PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

To that end, in New York, the ride-hailing firm known as Juno (operated by Israeli firm Gett ), filed for bankruptcy protection this week and said lawsuits — and new minimum wage mandates — led to the decision. The misguided regulations were not specifically noted in the announcement, which came from Gett.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), the French data protection watchdog, has hit Amazon and Google with significant financial penalties for allegedly contravening regulations on the digital advertising trackers known as “cookies,” CNBC reported. Amazon was told to pay 35 million euros (approximately $42.5

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The hearing itself was a small victory for proponents who wish to open up the banking system to legal pot operators. That’s because it marked the first hearing dedicated to a proposed bill in Congress that would offer financial institutions protections against federal regulators if dealing with legal cannabis operations.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A regional government in Russia is now working with state-backed VEB, reports in CoinDesk said this week, as authorities explore how to use blockchain “to improve the quality of management decisions.”. As regulators begin to consider blockchain regulations, many have signaled a desire not to hamper innovation while doing so.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Since California first declared marijuana “legal” for medical consumption in 1996, transactions involving legally permitted cannabis have been complicated things. More complicated because the disconnect between state and federal regulation of the substance is growing wider by the year. House of Representatives gets its way.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 17, 2020

Banks are most afraid of big tech, just when these players face regulation. However, between anti-trust regulations, algorithm investigations and states focused on privacy (e.g., California CCPA), it’s hard to imagine just how far techies will be able to upend the nuts and bolts of the banking industry.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In an interview with PYMNTS , Mike Schramm, director of global eCommerce for California-based software as a service (SaaS) video conferencing provider BlueJeans, explained how the company sought to expand its customer offerings worldwide and create more convenient payments experiences in disparate markets. A Spotlight on SCA.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Last August, for example, it became the first financial institution in its region to take part in the Eighth of August Parade, a festival celebrating the emancipation of enslaved people in Paducah, Ky. “[We] If you have a large Vietnamese community in your region, do you know the food that they eat? Listen and be curious. “It

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Abrigo

JANUARY 13, 2021

As recently as June, a construction contractor in Northern California was sentenced to eight years in prison after a jury convicted him of obtaining forced labor in a case investigated by the Department of Homeland Security’s Human Trafficking Unit. It only happens in other countries. Affecting the Heartland. Who are the U.S.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Commercial operation of offshore fish farms has been limited to date due to regulations, as well as the challenges of efficiently operating a large farming operation far from land. Offshore farming regulations are loosening. Even still, the fish farming sector faces pressure to be “greener.”

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Union has been a stalwart of the California marketplace since the ’50s, and this gives Andy Cecere and team a great expansion into the Golden State and also some nice wholesale banking business. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Has to be M-O-E.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

This was a terrific combination of two education-focused cooperatives across both Southern and Northern California markets. Brainchild of former Commerce Bancorp CEO Vernon Hill, MetroBank saw its share price drop more than 80% this year as it ran into loan risk-weighting issues with the regulators that required a dilutive capital raise.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The Powerpack is meant to last ten years while operating daily. However, despite lithium ion’s packaging as an ecofriendly alternative, the material has taken an environmental toll on the regions that it’s mined in. These plants can operate 24/7. These systems usually operate with gas turbines that burn natural gas.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Zenefits skirts compliance regulations. Zenefits skirts compliance regulations. Under California state law, insurance brokers must complete a mandatory 52-hour pre-certification course to legally sell insurance in the state. Table of contents. Theranos and the revolutionary blood tests that never existed. Total Funding: $584M.

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CB Insights

MARCH 6, 2019

After soaring to a multi-billion-dollar valuation behind an iconic founder, a team of prominent backers, and a promise to revolutionize blood testing, Theranos officially ceased operations in 2018. That July, it banned Holmes from owning or operating a lab for two years. The rise and fall of Theranos. Takeaways & lessons.

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CB Insights

JUNE 11, 2018

In many ways, Apollo resembles Google’s Android Open Source Project (AOSP), Google’s open software platform for a mobile operating system (OS) that launched in 2007. In recent months, the Chinese government has increasingly eased regulations on autonomous vehicles in a number of cities to accelerate the path to commercialization.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Key people involved in the initial discovery of the bacterial CRISPR-Cas9 system’s function include Jennifer Doudna, PhD at University of California, Berkeley, and French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier, PhD. On the other side of the world, Chinese researchers operate under a different regulatory framework. Credit: Zheng et al./PNAS.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

A notice sent to creditors said Jawbone entered into insolvency proceedings under California law on June 19. Australian music streaming company Guvera has reportedly stopped operating, with its co-founder and biggest financial backer walking away from the project. Title: ChaCha, unable to find financial answers, shuts down operations.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Key people involved in the initial discovery of the bacterial CRISPR-Cas9 system’s function include Jennifer Doudna, PhD at University of California, Berkeley, and French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier, PhD. On the other side of the world, Chinese researchers operate under a different regulatory framework. Credit: Zheng et al./PNAS.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 16, 2015

TransferTo’s Mobile Money Hub offers money transfer operators a solution that enables developing markets to send money remittances via mobile. Thetaray helps financial institutions with fraud detection and credit risk reduction by using its anomaly detection algorithm that leverages big data analytics in real time.

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