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MTrac Launches Marijuana Payments Platform For Louisiana

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The state of Louisiana has entered legal marijuana territory with medical cannabis access beginning this week. According to MTrac, its payments platform was developed in cooperation with “the main bank in Louisiana” that plans to provide bank account services to the state’s marijuana-related businesses. Global Payout Inc.

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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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Bitcoin Tracker: Easy Access Is ‘Easier’ With ATMS & Gift Cards

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Not to make them out to be a toast attraction, but the other kiosks can be checked out in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Louisiana and Nevada. Coinsource has built an organization that’s built to scale and to do so while meeting or exceeding varying levels of compliance,” said Coinsource CEO and Cofounder Sheffield Clark.

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Community Bank CEO Outlook 2022: Your priorities for the new year

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Fortunately for Red River Bank, loan demand is picking up in Louisiana as cities stabilize from the pandemic and businesses reopen. For example, we don’t do mortgage lending right now, because we don’t have the compliance expertise and staff knowledge,” Silveria says. Planning for increased compliance costs. Click to enlarge.

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Opening Bets: MGM Deals Foreshadow New Gambling Culture

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which owns and operates two dozen gambling properties in seven states, including Nevada and Louisiana. The largest credit card companies, while certainly not closing the door to enabling those payments — U.S. The two companies also plan to combine their loyalty programs for gamblers served by the venture. Boyd Gaming Partnership.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

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This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. Costco Card. The fizzle wears on.

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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

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million for its compliance tools. Compliance tools for digital interactions. HQ: New Oreans, Louisiana. Tags: Lenders, loan administration, service, compliance, lending. It was another busy week for Finovate alums with six raising new funds: StreetShares raised $4.5 SmartAsset raised $3.8 Qumram raised $2.5 Tradesocio.

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