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7 Huge Deloitte Blockchain Developments From 2017
Deloitte has made a lot of investment in blockchain. This post discusses all the investments that Deloitte has made in 2017. Deloitte’s blockchain team stands at about 800 professionals working in 20 countries. Some
10 Key Acquisitions Made By Deloitte In 2017
Deloitte made some key acquisitions in 2017. Those key acquisitions are summarized below. Name of Firm Acquired Type of Company Red Planet Innovation Consulting Day 1 Solutions Cloud Consulting Web Decision Data Analysis
6 Interesting Awards That Deloitte Won in 2017
Deloitte received several key awards throughout 2017. A number of these awards were received by the Deloitte Digital Practice. Deloitte Digital is essentially Deloitte’s new marketing and advertising division. #1 - Australia Financial Review
5 Big Changes To Expect From PwC At the 2018 Oscars
As you might remember PwC screwed up the 2017 Oscars by handing the wrong envelope to Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. This year there will be increased scrutiny on them and hopefully they don’t
5 Reasons PwC Might Have Sold Their Public Sector Practice
One of the biggest stories from February 2018 regarding the big 4 accounting firms is that PwC is selling its public sector practice in the United states. They are selling their public sector practice
5 Ways To Gain Experience For Your Big 4 Resume While Still In College
The career advice we will be giving today is how to gain experience while you are still in college. One fear of many big 4 candidates is how to show that you have experience
PwC Banned From Auditing in India for 2 Years
The Securities and Exchange Board in India has banned PwC from auditing listed companies in India for 2 years. This will go into effect on March 31, 2018. This ban does not include audits
PwC Found Negligent in Audit of Colonial Bank
Some big news was released in the final days of 2017 regarding PwC's role in the Colonial Bank audit. If you pay attention to our website or our podcast, you know that PwC has
Christmas Shopping For Accountants
What should you be getting your accountant for the holidays? Don’t you worry – we’ve got your back with some great ideas below. Iphone X First up let’s get the elephant in the
KPMG 2017 Revenue (Annual Report)
KPMG announced revenues of $26.4 billion dollars KPMG reaches almost 200,000 employees KPMG revenue grew by 4.8 % 49% of new joiners were female kpmg 2017 revenue Now let’s get into the
KPMG November 2017 News
KPMG Joins Wall Street Blockchain Alliance KPMG joined the wall street blockchain alliance in November 2017. The wall street blockchain alliance is a nonprofit organization. The mission is to guide and promote comprehensive adoption
EY November 2017 Update
EY had an activity filled November of 2017. They entered into some key partnerships and are going to be making some big office moves. We cover the most important news about Ernst & Young
PwC November 2017 News
This is the biggest news, partnerships and acquisitions by big 4 accounting firm PwC for the month of November 2017. PwC November 2017 Media Coverage Forbes article about AI PwC was briefly mentioned
Deloitte November 2017 Updates
This post covers Deloitte's significant news stories and partnerships from November 2017. Deloitte November 2017 Media Coverage Deloitte Fast 500 2017 Deloitte released their fast 500 rankings. In this rankings Deloitte names the
Deloitte Partners With Data Analytics Firm DataStax
Deloitte Consulting LLP today announced an alliance with DataStax, the leader in data management for cloud applications, to help organizations analyze and visualize their vast amounts of operational data. “MissionGraph helps discover the contextual relationships among these
Deloitte Develops New Audit Technology Auvenir
Deloitte recently allowed a new audit software that will transform the accounting industry. The name of the new audit technology is auvenir What is auvenir? Auvenir is a technology that Deloitte has developed internally and
Transitioning from big 4 to finance or consulting
Many people in public accounting want to transition into a finance or consulting role. Why is this? You might have your own reasons, but let’s explore why other people might want to transition into
Difference Between Audit and Tax Accounting
What is the difference between audit and tax accounting in the big four accounting firms. Audit Vs Tax Accounting Tax vs audit is a popular question from many big 4 candidates.In school you typically choose
Travel Requirements in the Big 4
One of the biggest questions about the big 4 is travel. How much do big 4 professionals travel? Some people think they travel all the time and other people are convinced that big 4
PwC Revenue 2017
PwC announced 2017 revenues on October 4, 2017. Their revenue release comes after releases from EY and Deloitte. PwC announced revenues of 37.7 billion which represents a 7% revenue growth rate. This is
Who Won #AuditorProud Day 2017
In order to understand who won #auditorproud day 2017 we are going to assess the popularity of posts across 4 social media platforms. We will see which one is the most popular by assessing
Deloitte Cyber Attack
News came out today September 25, 2017 that Deloitte was hacked and had a huge cyber attack. Now the news was just released by the Guardian. It seems that the Guardian had a few
KPMG South Africa Scandal
KPMG is catching a lot of heat over work that they performed for the gupta family in south Africa. The gupta family is accused of improperly influencing government contracts. They apparently got very cozy
Ernst and Young at the 2017 Emmy’s
All eyes were on EY after what happened at the 2017 Oscars. As you may or may not remember Pricewaterhousecoopers botched the 2017 Oscars. The two partners Martha Ruiz and Brian Cullinan got the
Deloitte Revenue 2017
Deloitte global announced revenue of US$38.8 billion for the fiscal year ended 31 May 2017. This represents an increase in revenues of about 5.4% from their 2016 revenues. Their revenue for 2016 was $36.8 billion. In the