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Saving Main Street: Fairfax County, VA Kicks Into Gear

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Activate will show growth and innovation,” she predicted. “We Moudry has more than 20 years of experience in economic development, community development and investment policy in both the private and public sectors. Development goals, zoning, permits and regulations have just started to be integrated. Department of Commerce. At the U.S.

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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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It’s Not Easy Being Green: Cannabis Payments

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Seven other states have followed suit within the last five years, including the District of Columbia. That was one of the voices from the Innovation Project’s panel on “The State of Cannabis and Commerce in the U.S.,” What has not changed is how payments for marijuana transpire.

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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

In addition, the CFPB issued a Request for Information (“RFI”) in July 2020 soliciting public comment to identify opportunities to prevent credit discrimination, promote access to credit, and encourage responsible innovation under ECOA and Regulation B.

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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. Title: Alberta Health Services shuts down innovative meal-sharing system. Product: Besomebody. Product: Scarf.

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Fans and Foes of OCC True Lender Rule Spar at Senate Committee “Rent-a-Bank” Hearing

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Separately, eight attorneys general representing seven states and the District of Columbia have filed an action in federal district court in the Southern District of New York seeking to set aside the rule. Committee member questions addressed to the witnesses, and the responses, generally followed the same themes.

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Public Policy Predictions 2019: Regulatory Reforms Ahead

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While many believe that the partisan divide will grow in 2019, this does not mean that all bank-related public policy proposals will be stuck in neutral. The post Public Policy Predictions 2019: Regulatory Reforms Ahead appeared first on FICO. Since the November elections, much of the talk here in Washington, D.C. In March, the U.S.