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Wirecard Catches A $1.8M Break From Lenders

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As many as 15 lenders are assessing the extent of potential losses, including ABN Amro Bank NV, Commerzbank AG and ING Groep NV, who have loaned Wirecard 1.6 The 50-year-old executive faces charges of accounting fraud and market manipulation designed to artificially inflate the FinTech’s balance sheet. and Mastercard Inc.

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Nevada Marijuana Dispensary Uses Food Trucks To Sidestep Cards Regs

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No one would ever mistake a marijuana dispensary for a food truck, but that is what one shop in Reno, NV calls itself when charging customers’ credit cards. Experts on dispensaries say such labeling is the only way to get around federal banking regulations. Blüm representatives declined to comment, the report said.

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Takeaway.com’s Just Eat Buyout Faces Regulatory Setback

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billion deal earlier in January, over Prosus NV’s competing bid. s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), however, said on Thursday (Jan. According to Takeaway, per past reports, the CMA wants to determine whether Takeaway would have come back to the British market without the current deal with Just Eats.

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Can Legal Pot Thrive With Closed-Loop Payments?

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Governor Steve Sisolak (D-NV) has authorized what The Associated Press called a “limited marijuana banking system” for the state, a tourist mecca where recreational cannabis is legal. The news is a bit vague so far, but certainly significant. Three-Year Pilot. That bill has not won approval. Sales Growth.

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