PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

While opportunities for supply chain finance and dynamic discounting can be found across verticals, demand for these capabilities is particularly high in the corporate legal services industry. “It’s a very symbiotic relationship between the in-house legal department and outside counsel,” he told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

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Payments Dive

JULY 18, 2023

Rob Beard, who will also serve as head of global policy, brings M&A and capital markets experience to his new role at the card network company.

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Payments Source

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

One area of certainty in the 2020 election is the momentum for legalizing cannabis, as a string of ballot box victories makes it harder for banks to avoid working with dispensaries and other legal marijuana businesses.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

It’s not often that one gets to see a new form of retail emerge, but that’s what’s happening with, of all things, legal recreational cannabis. According to one recent report , a 13,000-square-foot legal retail dispensary in that city includes a “pizzeria and coffee house to attract customers who don’t partake in the now-legal herb.”

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Payments Dive

JANUARY 16, 2024

Both tech giants will spend this year fighting off rivals hungry for a piece of their payments revenue.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

One such area in which instant payments remain out of reach is the legal system, as claimants still largely receive their settlements or disbursements via check. Such needs make payment speed a low priority for legal firms, even though consumers involved in court cases are often frustrated and confused about how to receive their settlements.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

And while retailers are most likely not liable for any legal exposure, there are legal and ethical issues presented by the current crisis that need retail attention regardless of size and legal expertise. “If A sweep of legal advice columns shows that adequate warnings are sufficient when the risks are considered obvious.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

The nature of cannabis commerce is changing, and not just because of spreading legalization (with New Jersey the latest state to be in the midst of considering that move). Women have become involved in all facets of the legal cannabis operations across the United States and Canada. businesses as a whole, the publication said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2019

Trends in legal cannabis retail are just now emerging, and fresh numbers from Colorado are providing insight into how the industry is evolving. billion in sales over the last five years, with April and May of this year the highest-grossing months since legalization.”. Legal retail cannabis may be spreading throughout the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

In an expansion of its effort to “make digital platforms fairer for consumers and developers,” Epic Games took legal action against Apple in Australia, according to a statement posted on Wednesday (Nov. 18) Sydney time. Anyone could write code, anyone could release software and users could install software from sources of their choosing.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Retailers and other customer-facing platforms adapted alongside the internet to offer these payment innovations, but legal firms still view many of these methods with trepidation. Legal disbursements are tricky, even for the simplest of payouts, because they need full verification before going to potential claimants.

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The Paypers

OCTOBER 18, 2023

UK-based X-Press Legal has added Open Banking to its online banking system, X-Press Pay, via Ordo , enabling consumers to directly pay for disbursements.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 22, 2024

On January 18, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) announced that it is postponing the effective date of the Combating Auto Retail Scams Rule (“CARS Rule”) in light of the legal challenge from industry trade associations seeking judicial review of the new rule.

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Payments Dive

JUNE 13, 2022

AffiniPay will link the acquired firm with its LawPay business. The two companies combined are expected to generate about $200 million in annual revenue.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

Brex also announced Katie Biber has been named chief legal officer. Her role will include legal and compliance oversight including the company affiliate, Brex Treasury LLC, a Securities and Exchange-registered broker-dealer. This partnership aligns with UMB’s strategy of working with best-in-class innovators like Brex.”.

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American Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Scott Stengel, who has been Ally's general counsel since 2016, will succeed Ellen Fitzsimmons, who is retiring after four years as head of legal affairs at Truist.

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Payments Source

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

PaymentsSource Senior Analyst Michael Moeser talks to Tyler Beuerlein, chief revenue officer of Hypur, about the challenges of handling payments in the legalized cannabis industry.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This is the first time a company is being legally called out for violating the 2018 data privacy mandate. Earlier this month, Apple warned in its annual report that new regulations combined with legal fees already incurred could impact its revenue and overall operations.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

That, in turn, reportedly provides another opportunity for the emerging and growing legal cannabis retail sector. Legal cannabis retail has yet to find its firm footing — too many ongoing payment challenges to say that — but beer companies are taking notice of the possibilities, at least according to a report Thursday (June 6) from NBC News.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

Digital Innovation, Legal implementation. The trouble is that RON services have not been legal in the country until recently. Virginia became the first state to legalize RON services in 2012, but most other state governments did not follow suit until the pandemic made in-person notary services impossible. Washington, D.C.-based

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Bobsguide

MAY 28, 2020

With one of the most advanced legal environments in the world in terms of the relationship between law and business, Digital has naturally remained a top priority for UK businesses. C-suite executives and boards have already centred entire corporate strategies around Digital Transformation.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

Wallingford continued, “We endorsed ClientPay® for their unmatched customer service, their focus on the legal industry and proven ability to properly handle trust accounting.” This enables our Juris users to get paid faster while avoiding much of the manual burden associated with the invoicing process.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

French ski resorts are mounting a legal challenge against the government’s order to keep ski lifts closed at resorts this holiday season.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2019

Wells Fargo , the embattled national bank, is reportedly upping the money it may lose from legal actions, reported The Wall Street Journal. The report, citing the bank’s quarterly securities filing, said the bank expects the potential losses from legal actions stemming in part from its fake account scandal to be $3.1

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

One month after Canada legalized marijuana for everyone in the country, Canadians spent C$54 million ($41 million) on the product, according to a report in Bloomberg. The legalization of marijuana in Canada is a big win for the prime minister, who said he would legalize pot use when he was running for office in 2015.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

21), Apple argued Epic Games violated Apple’s rules and should be prohibited from its store until the legal battle is resolved, CNBC reported. Apple has responded to a lawsuit by Fortnite maker Epic Games that the tech giant’s practices are anticompetitive. In its answer filed Friday (Aug.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Supreme Court denied the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by RD Legal Funding that asked the Court to decide whether the CFPB can ratify actions taken when it was unconstitutionally structured. On Monday, the first day of its new term, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Legal marijuana may have a massive payments problem, but that’s not stopping retail innovation in perhaps the newest area of legitimate commerce in the U.S. Trends in legal cannabis retail are just now emerging, and fresh numbers from Colorado are providing insight into how the industry is evolving. and Canada. Big Retail.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

3 Super Bowl approaches — heaven for football fans and gamblers, including bettors who make wagers via online channels — federal authorities have brought a new level of uncertainty into the prospect of those legal bets. Now, at least eight states have some form of legal online sports betting, with more states moving toward that goal.

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The Paypers

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The Texas Blockchain Council has initiated legal proceedings against the US-based EIA , for an alleged illegal data collection against the bitcoin industry.

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Payments Dive

APRIL 29, 2024

The National Retail Federation lashed out at a landmark Visa-Mastercard legal settlement Friday, calling the pact reached with some merchants last month “meager and temporary” relief.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

Both the European Commission and ECB are “jointly reviewing at technical level a broad range of policy, legal and technical questions emerging from a possible introduction of a digital euro, taking into account their respective mandates and independence provided for in the Treaties,” the statement said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

March Madness has a new flavor this year: legal online betting. million will place bets at casino sportsbooks or via legal mobile apps. 3 Super Bowl on which bettors have been able to place legal online wagers. For now, though, legalized sports betting in the U.S. billion in bets from some 47 million consumers in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

In a way, watching the emergence of legal retail marijuana in North America is like watching someone grow up. That comparison may not be 100 percent on the mark, but the truth is this: Legal pot operations are joining the legitimate business world, and more evidence of that will come after the markets close on Thursday (June 20).

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2017

The retail beer industry is already feeling the effects of cannabis legalization. states have legalized the use of recreational marijuana, the retail beer industry has seen additional lost sales, according to new research conducted by Cannabiz Consumer Group (C2G). million legal US cannabis consumers in 2016. As more U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

Korea’s central bank has rolled out a legal advisory group to look at potential challenges to bring a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to fruition, The Korea Times reported. The panel’s start is a portion of the first stage for the Bank of Korea’s (BOK) plan to create a CBDC.

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