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Bitcoin Daily: US Regulators Join Global Financial Innovation Network; Colorado Explores Crypto Banking For Cannabis Firms

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC ), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ( FDIC ), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ( OCC ), and the Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) have announced that they are joining the Global Financial Innovation Network ( GFIN ). Colorado’s bill does have support from some lawmakers.

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The United States Of Venture Capital: The Most Active VC In Each State

CB Insights

Although startups based in California, New York, and Massachusetts have traditionally accounted for the majority of VC tech investment in the US, VCs are spurring other hotbeds of innovation across the country. We excluded debt deals and only considered venture capital, corporate venture capital, super angel, and growth equity firms.

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AeroPay Closes Seed Round Led By Continental Investors

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Alternative payments platform AeroPay is looking to accelerate its growth after closing a seed round of capital led by a top FinTech investment firm. A division of Partner Colorado Credit Union, Safe Harbor provides a compliance-based banking program for cannabis businesses. The Chicago-based FinTech announced on Tuesday (Sept.

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Chipotle Opening Digital-Only Kitchen Near West Point Academy

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Chipotle Mexican Grill is capitalizing on the surge in online demand and opening its first digital-only restaurant in Highland Falls, New York, just outside the gates of West Point military academy. The original 1993 signage from its very first location in Denver, Colorado hangs in the entrance. .

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The power of a CDFI

Independent Banker

La Plata County commissioner Marsha Porter-Norton champions First Southwest Bank’s innovative lending. If a program works in the area and we think we can duplicate it within our footprint or in other rural areas around the state of Colorado, then we’ll do that.”. Many focus on providing capital to underrepresented groups.

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Second Day, Second Wind On Innovation Debates

PYMNTS

But on the second day of Innovation Project 2017, eyes were beyond Beantown and cast toward the world at large. I’ve been around this industry now deploying capital for, let’s say, 18 years, and I’ve never seen a product or invested in a product that has higher customer approval rates than the traditional deferred deposit advance loans.

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Financial Conferences this Fall Showcasing New Ideas and Innovation

William Mills

Between September and October, we’ll see a host of new companies, ideas and innovation, and we’ll hear from the “experts” on those issues we need to pay attention to in 2017. Alternative lenders are learning more about fraud to their dismay and access to capital. I’ll admit it, I really do look forward to the fall conference season.