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Show Notes

00:56 - Blake's been forgiven by the PPP! 

05:50 - ‘It Was a Joke’: Some Small Businesses Got $1 Relief Loans

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/business/small-businesses-ppp-covid.html?referringSource=articleShare

09:42 - Bitcoin and SPACs Give 2021 a Flavor of Dot-Com Bubble

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-04/bitcoin-and-spacs-give-2021-a-flavor-of-dot-com-bubble

14:24 - Visa and Plaid Abandon Merger After Antitrust Division’s Suit to Block https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/visa-and-plaid-abandon-merger-after-antitrust-division-s-suit-block

17:38 - Visa, Fintech Startup Plaid Drop Merger Plans After DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2021/01/12/visa-drops-plans-to-acquire-fintech-startup-plaid-after-doj-antitrust-lawsuit

Related stories: 

Plaid CEO touts new ‘clarity’ after failed Visa acquisition 

https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/14/plaid-ceo-touts-new-clarity-after-failed-visa-acquisition/

Visa Opts Out Of Plaid Acquisition, Cites Lawsuit 

https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2021/visa-opts-out-plaid-acquisition-cites-complex-litigation/

18:44 - Stripe Stops Processing Payments for Trump Campaign Website

https://www.wsj.com/articles/stripe-stops-processing-payments-for-trump-campaign-website-11610319116

19:54 - Shopify Takes Trump Organization and Campaign Stores Offline

https://www.wsj.com/articles/shopify-takes-trumpstore-com-offline-in-response-to-riot-11610035673

21:10 - Who is Jack Ma? Where the Alibaba co-founder came from and disappeared https://nypost.com/article/who-is-jack-ma-where-alibaba-founder-cam-from-disappeared-to/

23:16 - Individual CPAs can apply for .cpa domains now

https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/individual-cpas-can-apply-for-cpa-domains-now

31:57 - Cloud-based farm accounting solution launched by ag tech start-up Traction
https://www.agriculture.com/news/technology/cloud-based-farm-accounting-solution-launched-by-ag-tech-startup-traction

32:57 - TrustBooks Releases Full Accounting Software Niched Specifically for Legal https://www.prweb.com/releases/trustbooks_releases_full_accounting_software_niched_specifically_for_legal/prweb17651217.htm

35:25 - Commerce7 and Ekos Integrate to Help Wineries Sync D2C Sales, Inventory and Accounting 

https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2021/01/13/commerce7-ekos-integrate-help-wineries

36:32 - Lightspeed Rolls Out Vendor Network For SMBs 

https://www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments/2021/lightspeed-rolls-out-vendor-network-for-smbs/

40:26 - Here’s Intuit’s plan to get Mint back on track after years of neglect

https://www.fastcompany.com/90591464/intuit-mint-new-version-and-alternatives

47:45 - Listener questions from M. Ives. Thank you! 

50:55 - Melody Seefeldt talks credit hours for the CPA. 

51:56 - Color us corrected (via Twitter)! 

53:10 - Talk to us! Tell us how your tax season goes! Share your PPP adventures! We really want to know! 

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