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Fiserv Enables SNAP Online EBT Payment Acceptance For Grocers

PYMNTS

Eight additional states, Idaho, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, West Virginia, Vermont and the District of Columbia, are slated to be added in June. ShopRite, a Wakefern Food Corp. brand, is accepting online EBT payment at select locations.

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Saving Main Street: Fairfax County, VA Kicks Into Gear

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This is near an office environment and a vibrant community, and we see a chance to create an exciting and interesting destination.”. Small businesses make up 94 percent of our base and account for almost one-third of jobs in our community,” said Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeffrey C. Department of Commerce. At the U.S.

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CFPB Issues Interpretive Rule Clarifying that Sex Discrimination under ECOA and Regulation B Includes Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination

CFPB Monitor

This letter marked a major victory for SAGE and other LGBTQ+ advocates, who claimed that their community faced discrimination from lenders for many years. Also, over 20 state laws and the District of Columbia already prohibit discrimination in credit transactions on the basis of sexual orientation or sexual identity.

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Building A More Compliant Cannabis Industry With The Blockchain

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Though marijuana has been decriminalized for medical or recreational purposes in 29 states (and the District of Columbia) and 64 percent of the polled voting population supports marijuana’s legalization, pot remains very much illegal on the federal level as a Schedule 1 narcotic.

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Public Policy Predictions 2019: Regulatory Reforms Ahead

FICO

Court Appeals for the District of Columbia vacated key parts of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 2015 TCPA Order , which had created much confusion and sparked increased litigation. Regulators Will Make Major Strides Towards Reaching Consensus on Modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act. In March, the U.S.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

But overpriced, over-hyped hardware products weren’t the only “innovations” we said goodbye to: we also recently witnessed the deaths of startups working in mobile AR, e-commerce, digital media, and more. Read on for post-mortems on 10 of the latest startups to bite the dust. Around 4 p.m., Product: AudienceScience.

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