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Andrea R. Jaffe, CPA is a senior director of professional services at Avalara. She joined Avalara in 2020 as part of an acquisition. She has been in the licensing space since 2011, assisting clients with license portfolio management, and consulting on operational risk management around mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other entity reorganizations.

Stripe said growth in payments volume slowed last year after a pandemic surge, even as it helped more large business clients handle payments over the internet. 

PhonePe backs away from a buy now/pay later acquisition, Germany fines EY for Wirecard scandal, and more.

Despite numerous changes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's final rule on Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, lenders worry that expenses associated with reporting small-business lending data will cause smaller institutions to end their underwriting programs.

The cost and scope of data sharing were among bankers' top complaints, while fintechs would like fewer restrictions, a report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found. 

The fintech founder was also Square's first chief technology officer and the chief product officer of blockchain-based payments company MobileCoin.

When Colm Kelleher became chairman last April, he inherited feasibility studies by predecessor Axel Weber dating back to at least 2020 on what a takeover of Credit Suisse Group AG would look like.

A pending Supreme Court ruling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure could create dangerous regulatory uncertainty. Congress should act first.

Alex Dontoh is a professor of accounting at the Stern School of Business of New York University, and director of its Master of Science in Accounting program. He holds a Ph.D from New York University, an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley and a BSc in business administration from the University of Ghana.

Chris Danler is vice president of the Central Region at staffing and recruiting firm Aston Carter.