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FinCEN reissues real estate Geographic Targeting Orders

Abrigo

The purchase amount threshold for the GTOs to apply remains at $300,000 , where it has been set since 2018 when it was determined that money laundering is widespread within all residential real estate, not only on higher-end, expensive properties. New York City and Miami were the original targets under the first order in 2016.

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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

New York City and Miami were the original targets under the first order in 2016. The Geographic Targeting Orders have been updated several times since then to add more areas, capture a broader range of transactions, and simplify reporting amounts with a $300,000 threshold.

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Bulletin: A Cheaper Way To Sell In-Store

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Bulletin — described as “WeWork for retail” — opened its second New York City retail space this week while also raising funds in anticipation of opening additional NYC locations as well as eventually branching out to other cities.

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The Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: The Delivery Edition 

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“It’s clear the main reason Amazon wanted to be here was the availability of a skilled tech workforce plus the synergy with related industries,” said James Parrott, an economist at the New School. And New York City still retains that attraction.”. Alphabet also signed a lease earlier this year for 1.3

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $215 Million Week Ending Feb 19

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Houston, Texas. Risk management and compliance software. HQ: New York City. Source: Crunchbase. UniRush (RushCard). Prepaid card issuer. Latest round: $15 million Debt. Total raised: Unknown. Source: FT Partners. Marvelstone Tech. Infrastructure for financial services companies. Total raised: $10.7 AQ Metrics.

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Surviving The Retail Apocalypse: The Technologies And Trends That Can Help Brick-And-Mortar Thrive Again

CB Insights

Currently, customers in New York City and San Francisco are able to leverage experienced TaskRabbit workers to assemble furniture; the service will be expanded to stores in Los Angeles, Miami, Houston, Boston, and more this year. Other brick-and-mortar retailers are catching on. .

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