Banking

Upgrade closes $105M Series E funding round, and Gotransverse joins telecomm industry association.

The portal offer a streamlined way to seek loan forgiveness, but accountants are watching for the revenue reduction scores the SBA is using to make determinations.

Securities-based lending is up sharply as wealthy investors leverage gains in their stock portfolios into low-interest loans for pricey purchases.

Better enforcement; for fans of tax crime; partner sabbaticals please; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Basis debate; relief to come; underreporting and the gap; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Practitioners share which parts of their jobs they’d ditch and which they’d keep.

Taxpayers who file through TurboTax can now opt to open a Credit Karma Money Spend account and have their tax refund sent there directly.

Thanks to vagaries of the accounting world, Donald Trump’s administration had a chance in the final weeks of the presidential race to cancel more than $200 billion of student loans with no immediate hit to the Department of Education’s massive portfolio. Yet it didn’t do it. Now, perhaps Joe Biden will.

President Joe Biden plans to extend a freeze on federal student-loan repayments until at least the end of September, keeping in place a pandemic measure that’s reduced costs for tens of millions of borrowers.

Private collection agencies that have contracted with the Internal Revenue Service to collect overdue tax debts have collected nearly $500 million since 2017, according to a new report, but that’s just a fraction of the over $30 billion owed.

Bansley & Kiener, without admitting wrongdoing, agreed to pay $2.5 million to address allegations that lax oversight contributed to the 2017 collapse of Washington Federal Bank for Savings.

In the first episode of the five-part documentary series, we look at how disparities in net worth and mortgage discrimination impact Black home ownership — and why it's impossible to close the gaps without attacking systemic racism.

This five-part series is a comprehensive effort to explain the racial discrimination Black Americans face in our financial system.

Replicon's intelligent time tracking app is available for SAP, Mavenlink adds staffing module, and Compass Lending Platform rebrands as Javelin.

The cloud-based solution provides dashboard visualization and other tools for managing clients' loan forgiveness applications.

Borrowers or their accountants can fill out the forgiveness application and the tool produces all government-mandated forms automatically.

Wave Money integrates with Wave’s financial management software for a full money management experience.

As applications for the second wave of PPP loans move into the final phase, many businesses will be asking: What do I do next if I don’t secure this loan?

The payroll provider has been partnering with accountants to help them secure loans for their small businesses.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation to close a loophole in the CARES Act.