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Fiserv Enables SNAP Online EBT Payment Acceptance For Grocers

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In addition to New York, the program is now available for SNAP recipients in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, New York, Oregon and Washington. Eight additional states, Idaho, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, West Virginia, Vermont and the District of Columbia, are slated to be added in June.

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SNAP Users Shut Out Of The Digital Grocery Aisles

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Online purchasing is a potential lifeline for SNAP participants living in urban neighborhoods and rural communities where access to healthy food choices can be limited,” then-U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement announcing the effort.

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Industry trade groups urge HUD to make significant changes to its disparate impact rule; state attorneys general oppose changes

CFPB Monitor

Supreme Court ruling in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. The trade groups’ views are set forth in comment letters submitted to HUD in response to its advance notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on the need for revisions to the Rule following Inclusive Communities.

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State AGs urge Mulvaney to continue use of disparate impact theory of ECOA liability

CFPB Monitor

On September 5, 2018 a group of 14 state Attorneys General and the AG for the District of Columbia sent a comment letter to CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney, urging him to refrain from “reexamining the requirements” of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”). to discriminate against any person. to discriminate against any person.

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Giving Truckers Better Loans Can Lower Carbon Footprints: Here’s Why

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Most auto manufacturers make 50 state models of the cars they sell — which means California’s emissions standards often become the de facto standard for new vehicles built and brought to market. “California’s Clean Car Standards are achievable.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

A notice sent to creditors said Jawbone entered into insolvency proceedings under California law on June 19. Fresco’s head of community marketing, Johnathan Hamiter, began sending employees private Slack messages saying funding seemed “pretty bleak” and encouraging them to look for other jobs. Around 4 p.m., Product: AudienceScience.

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Will The SAFE Banking Act Make Life Riskier For Banks?

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Since California first declared marijuana “legal” for medical consumption in 1996, transactions involving legally permitted cannabis have been complicated things. It is also the only tool that they can use for paying their staff, contractors, bills and taxes because they can’t get banking service. House of Representatives gets its way.

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