Visa acquires Plaid & Intuit makes ChronoBooks exclusive to QBO Advanced

SponsorsQuickFee: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/quickfeeAccountingSuite: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/asuiteOnPay: http://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpayShow Notes01:52 – David can see clearly now, just in time to admire the cracked screen of his smartphone02:42 – Blake's upping his skills game at Jirav, learning financial modeling03:08 – Blake's second webinar - Webinar Recording: How to Build a Financial Model for an Accounting Firm | Jirav04:25 – The most effective way to master a new tool or software is to use it for yourself, or a client05:24 – Is there life after The Cloud Accounting Podcast? Blake reveals his retirement plan06:57 – Side hustles can help you understand your clients' pain points07:42 – American remote-worker ranks have nearly tripled in the past two decades!08:02 – Business on top, PJs on the bottom - just one of the reasons why remote work rules! 08:18 – Reviews! Thank you, I <3 smilies, Aassas, and Glafollette!  13:43 – Visa changes it stripes, with some $5.3 billion Plaid | Bank Innovation14:30 – Is data the new oil? 15:46 – Everything old wants to be new again, when it comes to fintechs, at least | Advisorhub16:30 -- Visa's Acquisition of Plaid Presentation | Visa17:42 – No QuickBooks Online Advance? No ChronoBooks for you! | Intuitive Accountant19:16 – Perhaps Intuit killed the wrong tool? The ChronoBooks backlash begins23:38 – Who needs a one-percent reward, when you can boost your Karma with every purchase? | Expensify 27:12 – Dave Barrett makes a case for Karma | Expensify27:23 – Do you Concur? Emburse wants to change your mind! | Accounting Today29:19 – Google ups its productivity game with the acquisition of AppSheet | AppSheet 31:16 – Stand up and shout  - FASB is the villain! | Accounting Today33:02 – While it might delight CPAs and auditors, this 10,000 page codification, for mere accounting mortals, is a bit much33:28 – The End of Accounting by Baruch Lev and Feng Gu | Amazon34:32 – There's really no place for GAAP-basis financials in a subscription economy37:11 – The CCPA implementation comes with a pretty hefty price tag - $55 BILLION |The Hill39:11 – Could the CCPA be more trouble, and new risk than it's actually worth? 41:00 – Email still poses the biggest security threat for small businesses | PYMNTS42:17 – Deepfake audio fraud is the new risk in town | Axios43:28 – Are Google and Facebook too big to fail? Apparently not when it comes to invoicing scams | Fortune 44:19 – While paper check usage declines, check fraud continues to rise | WSJ45:09 – UK small businesses are just not that fond of open banking |  PYMNTS46:29 – Be afraid; be very afraid of the Buffett Indicator | CCN47:05 – Mr. Buffett buys low, and sells high, or holds ... Be like Mr. Buffett! 49:41 – Time to move to Finland? | Quartz at Work51:44 – Eliminating useless and constant meetings might be even more useful than a four-day workweek52:28 – Who needs humans when you can hire an Alphabot? Walmart's trying to stay in the game with warehouse automation | GizmodoGet in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes, or Podchaser. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus, and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram!   Limited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessities.TeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merch SubscribeApple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcastsSpotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/SpotifyGoogle Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlayStitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/StitcherOvercast: http://cloudacctpod.link/Overcast  ClassifiedsFutureFirm.co: https://futurefirm.co/cloudaccounting/Go here to create your classified ad: https://cloudacctpod.link/RunClassifiedAd