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

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Smith used drugs for the past decade before starting her recovery journey at Gateway Community Services in Jacksonville, Florida. “As For instance, Home Depot now only accepts store credit for in-store purchases, not online ones, and requires ID when credits are redeemed, thus limiting the resale value of store credit.

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The banks serving active duty personnel

Independent Banker

Borrowers apply online and can go from application to cash in their checking account in as little as four minutes. Banks also serve more seasoned military members whose loan terms, for example, are subject to different regulations. Hopefully, that resonates.”. It’s been very helpful to a lot of military personnel,” Wilson says.

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The Big Gorilla

Independent Banker

Outsized regulation shapes the business climate and decisions. Sarah Getzlaff, executive vice president and chief operating officer at First Security Bank of North Dakota, sees the detrimental effects of overly complex regulation in everyday operations, particularly in lending. I don’t blame regulations for everything,” he says.