Greece Without Banks From Anastasios Avranas, CEO International Association o f Financial Management. With the majority of the world holding its breath around the “Greek” issue here’s a list of notes why we … Read More
Articles under "Real Stories from the Field"
Banned Apps
Banned Apps Not only do manufactures ban apps, so do countries. More countries run by heavier despotic rules are banning social networking applications. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn are just a few of many social … Read More
Selling Your Business
Selling Your Business At one time or another all of us who own our own business will need to sell the business. So what does the small operator need to do to sell a business? Well, it's a lot like selling you home. … Read More
Background Checks
Background Checks The IDDO – The International Due Diligence Organization was launched last month and almost immediately had several people requesting a spot to speak at our launch event in San Mateo this … Read More
Appropriate Due Diligence
Appropriate Due Diligence Could this be the “Miss Manners” edition on due diligence? No – never! But it is about what is appropriate given the circumstances and time. We cannot get all of the information in … Read More
FATCA and the Inadvertently Regulated
FATCA and the Inadvertently Regulated FATCA is a bad law at the wrong place at the wrong time and it will not be repealed. Not even the Republican Majority in the House and Senate can do it. FATCA was enacted as … Read More
Payments From Questionable Clients
Payments From Questionable Clients I remember a comment from an old Russian General about doing business. He said, “I was not trained in modern management with motivational inducements, or in modern financial … Read More
Banks Have No Money for Small Businesses
Banks Have No Money for Small Businesses It is simple, with a recently announced 100 billion liquidity short fall for US and thus banks are not going to be lending to small businesses. This is on top of the … Read More
BART and San Francisco Bay Area Ferries
BART and San Francisco Bay Area Ferries BART is a very good transit system with very outdated payment technology. The machines that accept cards can only sell up to 5 transit cards. To buy a card you have to … Read More
6 Countries, 4 presentations, 28 days
6 Countries, 4 presentations, 28 days New York, NY – 2 days of AML training. It was a good class, but some still do not seem to understand how a broker dealer – that accepts no cash can be used for money … Read More
Those who do not go away
Those who do not go away Few of you may actually know what I am talking about, but those who have suffered from these people know the rest of this story without reading it. None of us are Saints. If the truth be … Read More
MTN Trading Programs
MTN Trading Programs There have been frauds since they first surfaced. But they, like pesky Nigerian inheritance scams and lotto winnings, just do not seem to go away. An example from Treasury.Gov as an opening … Read More
Stupid Broker – Weapons Grade
Stupid Broker - Weapons Grade On a long plane ride from New York to Dallas, a gentleman sat next to me and began a conversation. He eventually disclosed that he was a 30-year financial broker with a major firm. … Read More
The Business of Marijuana
The Business of Marijuana Some fascinating people have introduced me to the Marijuana business. A grower, a financier, a security specialist… I am intrigued. As for the product, I am not a user. But I am … Read More
Cash and Revolutions
Cash and Revolutions There is a saying on the poster in our office “Come the revolution things will be different, no better just different.” No doubt one of the more optimistic sayings from Murphy and his … Read More
Play to a Draw
Play to a Draw How many times have you been told you have to “Play to Win”? I have no idea either. Few people play to lose unless they are forfeiting an engagement to saddle the victor with cost of a … Read More
Investigations in Myanmar
Investigations in Myanmar We have had investigations in far more difficult circumstances but certainly not in a more challenging country. The first challenge we encountered was the language. Years of isolation kept … Read More
Coin Dealer Hung Out On A Shingle For Home Loan Fraud
Coin Dealer Hung Out On A Shingle For Home Loan Fraud? Recently one of our consultants was asked to opine on the subject of Customer Due Diligence concerning a financial transaction that was, well, ultimately … Read More
Be Prepared for the Subpoena
Be Prepared for the Subpoena A good investigator was surprised that on a small domestic relations case - all of his records were subpoenaed in an overly broad overreaching subpoena. My guess is that he did some … Read More
The Competitor Knows All
The Competitor Knows All You’re a small business, you run a series of stores located at malls. You have simple merchandise and there are really few if any barriers to entry. So what do you care if your … Read More
Some Signs of Money Laundering
Some Signs of Money Laundering Laundering money is moving money in such a way that the sole economic purpose behind the movement is deny to a viewer or participant the ability of ever knowing the real source of the … Read More
Academic Doping
Academic Doping Academic doping is the off-label use of nootropic drugs “Smart Drugs” for the purposes of improving cognitive ability. These drugs are normally used to treat neurocognitive disorders such as … Read More
Top Stress Management Techniques You Can Apply NOW
Top Stress Management Techniques You Can Apply NOW Gail Kasper, Author, Television Host It seems that life just doesn’t get easier and we can never catch a break. Every day we run into so much that needs our … Read More
Build On The Spiritual Side Of Life
by Gail Kasper Are we a bunch of robots? No, of course not. We are living, breathing beings who think, feel, love, offer help and support, create, develop ideas, form beliefs and express ourselves in countless … Read More
Israeli Security
Recently I traveled through Jordan on my way to the Palestinian Association of CPAs Conference in Ramallah. Coming across the King Husain Bridge through the Allenby Checkpoint I spent over 3 hours in Israeli … Read More
Disaster Recovery
The US just had a Franken Storm, or the Perfect Storm, or The Storm of The Century. Here are the smartest comments on what you - as a person - need to do from Brian Greenburg, CPA. www.greenbergcpa.com Some … Read More
Aegis Journal got hacked!
With the recent changes to Google’s search engine, one can now do the opposite of Search Engine Optimization called Negative Search Engine Optimization. Through leveraging certain tactics found unfavorable by … Read More
Fit Fun Into Your Personal Time To Maximize Your Success
by Gail Kasper, Author, Television Host, Certified Fitness Trainer, and Motivational Speaker To be successful in your chosen profession or with a particular goal, you need to be tenacious, determined and committed … Read More
Family Fitness During The Summer Months: Easy And Fun!
by Gail Kasper, Author, Television Host, Certified Fitness Trainer, and Motivational Speaker Going on a family bike ride in your neighborhood. Swimming away the afternoon at the community pool. Taking the family … Read More
The Dangers of Golf… or your are Fore Warned…
The liability of a golfer for striking a golf ball is based on predictability of the mishap. In short what might be the "danger zones" (defined as the foreseeable deviation from the intended flight of a golf ball … Read More
Top Ten Reasons You MUST Take Risks!
Top Ten Reasons You MUST Take Risks! by Gail Kasper, Author and Motivational Speaker When I talk about taking risks, I’m not referring to reckless, hazardous actions that imperil you or those around you. I’m … Read More
Build On The Spiritual Side Of Life
by Gail Kasper, Author and Motivational Speaker Are we a bunch of robots? No, of course not. We are living, breathing beings who think, feel, love, offer help and support, create, develop ideas, form beliefs and … Read More
Technology v. Thinking, aka Photo Radar v. Savvy driver.
Technology seems very important to both organizations and their leaders. Piles amassed in to mountains amassed into continents of data for the purpose of ?. It is all about technology and what technology can do … Read More
The Office Move
The time has come to pass and we are leaving our current office for an owned location. As you read this - HOPEFULLY - we are comfortable ensconced in our new office - wherever it may be. Yep - not sure where we … Read More
ROBO Signers
ROBO Signers What is a ROBO signer? We used to know it as a "rubber stamp" – a signature used by a second party, attesting that the authorized party has knowledge of the documents being "signed." In recent … Read More
Black Friday and System D
Black Friday and System D Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving in the United States) is a day many retail merchants have huge sales to kick off the holiday season. The use of the word "black" is in reference … Read More