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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. Recreational marijuana may be legal now, but many FIs remain reluctant to conduct business with marijuana retailers, due to the industry’s controversial nature.

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The Dawn Of A Cashless Global Economy?

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There are issues of transaction security, criminal elements, tax evasion, free flow of capital, access to goods and services and the ability to fully participate in the global economy. adults still prefer to use cash for purchases under $5, while 22 percent use debit cards and 11 percent use credit cards.

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Fizzle Of The Week: The NYC Amazon HQ That Will Never Be

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Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union, said he believed that they had exited the meeting with a framework in place for creating just such a process. Card-present fraud slides, again: Continued traction is evident in the fight against fraud at the register.

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The 25 Most Absurd Job Titles In Tech

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I knew I’d have to hand out my card and I thought information security engineer sounded so boring,” Tabriz later said, “Guys in the industry all take it so seriously, so security princess felt suitably whimsical.”. Retail Jedi. Tax Wrangler. The Hamilton Journal-News reported in 2015 that the Colorado-based StarTek Inc.

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Fizzle Of The Week: The Cannabis Payments Conundrum

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states (and the District of Columbia) where marijuana has been legalized for sale in some capacity, it has thrown off a fairly large chunk of tax revenue in the last year. billion in taxes from legal cannabis companies last year, an amount of money that is undoubtedly a sizzle for the federal coffers.

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

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Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. Monty Python “I’m Not Dead … Yet” Award – Goes to physical retail. At a banking conference.

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FinDEVr Silicon Valley: Looking Back, Moving Forward

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Provided instant card-issuance technology to Bank of the Ozarks. Announced EMV-instant issuance milestone of more than 10 million cards in the U.S. Honored as the Innovation Showcase Award winner by the attendees of the BAI Retail Delivery conference. Named one of the top 100 tech companies in Colorado by Built in Colorado.