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Fast Action: Tennessee Sportsbook Bets Service Quality On Instant Payments

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Hodges, known as the “Rookie Bookie” on social media, made her comments less than three months after Tennessee became the 20th state to launch sports betting on Nov. We’re growing a market of people who have never bet before in Tennessee.”. We’re bringing sports gambling out of the shadows,” she said. Next Steps.

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State Regulation, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Financial Services, FinTech, Charles Clark, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, License, Regulation, Bank of Indonesia, FinTech, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, News

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Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. As was widely reported this past week, seven of them are trying to do so.

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Unicorns Drowse Through Summer

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The dog days of summer are upon us, and so as bankers head to the beach, shall we assume the flight to market has hit a snooze button? Airbnb , having staked its claim in urban environs, has said that it is open to market regulations in cities of scale such as Vancouver and others. billion, down from $3.4

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Using Gift Cards To Buy Drugs: How Return Fraud Is Funding The Opioid Crisis

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Retail return losses total between $9 billion and $15 billion per year, according to a 2017 survey by the National Retail Federation. Police from Knox County and the city of Knoxville, Tennessee have found strong ties between drug overdoses and gift cards purchased.

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

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Retail return losses total between $9 billion and $15 billion per year, according to a 2017 survey by the National Retail Federation. In addition, the crime cuts into state sales tax revenue: Tennessee loses more than $14 million a year to return fraud.

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What An Educationally Focused CU Can Teach Other FIs

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One such credit union is the Knoxville Teachers Federal Credit Union (KTFCU) of Knoxville, Tennessee, which exclusively serves members working in local education. A survey from CFI Group released last year found 2016 member satisfaction with credit unions had dropped from 87 to 84 points on a 100-point scale, a four-year low for the market.

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Ohio Lottery Makes A New Bet on Mobile

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Not only do gift cards stand as the most popular holiday present, according to the National Retail Federation and other sources, but a Blackhawk Network survey found that “44 percent of consumers surveyed are interested in receiving a gift card to play the lottery, while 43 percent would be interested in giving a lottery gift card.”.

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