Technology in the finance sector is rapidly growing, particularly when it comes to how business leaders and entrepreneurs integrate new information system developments into their operations. In this podcast, FloQast CEO Mike Whitmire (inactive CPA) and Producer Drew Carrick, CPA (The Rapping CPA) co-host a bi-monthly discussion, with occasional guests, on timely news and updates that impact the accounting, finance, and technology sectors, through an entrepreneurial and thought leadership len ...
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Each season of the FraudQast [The Fraud Files by FloQast Studios], takes the listener on a journey through a new fascinating true financial crime story. With an array of characters, and intricate sound design elements, the FraudQast is truly a movie for your ears. Share and support the show by entering our tech giveaway! Find out more about the show, the cast, the crew, the giveaways contest, and the story, at www.fraudqast.com FraudQast, Season 1: The Dawn J. Bennett Fraud Files, is availab ...
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Let’s Get Fiscal and Make Some Bets on the Future - Ep. 39
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Join Drew Carrick, the Rapping CPA, as he sits down with Kristen Gayoso, Senior Director of Finance at SimpleBet, and creator of Let's Get Fiscal for an engaging episode of the FinTech Flo. The duo dives into the world of accounting, exploring topics such as navigating the complexities of CPE requirements, the decision-making process of leaving pub…
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There’s shows about finance and there’s shows about technology, but there aren’t many shows about finance technology; and there’s almost none specifically made for accounting and finance professionals at the corporate level! Well I’ve never been one to do what everyone else does. I’m Drew Carrick, and I love putting together two things that haven’t…
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Straight Outta Compliance! Plus, New Music - Ep. 38
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Strategic compliance is the next frontier for companies with massive compliance obligations and regulations requiring them to follow strict standards. With all of the fraud and bad financial practices that have taken place over the last decade, there are constantly new regulations coming out for businesses to stay on top of, and allowing these task…
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New Room, New Accountants, New AI Technology - Ep. 37
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New digs, who dis? That’s right, the FinTech Flo is back, and in a brand new podcast studio! The newness doesn’t stop there though, with new fintech regulations working their way into banking, new automation technology making headlines in the logistics industry, and the accounting profession being revolutionized by new accounting transformation tec…
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The Shifting Landscape of Accounting Careers - Ep. 36
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Let's start off Q4 the right way, in the city that never sleeps, New York -- just like this episodes entrepreneurial CPA guest, Joey Reeves, founder of Universal CPA Review. Drew and Joey talk about the proposed 150 hour credit requirement change to the CPA exam, the shifting landscape of the accounting profession due to AI, and what it was like to…
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Mister Worldwide Taking Business Across The Globe - Episode 35
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Fintech Flo: Episode 35 (9/19/24) with Adam Zoucha, SVP International Sales There’s a few major life decisions that require calculated risk, including the one to join a brand new tech start-up in the hopes of living our entrepreneurial dreams, and if that pans out, another later on to expand a business internationally. On this special FinTech Flo e…
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Bridging the Talent Gap With The Next Generation of Accountants - Ep. 34
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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 Accou…
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How Artificial Intelligence Will Actually Impact The Accounting Profession - Ep. 33
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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 Smi…
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Accountants Take on Sports Streaming Wars #hotassets
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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 do…
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Financial Updates the Size of Texas! - FinTech Flo: Episode 31 (7/25/24)
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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, …
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Hot Number Summer - Petrodollar, Money Laundering, Men in Finance
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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 speci…
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Is “Move Fast & Break Things” the Best Approach to Innovative Business?
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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 can…
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It’s All About the Hybrid Approach, to Everything - Fintech Flo: Episode 28 (6/13/24)
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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 em…
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The 2024 Dirty Dozen, Scams, Frauds, and Attacks - Fintech Flo: Episode 27 (5/30/24)
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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 CP…
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Send us a text Earn CPE Credit For This Podcast by listening here: https://bit.ly/3JFIQUz -- In Episode 6 of The Fraud Files, after Agent Custers meticulous two-year investigation into the financial fraud crimes of Dawn Bennett, she is finally arrested and brought to court. Of course, she continues to believe she can con the system by attempting va…
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Episode #5: FBI Raids And Severed Tongues
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Send us a text Earn CPE Credit For This Podcast by listening here: https://bit.ly/3JFIQUz -- In Episode 5 of The Fraud Files, Agent Custer begins his deep dive into contacting Dawn’s investment clients, many of whom cannot believe that they’ve been getting duped. As many of them try to pull their many, Dawn begins a frantic panic and tries to avoid…
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Noncompetes, Accounting Top 100, and Consultants in the Spotlight - Fintech Flo: Episode 26 (5/16/24)
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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…
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Send us a text Earn CPE Credit For This Podcast by listening here: https://bit.ly/3JFIQUz -- In Episode 4 of The Fraud Files, we start to piece together the story of how expansive Dawn’s scheme over the years has been through the affidavit written by FBI Special Agent Custer, who was tasked with investigating Bennett after multiple complaints reach…
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Send us a text Earn CPE Credit For This Podcast by listening here: https://bit.ly/3JFIQUz -- In Episode 3 of The Fraud Files, Dawn’s bold new business strategy, with questionable ethics and blurred lines of legality, advising investment clients that they should invest in her own private online lifestyle brand, starts to take shape. After many month…
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Send us a text Earn CPE Credit For This Podcast by listening here: https://bit.ly/3JFIQUz -- In Episode 2 of The Fraud Files, listeners go inside the mind and lifestyle of Dawn Bennett, who found herself constantly needing to con innocent investors into giving her their money to “invest” by touting her reputation as a top financial advisor, in orde…
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Episode #1: How NOT To Get Away With Fraud
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Send us a text Earn CPE Credit For This Podcast by listening here: https://bit.ly/3JFIQUz -- In Episode 1 of The Fraud Files, listeners enter a forensic accounting classroom as instructor Kelly Richmond Pope, PhD in Accounting, Fraud Expert, and Author, begins to tell us about the story of financial advisor Dawn J. Bennett, in how she began her adv…
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Introducing: The Fraud Files - The Rise & Fall of Dawn J. Bennett
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Send us a text The Fraud Files, by FloQast Studios, is a true financial crime podcast, that takes on the form of an narrative “audio-movie” in the way it tells a story through assorted voice actor characters and sound design. The first season is 6 episodes long, and takes listeners through the fascinating and bizarre career journey of Dawn J. Benne…
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Burnout in Accounting is Still Taking a Toll on the Profession - Fintech Flo: Episode 25 (4/18/24)
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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 discuss…
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GT Gets PE, Green vs. Blue Text Lawsuit, and SEC Climate Rules - Fintech Flo: Episode 24 (4/4/24)
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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 Priva…
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Privacy, Profits, Insider Trading, and How to Start a Company - FinTech Flo: Episode 23 (3/14/24)
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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!…
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The Future of Social Security, Accounting, and the Economy - FinTech Flo: Episode 22 (2/29/24)
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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,…
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Things To Be On The Lookout For In 2024 - FinTech Flo: Episode 21 (2/15/24)
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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 P…
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FinTech Flo - Episode 20 (12/14/23)
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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 …
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FinTech Flo - Episode 19 (11/30/23)
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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 o…
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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 t…
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FinTech Flo - Episode 17 (10/19/23)
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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 ge…
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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 …
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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-offi…
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What To Love About Accounting & An Industry Recap The highlight of this episode is… we asked the accounting subreddit, and they responded with the things they LOVE about working in accounting! Between new FASB policies and regulations, PCAOB actions, and a shifting landscape of the type of work needing accounting professionals, this end of summer F…
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Accounting For Soccer and Expanding the Scope of Audit Back in the studio in LA, Drew hosts FloQast’s Accounting Brand Evangelist Stefan van Duyvendijk to discuss accounting behind the soccer industry, or futball as they say in Europe, as well as the expansion of the audit role if a new PCAOB proposal is enacted. Of course, there’s always some fun …
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Summer Economic Loving and The Next Accounting Prodigy Coming to you live from both the East and West Coasts, this remote episode 12 of the FinTech Flo is providing some good seasonal optimism! Drew and Mike discuss the Q2 results of the economy, encouraging financial news, and the next accounting prodigy. Even in this summer heat, there’s a lot of…
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Accounting, Professionals, And Interest All On The Move We kick off the second half of FY23 with Episode 11 (7/13/2023) of the FinTech Flo, where Mike and Drew discuss the hot start to summer! The markets are moving, interest rates appear to be as well; accounting firms like BDO are seeing growth, and the whole industry is shifting with longtime CP…
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The Q2 Close, Countless Concerns, and Compliance Chat Halfway through the inaugural year of the FinTech Flo, on the 6/30/2023 episode, #10, Mike and Drew close out Q2 with some of the varying concerns that arose during the prior month, especially the things that happen when compliance falls through. Even amongst the concerns, they present great opp…
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A.I. Continues to Accelerate Change and Compliance Importance Grows Another month, another AI integration into every facet of human society. On this episode of the FinTech Flo (Episode 9 - 6/15/23) Drew and Mike push beyond the headlines to shed some light onto how fast and impactful AI actually is, and why you can't just believe every media vanity…
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Betting Big on Major Shifts Across All Industries It seems as though 2023 is the year of constant shifting, as changes in technology and consumer desires have forced different businesses and industries as a whole to reevaluate how they approach innovation and their revenue models. No market has been exempt from these changes, requiring adaption acr…
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The Tech Economy, CPA Elevation, and Accounting Safe from A.I. (For Now) The accounting industry is all the buzz when it comes to impacts of A.I. With numerous groups testing out Chat GPT's ability to take tests, accountants are sitting pretty knowing it can't pass the CPA exam! Meanwhile, tech numbers may be indicating a flattening out of the econ…
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FinTech Flo - Episode 6 (ChatGPT Takes the CPA Exam)
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On this special episode of the FinTech Flo, Drew and Mike prompt ChatGPT to answer questions from the various sections of the CPA exam to see how it would perform, while also reviewing and answering the questions themselves. For questions that ChatGPT 3.5 could not answer, they asked ChatGPT 4.0 and commentated on the differences. Listen in on the …
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The Controller's Guidebook and Accountants in the Spotlight The last couple weeks for accountants has been nothing short of EXCITING, as the profession looks towards space, possible changes to the 150 hour requirement become a real discussion, and PBC, the comedy show about accountants became nominated for a Webby Award. On top of all that the Cont…
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Accounting Guidance on Crypto, Banks Taking Heat, and TikTok With FASB hard at work trying to get accounting standards up to date on crypto and NFTs, banks and VCs taking a lot of slack after the SVB collapse, and overall economic and geopolitical swings, Drew and Mike dissect what's gone on over the last couple weeks, while having some fun poking …
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FinTech Flo - Episode 3 (The Collapse of SVB Special)
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The Collapse of SVB - A Special Episode From The Inside What does the founder of a VC-backed tech start-up with millions deposited in SVB have to say about the what, why, and how behind the bank's collapse?! On this special [breaking news] episode of the FinTech Flo, Mike and Drew dive deep into the SVB collapse, covering what happened, how it happ…
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Top Tech Trends, The Dark Side of A.I., and Danny Trejo On Episode 2 (3/9/23) of the FinTech Flo, Mike and Drew discuss the top tech and audit trends to be aware of for 2023, dive into the red flags for identifying a bad accountant, and evaluate the largest concerns in the profession currently. Some of these things include large public firm layoffs…
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Episode 1: Technology Made to Scale, Charging for Crying, and The Present State of A.I. On episode 1 of the FinTech Flo, Mike and Drew tackle industry news from the start of 2023, including the software upgrade transitioning process, ChatGPT and AI, FTX and the world of audit. They also commentate on a Reddit post and several Memes that have circul…
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