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WHAT IS THE SWIFT SYSTEM: WHAT BUSINESSES NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS MESSAGING SYSTEM


Small businesses depend on financial intermediaries like banks to manage their money and facilitate wire transfers to pay their workers, suppliers, and manufacturers overseas. In turn, banks use SWIFT to process most of these cross-border payments between firms banked in different countries. This article lists what you need to know about the SWIFT messaging system.

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HOW TO MAKE SENSE OF YOUR PAY STUB


Every so often, Jenny Redes gets a call from an employee who has recently discovered their pay stub. They typically have questions about what all the various numbers mean, and the human resources professional says that’s understandable. “It’s a lot of information,” says Redes, a Society for Human Resource Management certified professional and human resources

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SIMPLICITY ACQUIRES OPTIMA FINANCIAL & INSURANCE SERVICES


The Simplicity Group, one of the nation’s leading financial products distribution businesses, today announced the acquisition of San Rafael, CA-based Optima Financial & Insurance Services. The financial services firm, with a focus on Life and Annuity products, is the 33rd company to join Simplicity. Read more

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IN AN OWNERSHIP CULTURE, PEOPLE SPEND MONEY LIKE IT’S THEIR OWN


When we talk about changing culture in an organization, it rarely starts with finance, but maybe it should. Why? Because finance has a significant impact — good or bad — on the culture of any organization. In an Executive Session at AFP 2021, Gary Bischoping, partner at Hellman & Friedman, and Greg Milano, founder and

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WESTERN UNION COMPLETES FIRST CLOSING OF ITS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS DIVESTITURE


The Western Union Company, a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, announced the Company has completed the first closing of the divestiture of its Business Solutions segment to a consortium of Goldfinch Partners, LLC (“Goldfinch”) and The Baupost Group, LLC (“Baupost”) for approximately $910 million in cash. Read More

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ALVIERE LAUNCHES AUTOMOTIVE EMBEDDED FINANCE PLATFORM


Alviere, a leading global embedded finance technology platform enabling any brand to offer a complete array of financial products and services to customers, fans, and employees, recently announced that AutoPay Plus, an automated loan payment service, offers a unique value proposition to its dealership partners across the country. AutoPay Plus offers car buyers and other consumers flexible payment