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DC Bar: Lawyers Allowed To Take Digital Currency As Payment

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” The opinion also noted that the IRS treats cryptocurrency more as a property than as a currency for tax purposes. The ethics decision came down because of the increasing prominence of digital currency, with the District of Columbia Bar finding it “cannot hold back the tides of change.”

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Explore Regulatory Compliance Best Practices at FICO World

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During this period of Congressional gridlock, much of the activity in Washington DC impacting the financial services industry remains focused on the development and implementation of new regulations. Please join us in Washington DC April 26 -29! Model management continues to present financial institutions with new compliance obstacles.

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Weird Commerce: MUFON, Investigating UFOs Since 1969

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And all that research is funded via digital payments, to which Roeser said: “Technologically, MUFON has a lot going on, just to make the organization run through those online programs and payments.” There’s no government agency liberating us from our tax dollars to go search for UFOs or debunk any of this stuff.

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

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These ventures show credit unions are not standing still when it comes to technological disruption, and we hope much is learned from these early risk-taking efforts. For core legacy vendors, there is a three-to-four year window to put some new technology sparkle in your solutions or risk being tagged for replacement.

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Guest Post: Third Quarter Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

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This will act like a tax cut at just the time when it seems Washington DC will not provide one. He had a profound influence on so much of the technology that we use in our daily lives. Oil prices have slipped back by -30% to $80, while gasoline prices have only fallen by -15% to $3.39.

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