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  • The Next Generation of Accountants #GenZ - Fintech Flo: Episode 34 (9/5/24)
    The pathway to becoming a CPA is different now with proposed modifications to the exam process and new developments in AI and technology that have changed the profession forever. Are you a college student thinking about obtaining your CPA or considering working for an Accounting Firm? Drew and Mike delve deeper into current Accounting Industry updates and what the profession is like today, as well as how it is going to change tomorrow. The role of industry professionals will be transforming, and the mission now is to showcase to the next generation how their job will be different.

    This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)

    Earn CPE credit while you watch, along with a bunch of other high quality, engaging, and entertaining CPE eligible video content for free as a member of FloQademy! https://learn.floqast.com/ or via the Earmark app! https://www.earmark.app/@fintechflo



    There’s lots you can do in your career with an accounting background - we’re hiring! Learn more at www.floqast.com/careers

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  • How Artificial Intelligence Will Actually Impact The Accounting Profession - Fintech Flo: Episode 33 (8/22/24)

    There has been A LOT of hype about A.I. throughout 2024, but to get the best opinion on what is actually realistic, you need to speak to the professionals who are the experts at the top of the industry - so we brought in Dr. Sean Stein Smith, CPA, Professor at Lehman College, and Blockchain Expert, to discuss how artificial intelligence will most likely impact the accounting profession, from the work accountants do, to the effect it could have on the talent pipeline, and the ways to ethically and properly implement it's usage. Get the truth as of August 2024, on this episode of the FinTech Flo with Drew Carrick, CPA.

    This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)

    Earn CPE credit while you watch, along with a bunch of other high quality, engaging, and entertaining CPE eligible video content for free as a member of FloQademy! https://learn.floqast.com/ or via the Earmark app! https://www.earmark.app/@fintechflo

    There’s lots you can do in your career with an accounting background - we’re hiring! Learn more at www.floqast.com/careers

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    Produced by @FloQastStudios
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  • Accountants Take on Sports Streaming Wars #hotassets - Fintech Flo: Episode 32 (7/30/24)
    The NBA just signed with Amazon - are you ordering your favorite sports team on Prime? We are delving into the Sports world to give you the inside scoop on the hottest trend in BigTech, or as Accountants like to call it - TMT - Tech, Media, and Telecom. What does this mean for the future of sports streaming, traditional versus non-traditional network broadcasting, and more importantly - what is the accounting behind it?

    This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)

    Earn CPE credit while you watch, along with a bunch of other high quality, engaging, and entertaining CPE eligible video content for free as a member of FloQademy! https://learn.floqast.com/ or via the Earmark app! https://www.earmark.app/@fintechflo



    There’s lots you can do in your career with an accounting background - we’re hiring! Learn more at www.floqast.com/careers

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    Produced by @FloQastStudios
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  • Financial Updates the Size of Texas - Fintech Flo: Episode 31 (7/25/24)

    Everything is bigger in Texas, which is where this episode of the FinTech Flo is taking place! Rightly so, the Great Resignation is over and the Big Stay is happening, but how does it impact accounting jobs? Also, Kirschner is set to hang out for the rest of his life with SBF, and FASB is also making some Texas sized moves with corporate transparency regulations. Shout out to the folks of the TXCPA-DFW chapter and Whitley Penn for helping make this special remote episode possible! Listen in with Drew and Stefan!

    This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)

    Earn CPE credit while you watch, along with a bunch of other high quality, engaging, and entertaining CPE eligible video content for free as a member of FloQademy! https://learn.floqast.com/ or via the Earmark app! https://earmarkcpe.com/download/

    There’s lots you can do in your career with an accounting background - we’re hiring! Learn more at www.floqast.com/careers

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  • Hot Number Summer - Petrodollar, Money Laundering, Men in Finance - Fintech Flo: Episode 30 (7/10/24)

    What's up with the petrodollar ending, and what does it mean for you? Can NYC become the next film hub and compete with LA? And what's the deal with the man in finance phenomenon? Join in on Drew and Mike's discussion on these during our very special, and sad, final episode from the FloQast Studio facility before moving to a new podcast location this fall.

    This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)

    Earn CPE credit while you watch, along with a bunch of other high quality, engaging, and entertaining CPE eligible video content for free as a member of FloQademy! https://learn.floqast.com/ or via the Earmark app! https://earmarkcpe.com/download/

    There’s lots you can do in your career with an accounting background - we’re hiring! Learn more at www.floqast.com/careers

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    Produced by @FloQastStudios
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  • Fintech Flo: Episode 29 (6/27/24)

    Move fast and break things has been SpaceX’s approach to innovation, but does that work for all companies? Sometimes there is a brand reputation risk to putting out a beta product that isn’t fully ready, yet making customers pay full price for it - forget about the accounting nightmare behind trying to plan for canceled subscriptions! Also on today’s episode, is how much power should one influencer have - Roaring Kitty and Marcus Brownlee have the ability to move companies success metrics like Warren Buffet when he makes a public investment move. Get caught up with Drew and Mike on this episode of the FinTech Flo!

    This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)

    Earn CPE credit while you watch, along with a bunch of other high quality, engaging, and entertaining CPE eligible video content for free as a member of FloQademy! https://learn.floqast.com/

    There’s lots you can do in your career with an accounting background - we’re hiring! Learn more at www.floqast.com/careers

    Want to watch? Head over to www.youtube.com/floqast

    Produced by @FloQastStudios
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  • Is hybrid the way of the future or is it a trap? Yes, you heard correctly - everything is going hybrid, from engines, to clothes, to work, to ideologies. There is much to be said about the benefits of taking a hybrid approach to business goals and achieving strategic objectives, many of which can be highlighted by current events such as Toyota’s emphasis on hybrid engines, fashion companies developing work from home dress pants, and businesses moving toward hybrid work environments permanently. Drew and Mike break down the analysis in this hybrid episode, two in person studios, but remotely recorded, podcast.

    This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)

    Earn CPE credit while you watch, along with a bunch of other high quality, engaging, and entertaining CPE eligible video content for free as a member of FloQademy! https://learn.floqast.com/ or via the Earmark app! https://earmarkcpe.com/download/

    There’s lots you can do in your career with an accounting background - we’re hiring! Learn more at www.floqast.com/careers

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    Produced by @FloQastStudios
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  • Phishing, vishing, and smishing oh my! And don’t forget about spearphishing as well! Lots of scams and fraud attacks to stay on the look out for this year - so Mike and Drew go through the IRS’s 2024 Dirty Dozen, the list of popular schemes to be on high alert for throughout the period.

    This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)

    Earn CPE credit while you watch, along with a bunch of other high quality, engaging, and entertaining CPE eligible video content for free as a member of FloQademy! https://learn.floqast.com/ or via the Earmark app! https://earmarkcpe.com/download/

    There’s lots you can do in your career with an accounting background - we’re hiring! Learn more at www.floqast.com/careers

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    Produced by @FloQastStudios
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  • The FTC has been putting in work this year, suggesting a ban on noncompetes, as a way to protect employees, however they may be overstepping their boundaries. The Accounting Top 100 Firms report also came out earlier this quarter, and Drew and Mike get into the stats of what it says about the industry. Finally, consultants and advisory services are getting the recognition they deserve - which means someone is actually trying to figure out what it even means that people do in these service lines, and how necessary or unnecessary their work is!

    This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)

    Earn CPE credit while you watch, along with a bunch of other high quality, engaging, and entertaining CPE eligible video content for free as a member of FloQademy! https://learn.floqast.com/ or via the Earmark app! https://earmarkcpe.com/download/



    There’s lots you can do in your career with an accounting background - we’re hiring! Learn more at www.floqast.com/careers

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    Produced by @FloQastStudios
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  • This special episode of The FinTech Flo ahead of Mental Health Awareness Month, tackles why burnout is so pervasive in the accounting industry, with 99% of professions claiming to experience it - especially as we reach the conclusion of “busy season”. The solution is tied to a shift in culture, technology, and overall outlook on the job, as discussed by Drew, Mike, and Stefan, in our first ever 3 person IRL show! Knowing how you’ll use your accounting skills in the future can help add a sense of purpose to your work in the present, and stick around to hear the types of jobs that you may be a fit for in an ancillary industry near to accounting.

    This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)

    Earn CPE credit while you watch, along with a bunch of other high quality, engaging, and entertaining CPE eligible video content for free as a member of FloQademy! https://learn.floqast.com/ or via the Earmark app! https://earmarkcpe.com/download/

    There’s lots you can do in your career with an accounting background - we’re hiring! Learn more at www.floqast.com/careers

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    Produced by @FloQastStudios
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  • Baseball is back, which means Shohei Ohtani is in the spotlight - however, it’s his translator that’s getting all the attention. With great power comes great responsibility, and so Drew and Mike use their business to entertainment translating abilities to discuss updates from the accounting and fintech worlds, including Grant Thornton getting Private Equity, the SEC enacting assurance regulations around climate, and Apple getting hit with a new lawsuit that will last for years to come. Our new snapshot episodes of the FinTech Flo are here to deliver everything you need to know in 2024.

    This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)


    Earn CPE credit while you watch, along with a bunch of other high quality, engaging, and entertaining CPE eligible video content for free as a member of FloQademy! https://learn.floqast.com/ or via the Earmark app! https://earmarkcpe.com/download/

    There’s lots you can do in your career with an accounting background - we’re hiring! Learn more at www.floqast.com/careers

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    Produced by @FloQastStudios
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  • Every publication coming out is about tax season, so we’re giving you the rest of what’s going on in the accounting and finance world! That includes a bunch of fascinating stats on the ROI of privacy measures and data security, new questions surrounding what constitutes insider trading, and a breakdown of what goes into founding a start-up company! Timeless pieces coming all year from the FinTech Flo with FloQast CEO Mike Whitmire and Producer Drew Carrick.

    This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)

    Earn CPE credit while you watch, along with a bunch of other high quality, engaging, and entertaining CPE eligible video content for free as a member of FloQademy! https://learn.floqast.com/ or via the Earmark app! https://earmarkcpe.com/download/

    There’s lots you can do in your career with an accounting background - we’re hiring! Learn more at www.floqast.com/careers

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  • You’ve heard for years about how social security is running out, but when exactly will that happen, and why? Public accounting firms are starting to take Private Equity money, how will that shake up the industry? What do you need to know about stock options and exercising of them in start-ups? All this and more on the new season of the FinTech Flo, with Mike Whitmire and Drew Carrick!

    This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)

    Earn CPE credit while you watch, along with a bunch of other high quality, engaging, and entertaining CPE eligible video content for free as a member of FloQademy! https://learn.floqast.com/ or via the Earmark app! https://earmarkcpe.com/download/

    Interested in working at FloQast?! We love hiring people with accounting backgrounds - see what’s available on www.floqast.com/careers

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    There’s lots you can do in your career with an accounting background - we’re hiring! Learn more at www.floqast.com/careers

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    Produced by @FloQastStudios
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  • Has the accounting content pipeline been keeping you up at night?! Well, fortunately, The FinTech Flo is back, newly housed on FloQast's YouTube, along with a ton of great thought leadership! What’s still keeping industry professionals up at night, however, is the talent pipeline, SPACs, the economy, and busy season! Drew Carrick (FloQast Studios Producer), and Mike Whitmire (FloQast’s Co-founder & CEO) tackle the hottest topics of 2024 with this timeless episode!

    This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)

    Video Version available for viewing at www.youtube.com/floqast

    Earn CPE credit while you watch, along with a bunch of other high quality, engaging, and entertaining CPE eligible video content for free as a member of FloQademy! https://learn.floqast.com/ or via the Earmark app! https://earmarkcpe.com/download/



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    Produced by @FloQastStudios
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  • We’re wrapping up 2023 with the best episode of the year, which includes an Ask Us Anything section after the Concluding Cycle that is filled with insights on growing business and starting companies! Drew and Mike also tackle the biggest headlines from the Wall Street Journal, the IRS entity, changes to audit confirmations, and the insane world of employment at tech giants! You don’t want to miss this Season 1 wrap up! This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)


    Earn CPE credit while you watch, along with a bunch of other high quality, engaging, and entertaining CPE eligible video content for free as a member of FloQademy! https://learn.floqast.com/ or via the Earmark app! https://earmarkcpe.com/download/

    FinTech Flo - Episode 20 (12/14/23): Ask Us Anything, The Biggest Headlines, and a Wrap on 2023!

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  • FinTech Flo - Episode 19 (11/30/23): More Expensive Audits and a $240M Mistake
    Is the switch back to in-person work the move? How much would it cost to have a day without the internet? How did a $240M forecasting error possibly destroy a major university’s athletic program?! A lot happened in November, and we’re catching everyone back up to speed on the finance and accounting industries! This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)

    Earn CPE credit while you watch, along with a bunch of other high quality, engaging, and entertaining CPE eligible video content for free as a member of FloQademy! https://learn.floqast.com/ or via the Earmark app! https://earmarkcpe.com/download/

    There’s lots you can do in your career with an accounting background - we’re hiring! Learn more at www.floqast.com/careers

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    Produced by @FloQastStudios
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  • As the 2023 year enters the final stretch, the work-life balance conversation is tracking to become the major talking point of 2024, specifically as it relates to the push for Return-to-Office. This could be a significant factor in the culture of work as a whole, especially in the accounting profession which is showing the lowest numbers entering the industry in recent history. Addressing the pipeline issue is also elevating to crisis mode, especially as demands are increasing in the realm of AI and cybersecurity disclosures. This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)

    FinTech Flo - Episode 18 (11/2/23): Returning to the Office, But Accountants Not Returning to the Profession

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  • Spooky Season Is A Going Concern
    We are deep into October, which means the spooky season is in full swing - naturally, along with that comes a growing going concerning section. On this episode, the compliance versus advisory services get some clarification above the noise that circulates the accounting profession, the current financial landscape gets opened up by borrowing tactics and start-up risks, and the need for more transparency of financials gets called upon once again. This episode and all FinTech Flo episodes are available for CPE credit over at FloQademy and on the Earmark app (links below!)


    Earn CPE credit while you watch, along with a bunch of other high quality, engaging, and entertaining CPE eligible video content for free as a member of FloQademy! https://learn.floqast.com/ or via the Earmark app! https://earmarkcpe.com/download/

    There’s lots you can do in your career with an accounting background - we’re hiring! Learn more at www.floqast.com/careers

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    Produced by @FloQastStudios
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  • The Accountant Pipeline to the Future of Work
    Voices from the accounting industry, especially the large organizations with many letters in their acronyms, are getting loud as the size of the workforce itself gets smaller. On this episode, we dive into what causes people to leave jobs they enjoy, how the future of internal auditors is being shifted by the PCAOB, and why the workforce pipeline problems expand beyond just the accounting industry and profession. Get the latest and earn CPE for it, over on Earmark or FloQademy! Links below!

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  • The Wild West of Accounting
    The accounting world is looking a bit like the wild west on this episode of the FinTech Flo. We tackle the basic updates, like FASB finally creating regulations around crypto asset reporting. But things quickly unravel as we touch on the collapse of a Chattanooga accounting firm and their shady chairman, a return-to-office debate on Reddit, a new company hoping to reduce your mortgage payment, and an MIA search for all the accounting meme accounts! To top it all off, we asked LA residents if they knew what CPA stood for! Get the latest and earn CPE for it, over on Earmark or FloQademy! Links below!

    Video of this podcast is available on www.youtube.com/floqaststudios

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    There’s lots you can do in your career with an accounting background - we’re hiring! Learn more at www.floqast.com/careers

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