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Economic Nexus Laws’ Unexpected Impacts On Restricted Substance Retailers

PYMNTS

eCommerce sales tax laws are having unintended consequences in the tobacco industry. These laws were meant to make online sellers face sales tax requirements similar to those for retailers with on-the-ground locations, putting both types of businesses on equal footing. in 2017 had a 52.75

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Trade-based money laundering: The link to terrorist financing

Abrigo

A well-known example of a TBML system is the Black Market Peso Exchange , where U.S. Banking regulators and criminals understand TBML, so be sure your AML investigative team also does. Trade-based money laundering is the process of moving illegal funds through the international trade system to legitimize them.

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The Velocity of Risk – What Bankers Need To Know

South State Correspondent

In this age of social media, global interconnectedness, and market volatility, banks can be one tweet torrent away from a lightning-fast onset of risk. One morning, President Trump tweeted his desire for an additional tax on all foreign-owned companies operating in the US. Some risks occur slowly; others strike quickly and hard.

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A Wealth of Possibilities

Independent Banker

It can help your community bank’s most valued customers create, grow and preserve wealth; plan for the distribution of wealth during life in the most tax-advantaged way; and plan for the distribution of wealth at death in the most tax-advantaged way.

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Here’s How The Opioid Crisis Is Losing Retailers $9B A Year

PYMNTS

Smith used drugs for the past decade before starting her recovery journey at Gateway Community Services in Jacksonville, Florida. “As In addition, the crime cuts into state sales tax revenue: Tennessee loses more than $14 million a year to return fraud. As an addict, I just feel like I go to any length.”.

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JPMorgan Hack Indictment Unearths Bitcoin Bribery Link

PYMNTS

Prosecutors in the case also linked a Florida man, Anthony Murgio, to the three suspects. They then reportedly used a bitcoin exchange to cover up the violations that the compromised credit union was flying under the radar of from regulators. The company said it will use the money to expand in domestic and international markets.

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

Gonzobanker

Heavy-handed regulators. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. For 35 years, Wilmers led M&T with creativity, integrity and the “old-school” wisdom of a community banker who created a $26 billion market cap company. FinTech threats and distractions.