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Varo Achieves Milestone As First Consumer FinTech To Get National Charter

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On Friday (July 31), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced Varo Bank has been granted its full-service national bank charter. Department of the Treasury that charters and regulates financial institutions. Varo is the first consumer FinTech to receive a new national bank charter from the U.S. million.

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Update on state small business commercial financing disclosure laws

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Around the nation, regulators are preparing to implement and enforce new consumer-like disclosure laws for small business commercial finance providers. New York regulators have yet to issue final regulations implementing the state’s Commercial Finance Disclosure Law (CFDL), which went into effect on January 1, 2022.

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Ohio Lottery Makes A New Bet on Mobile

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But playing and delivery methods keep changing, with Ohio of all places — no offense to the Buckeye State, home to multiple presidents and the Wright Brothers’ aerodynamic innovations — accounting for some of the latest developments. In Connecticut, for example, you cannot buy tickets with a credit card.

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Bridging Banking Gaps For Cannabis Companies

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Nowhere does that ring truer than in the nascent and growing legal cannabis industry, where billions of dollars flow the old-fashioned way — hand to hand, because of the clash between federal and state regulations over its legality. That’s according to data published at the end of last month, per data from the U.S. without resorting to cash.

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Sports Betting Moves Forward In The U.S. — With or Without ‘Integrity Fees’

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Meanwhile, states such as Kentucky, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland and others are making moves toward legalization, and via different methods. The state allows both online and offline sports betting, with regulation oversight provided by the West Virginia Lottery Commission. Integrity Fees.