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UK Retail Banks Draft FinTech Alliance Guidelines

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banks and financial technology firms have worked together to create a set of guidelines to improve the relationship between FinTech startups and financial institutions (FIs). The new guidelines, developed by the British Standards Institute (BSI), aim to address issues that interfere with FinTech firms and banks forming alliances.

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Retail Group Fights Back Against Anti-Maskers

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Now there’s the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) asking for help with mandating mask guidance regulations to protect store personnel. Social media has been full of news of anti-maskers wrecking displays – and weeks ago, even attacking a store clerk because of regulations requiring them to mask up inside stores.

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Today In Data: How Governments Are Strengthening Crypto Regulation

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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recently released guidelines intended to increase the transparency of digital asset transactions, as regulators push for greater cryptocurrency oversight. In retail news, the legal cannabis industry is evolving in Colorado with the state’s licensed businesses. All This, Today In Data.

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Alibaba’s Ma Worries EU Regulations Will Stifle Tech Innovation

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Jack Ma, the Chinese billionaire and founder of Alibaba, expressed concerns technology companies will be harmed by increased regulation coming out of Europe. With lawmakers and regulators around the world clamping down on technology companies, the European Union has become one of the fiercest critics of tech companies.

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Smart Retailers Inspire Confidence Via Cleanliness

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The list of positive retail brand attributes goes on and on, but one new post-pandemic value has become more important than all the others: cleanliness. Example: Ted Gallagher is vice president and partner at Environmental Hazards Control , a Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based company that disinfects retail locations and other business facilities.

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The Honeymoon’s Not Over For Bridal Retail

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Caught somewhere in the middle is a category that has had a tough run this lost summer of 2020: bridal retailers. A minimony , as the name suggests, is hardly as lucrative as its bigger cousin, matrimony – and that difference has taken a bite out of bridal retail. Smaller retailers are focused on safety as well as agility.

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US Treasury Tells Banks To Treat Hemp Businesses Like Any Other

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The nation’s marijuana regulator has told financial institutions to treat the $500 million hemp businesses the same way they would any other businesses. The reminder is intended for banks with clients that include marijuana retailers or individuals that grow, process, or manufacture pot. Hemp Inc.,

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