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A ‘Diaper’ By Any Other Tax Code: The Complexities Of Selling Across State Tax Laws

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An Illinois bill could aid both by making online marketplaces responsible for tax collection on the third-party sales facilitated through their platforms. Alaska is also trying to simplify tax collection, which can be particularly challenging in a location with no statewide sales tax, but more than 100 local tax codes.

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How Masabi Makes Public Transit Ticketing Mobile

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In that 2007 pilot test program, commuters could buy tickets in-person or online and have them delivered to their mobile phones. s national railroad system. Most recently, Masabi expanded to offer ticketing solutions for railways in Australia and buses in Alaska. From paper to digital. A mobile future .

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Bustlingly Busy, Visa’s Vistas Expand

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In the stock market, sometimes sizzlers keep sizzling, especially when online sales are in the offing. to link their Samsung Pay account with their Visa Checkout account for online shopping. Visa’s online buying platform (or mobile wallet — though Visa prefers not to call it that), Visa Checkout, has enrolled over 20 million accounts.

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Shell Pumps More For Less With IoT

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RCR Wireless News spoke to several people involved in a Royal Dutch Shell project to install IoT sensors over its 80 oilfields in the western African nation that produce upwards of 600,000 barrels of oil per day, or 21 percent of the country’s oil-bearing capacity.

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CFPB September 2016 complaint report highlights money transfer complaints, complaints from Pennsylvania consumers

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General findings include the following: As of September 1, 2016, the CFPB handled approximately 982,400 complaints nationally, including approximately 28,700 complaints in August 2016. Sellers involved in transactions using an online money transfer service often reported encountering problems with the dispute resolution process.

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CFPB Jan. 2016 complaint report highlights “other financial services complaints,” complaints from NY State/NY metro area consumers

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In addition to the major complaint categories consumers can use when submitting online complaints to the CFPB, there is a miscellaneous category labeled “other financial service.” Nationally, mortgage complaints averaged 27 percent of all complaints received by the CFPB.). percent of total complaints.

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CFPB issues second monthly complaint report

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South Dakota, New Mexico, and Alaska experienced the greatest complaint volume decrease from the same time last year, with South Dakota down 31 percent, New Mexico down 16 percent, and Arkansas down 11 percent. The August 2015 report, like the July 2015 report, identifies the top “most-complained-about companies.”