Petaluma, Calif. (November 18, 2016) — Optio Solutions, an accounts receivable management firm, has donated 85 turkeys to COTS (Committee on the Shelterless) to feed hundreds of community members on Thanksgiving Day at the Petaluma Kitchen. This is the sixth consecutive year that employees have contributed to the program, bringing the total weight of turkeys donated since 2011 to nearly 10,000 pounds.
DetailsSome finance directors are convinced that handling all business functionality in-house is the best approach. After all, if one wants something done right, they do it themselves — correct? For others, especially those concerned with external breaches in data security, it’s a matter of keeping things close to the vest. Meanwhile, a third group of directors believes that purchasing expensive software to manage processes such as accounting, office management and online marketing is the way to go despite having to dedicate existing human resources (or invest in new ones) for program operations.
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Perhaps inspired by David Letterman’s longstanding “Top Ten List,” a British firm recently compiled a list of common excuses offered by businesses for late and non-payments. The information is a distillation of statistics from a related survey and has enjoyed viral fame since being published on September 19. As one journalist pointed out, the content…
DetailsFans of the “insane” legendary magazine harpooning everyone and everything in America will certainly recognize the quote in the title. While the publication’s mascot may carry a devil-may-care attitude, the concept of the Internal Revenue Service outsourcing collection efforts to private debt collection agencies may send chills up the spine of anyone who has encountered difficulty…
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It’s 5:00 AM, Tuesday and the operations manager of a small credit union is clutching her mug of coffee while reviewing Google News. Much to her chagrin, a headline with her company’s name is among those in the local news section: “Acme Credit Union Sued for $30 M Over Debt Collection Mistakes.” Assessing potential vulnerabilities,…
DetailsAs fixtures of American pop culture, superheroes have been idolized by people of all ages since the 1930s — from kids sneaking comic books into class, to adults viewing newspaper comic strips on New York City subways. Their origins have been traced to the gods of Greek and Roman mythology that formed the foundation of…
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