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Legal Pot Starts Pulling Its Retail Weight

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Trends in legal cannabis retail are just now emerging, and fresh numbers from Colorado are providing insight into how the industry is evolving. The report said Colorado “had 2,917 licensed marijuana businesses and 41,076 individuals licensed to work in the industry as of June.”. Federal law still considers the drug illegal.

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Inside The Fight For Digital Driver’s Licenses

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Colorado, Louisiana and 10 other states have digital driver’s licenses in various stages of development but are facing their share of obstacles, including the possibility of incompatibility across state lines. Biometrics are growing increasingly popular among credit card users. Developments From Around The World Of Digital ID.

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CardX CEO: Ban On Card Surcharge Ban May Lead to Lower Interchange Fees

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Will the ban on the credit card surcharge automatically lead to significantly higher prices when consumers opt for the plastic (via card or digital wallets) at the pump, at the counter … or pretty much anywhere? In New York this month, credit card surcharges got the okay. Maybe, maybe not. As Webster recounted Monday (Jan.

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Credit Union Helps US Marijuana Businesses Put Down Roots

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Massachusetts joins a handful of states, including Colorado, Washington and Maine, that have taken steps to legalize recreational marijuana. GFA, however, will offer basic financial tools to these businesses, including access to online banking, checking accounts, debit cards, cash management and payroll services.

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Entering the cannabis banking market

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Our compliance program, based on elevated risk, is very robust. However, the ambiguous legal landscape complicates compliance; 47 states, the District of Columbia and four U.S. Our compliance program, based on elevated risk, is very robust,” she notes. “We Digital path to compliance. Chris Hartman, Cogent Bank.

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Why The SAFE Banking Act Won’t Solve All Cannabis’ Payment Problems

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The bill was sponsored by Congressmen Ed Perlmutter of Colorado, Denny Heck of Washington, Steve Stivers of Ohio and Warren Davidson of Ohio — all members of the House Committee on Financial Services. As long as it’s a Schedule 1 drug, you will never get one of the big card networks to play without a safe harbor,” he said.

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SAFE Banking Act Gains Cannabis-Friendly Spotlight In Congressional Hearing

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But banks, credit unions and card networks shy away from that industry, despite its revenue potential, due to concerns about federal regulatory punishment. In 2018, consumers in Colorado bought some $1.55 Two of the speakers at the hearing — Colorado Rep. billion worth of legal cannabis products.

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