Advisory

The accounting and advisory firm CohnReznick LLP recently raised more than $105,000 at its 13th annual employee Bowl-A-Thon, which benefits Make-A-Wish New Jersey. This brings the total raised for Make-A-Wish by the Firm over the last 13 years through employee fundraising, donations, and raffles to more than $1.45 million.

A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.

A new report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has found the majority of debit card overdraft fees are incurred on transactions of $24 or less and that the majority of overdrafts are repaid within three days. Put in lending terms, if a consumer borrowed $24 for three days and paid the median overdraft fee of $34, such a loan would carry a 17,000 percent annual percentage rate (APR).

From food trucks to online retailers, a growing number of mainstream businesses are accepting virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin, as a payment method. But as the popularity of digital cash rises, states are beginning to look at ways to regulate its use.

A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.

Whatever you may think of Millennials, they are natural born savers. A new report from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies shows that since many of these workers entered the workforce at about the same time as the Great Recession, they've been more proactive in saving for perilous employment times.

The accounting and tax advisory firm WeiserMazars LLP, has acquired pmpm Consulting Group Inc., a national health care consulting firm specializing in providing managed care services including network development, contracting, credentialing, regulatory monitoring, oversight and compliance audits to payers and providers.

A new report from PwC US and the Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute (IRRCi) indicates that while companies must disclose significant cyber risks, those disclosures rarely provide differentiated or actionable information. The report examines key cybersecurity threats to corporations and provides information to investors struggling to evaluate investment risk, business mitigation strategies and the quality of corporate board oversight.