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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. GFA, however, will offer basic financial tools to these businesses, including access to online banking, checking accounts, debit cards, cash management and payroll services.

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Data Dive: The Yes, No, Gotcha! Edition

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Credit Karma said yes to early tax refunds for consumers – for free. Good Tax Lending Karma. Good news for consumers avidly awaiting their tax refund for 2018: Credit Karma Tax is rolling out a new product call Earlybird Advance, an online refund advance service. And that was just Tuesday.

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Microsoft, KIND Financial Inhale Marijuana Partnership

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According to a release , Microsoft chose KIND to create Microsoft Health and Human Services Pod for Managed Service Providers. What that means and includes is overseeing and ensuring that legally grown pot doesn’t abscond to the black market and those that need to pay taxes on it do.

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Who Should Lead The Digital ID Push?

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Use cases for the digital ID wallet could include accessing age-restricted places like bars, signing into services like online tax filing or verifying identities at polling stations. The advantage is that users could prove their ages if necessary without revealing their birthdates or other personal information.

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Saving Main Street: Cities Pick Up The Recovery Role

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For example, Seattle announced that it will allow eligible businesses to defer business and occupation taxes and expand its Small Business Stabilization Fund. Boulder, Colorado has been working on strategies to help downtown retailers since before the coronavirus crisis. Several examples have shown up over the past week.

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The banks serving active duty personnel

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Branch manager Noemi Gallardo says the community bank tries to be a “yes” bank. “We Wilson says Arkansas offers attractive benefits for military retirees, such as state income tax exemption and reciprocal licensing for spouses. ICBA is waking up members of Congress to the misconduct of credit unions, chiefly their tax exemption.

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Cannabis Dispensary SaaS Provider Baker Technologies Raises $3.5M

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When Baker Technologies cofounder and CEO Joel Milton looked at the growing recreational cannabis industry in Colorado, one of the first things he noticed were long lines. The founders studied how the Colorado cannabis market grew. states and two Canadian provinces Baker serves to manage their customer relationships. “We