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India’s Payments Power Moves

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In 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi put forth a policy that took the largest banknotes in circulation out of the system (500 rupee and 1,000 rupee bills), a move intended to reduce tax evasion and corruption. Online Retail Growth. The central bank said in August that it had gotten roughly 99.3

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Building A More Compliant Cannabis Industry With The Blockchain

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Despite Chris Rock’s old adage that people “don’t sell drugs, drugs sell themselves,” being in the legal — or at least legal-ish — business of cannabis retail is surprisingly difficult and friction-filled work. The problem is not in moving the supply. As a point of comparison, U.S.

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Amazon (And Others) Brace For India’s New eCommerce Tax

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The jousting over eCommerce taxes — especially for U.S. firms operating on an international scale — is about to get more heated. Last week in India, the government proposed a tax on eCommerce transactions that will likely increase operating costs for sellers large and small.

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