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Buying into AML risks in real estate

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Key Takeaways Real estate markets are vulnerable to money laundering and fraud because of their transaction size and appreciation over time. Regulations such as Geographic Targeting Order updates help identify AML risks by requiring identification for certain real estate purchases. Why real estate?

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Data Enablers: Spreadshirt, Data-Driven T-Shirts

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Germany- and Boston-based Spreadshirt uses data, analytics and even social media information to build a product and spread news among communities while printing more than 3.6 Founded in 2002, the goal of Spreadshirt’s platform is to eliminate headaches and hurdles when bringing great ideas to market. million items last year.

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How Cannabidiol Products Are Infusing Luxury Retail

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Worldwide legal cannabis products represented a $55 billion market in 2018, and most analysts estimate that it will have nearly tripled to reach $147 billion by 2025. the domestic market for legal cannabis in 2018 was $9.1 From there, the regulation of CBD gets a little more complicated. Here in the U.S.,

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Amid The Losses, Taking Stock Of The Crypto Crash

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To date as a group, the losses have mounted for all the cryptocurrencies out there – the ones that came to market and were snapped up and bought by speculators, and then sold. In this space just last month, we noted findings from Boston College that showed that 4,000 ICOs had raised $12 billion. In fact, busts on a devastating scale.

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The Case For Localizing Mom-And-Pop Investment

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.” That lack of awareness can be damaging to the economy: An entrepreneur who fails to obtain a bank loan may give up on the business venture altogether, losing out on an opportunity to generate revenue, create jobs and contribute to the broader economy through tax payments. Localizing Capital.

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In The Age Of Big Data, Why Are We Still Flying Blind?

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At the same time, the market caps of the top 20 retailers have lost more than $230 billion over the last two years, and mall operators are sucking wind as overstocked anchor stores shutter underperforming locations, which delivers a death knell for the stores that depend on anchor store foot traffic to lure customers in. Data Doubletalk.

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The Brexit Bombshell

NCR

The surprise crash sparked tremors industrywide, crashed the stock market, triggered other defaults and generally devastated the entire financial services sector. In fact, well over half, 59%, predicted a sharp downside to a Brexit vote, with serious impediments to Europe’s common market.). None of this will be easy.

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