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State AGs To Press Own Case Against Google

PYMNTS

The states leading the probe include Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee and Utah. Google is also facing a Chinese antitrust probe into whether Google took advantage of its hold over the Android mobile operating system in order to stifle competition. 15) blog. .

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Blue Apron Hit With Employee Labor Lawsuit

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According to the court documents, Blue Apron’s website states that “we win together, not alone; we operate with integrity.”. “If If Blue Apron truly does operate with integrity and is accountable,” the lawsuit reads, “then it will pay its employees all of their hard-earned wages.”.

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What Is Powering The Emerging Pawnaissance?

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Interest rates on pawn loans vary as they are regulated by states. Regulations require that pawnbrokers request proof of ownership before making a deal with a potential customer — but the less reputable players in the industry have a nasty habit of forgetting to ask. So what is driving the Pawnaissance?

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Addressing The Symptoms Of Pharmacies’ Cash Flow Ailments

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This kind of small business is a dying breed: recent stats from the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis at the University of Iowa found more than 16 percent of independent pharmacies shuttered their doors between March 2003 and March 2018, according to Washington Post reports.

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Wells Fargo’s New Alleged Scandal? Failing To Refund Owed Insurance Payments

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Wells Fargo — after a year of headaches, hassles and a seemingly unending hit parade of scandals — is now facing the ire of regulators who question why the bank is not refunding insurance money owed to customers who paid off their loans early. Guess what Wells Fargo didn’t do?

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Agricultural Alert!

Independent Banker

“I assume that will continue,” adds Larry Winum, president and CEO of Glenwood State Bank, a $170 million-asset agricultural lender in Glenwood, Iowa. Because real estate often collateralizes rural loans, diminishing land prices are a factor that regulators will ask community banks to keep monitoring. Rural housing loans.

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The community bank’s complete guide to building trust

Independent Banker

Another reason pen tests are increasingly common is that regulations and PCI compliance require banks to furnish annual pen test results. John Moeller, a principal at CliftonLarsonAllen LLP who is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, says many banks are not engaging in pen testing often enough and some use inferior approaches to testing.

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