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Retailers Want More From Data Breach Law

PYMNTS

Retailers have requested that the House Financial Services Committee take a closer look at draft data breach notification legislation, saying it doesn’t do enough to ensure appropriate data security standards.

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Equifax Reaches Historic $575 Million Settlement Agreement Arising from 2017 Data Breach

CFPB Monitor

The FTC complaint alleges Equifax was aware of a security vulnerability in a database containing consumer inquiries about their personal credit data. million Social Security numbers, and 209,900 payment card numbers and expiration dates. Participating in third party audits of its security program every two years.

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Fizzle Of The Week: The Cannabis Payments Conundrum

PYMNTS

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. A secure space is set aside to count it all, and there are two IRS employees inside the room at all times. Amex, China Cards : Amex became the first U.S.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

The startup, which was established in 2008, privately raised $185 million before its $100 million initial public offering was blocked by the Australian Securities Exchange last year. So its secured lender, which [founder Scott] Jones didn’t name, recently emptied ChaCha’s bank accounts. Product: ChaCha.

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Will The SAFE Banking Act Make Life Riskier For Banks?

PYMNTS

In fact, in the intervening 23 years, the situation has arguably gotten even more complex as 31 states (plus the District of Columbia) have legalized cannabis consumption for either legal or medical reasons. More complicated because the disconnect between state and federal regulation of the substance is growing wider by the year.

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Entering the cannabis banking market

Independent Banker

However, the ambiguous legal landscape complicates compliance; 47 states, the District of Columbia and four U.S. In the absence of explicit federal guidelines, banks and regulators follow the 2014 FinCEN guidance and the Cole Memo guidelines published under the Obama administration. We can upload docs securely.

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