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It’s Not Easy Being Green: Cannabis Payments

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Voters in Colorado amended their state constitution with Colorado Amendment 64, which essentially legalized the recreational consumption of marijuana for adults over 21. Coley, Regulatory & Compliance Principal and Former Fed Bank Examiner Dante Tosetti and Green Bits CEO Ben Curren.

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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. Now legal in 23 states, with recreational use also legal in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington, marijuana is very much still a cash-based business.

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

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million for its compliance tools. HQ: Denver, Colorado. Compliance tools for digital interactions. HQ: Aurora, Colorado. Tags: SMB, lending, compliance, security, construction loan, home improvement, mortgage. It was another busy week for Finovate alums with six raising new funds: StreetShares raised $4.5

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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. Biggest Branch ITM User Award : The Security Guard. Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Ax) – Power Trip.

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FinDEVr Silicon Valley: Looking Back, Moving Forward

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Named one of the top 100 tech companies in Colorado by Built in Colorado. Listed in Silicon Review as one of the 20 fastest growing security companies. Quoted in eWeek on the problem of app security. Announced its Cyber Security scholarship program. Extended its app-security protection to Apple TV.

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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raised $330 Million First Week of August

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HQ: Denver, Colorado. Self-employment tax payments. Tags: SMB, payments, tax prep, accounting. Source: Crunchbase. Online payment service. Latest round: $15 million Series B. Total raised: $15 million. Source: Crunchbase. Mobile insurance broker. Latest round: $14.75 million Series A. Total raised: $14.75 HQ: Berlin, Germany.