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Nevada Marijuana Dispensary Uses Food Trucks To Sidestep Cards Regs

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No one would ever mistake a marijuana dispensary for a food truck, but that is what one shop in Reno, NV calls itself when charging customers’ credit cards. Credit card statements will show that a purchase was made at the “Midgrun Eats LLC food truck, not at the Blüm Marijuana Dispensary ,” the Reno Gazette-Journal reports. .

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Payment Co. Nexi’s IPO Raises $2.3B

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The payment company is a credit card issuer and also an ATM manager, and its IPO comes in the wake of two other notable ones: Network International, which went public in London on April 10 and Adyen NV, scheduled for June in Amsterdam. The shares begin trading on April 16 in Milan, and the company’s equity value is about 5.7

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Can Legal Pot Thrive With Closed-Loop Payments?

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Governor Steve Sisolak (D-NV) has authorized what The Associated Press called a “limited marijuana banking system” for the state, a tourist mecca where recreational cannabis is legal. The bill authorizing the program, AB466 , gives an operational time frame for the program, running from Oct. Three-Year Pilot. population.

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