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Cannabis Cos’ $4.7B In Cash-Based Taxes Overwhelm IRS

PYMNTS

million to a Virginia company to handle “large cash payments for processing cannabis federal taxes.”. billion in taxes last year on nearly $13 billion in revenue from legal cannabis companies. Most of these companies were forced to pay their federal taxes in cash because about 70 percent of all legal cannabis businesses are unbanked.

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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

Regulations such as Geographic Targeting Order updates help identify AML risks by requiring identification for certain real estate purchases. The limited regulation around the real estate industry has made it especially easy for these bad actors to cycle their dirty money into the financial system using this avenue.

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Greenline Ventures Launches New Small Business Fund

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Denver-based Greenline Ventures is opening up a new fund to help finance small businesses in the U.S. The financing will leverage New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC), alongside private capital, to provide short-term financing to small businesses with competitive rates and flexible terms, the company said. The company revealed Tuesday (Feb.

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How Cannabidiol Products Are Infusing Luxury Retail

PYMNTS

That means otherwise straightforward and common small business duties, like banking , taxes and payroll, can be problematic for firms in the cannabis industry that are legally required to operate almost entirely in cash. From there, the regulation of CBD gets a little more complicated.

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Cannabis Dispensary SaaS Provider Baker Technologies Raises $3.5M

PYMNTS

Now, Milton said, there are more cannabis dispensaries in Denver than there are 7Eleven and Starbucks combined. For instance, if a customer routinely purchases edibles, they might receive updates on stock or promotional information if state regulations allow it. (In (Hint: It grew rapidly.) The same is true for investments.

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Taking Your Coffee With Sugar, Milk And Blockchain?

PYMNTS

The company will make its grand debut in July of this year, when it announces the first five local coffeehouse chains, located in the Denver and San Francisco areas, that will partner with Bext360 in its community-based coffee enterprise.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

Second, this can be accomplished only if the industry does not have too much influence over its regulators and if the regulators have the ability to hire, train, and retain qualified staff. Third, the regulators need adequate financial resources. My lesson learned to the regulators, read your past lessons learned.

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