News

https://news.crunchbase.com/news/zeni-raises-13-5m-to-put-a-real-time-digital-bookkeeper-inside-every-startup/

33:20 - Deloitte Partners With Nvidia For AI Solutions

https://big4accountingfirms.libsyn.com/deloitte-partners-with-nvidia-for-ai-solutions

34:40 - AI bookkeeping startup Zeni launches with $13.5M in fundinghttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/ai-bookkeeping-startup-zeni-launches-with-13-5m-in-funding

37:53 - Intuit adds e-signature capabilities to QBO Advancedhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/intuit-adds-e-signature-capabilities-with-docusign

44:00 - Accountant-created Bookgel releases new client acquisition apphttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/accountant-created-bookgel-releases-new-client-acquisition-app

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