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NJ Online Gaming Revenue Set To Grow 66 Pct This Year

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With blackjack and roulette on mobile phones, the growing market for online sports wagering in New Jersey has introduced gamblers to virtual casino games. Mobile betting, however, is only allowed in five: New Jersey, West Virginia, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Nevada per earlier reports.

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New Jersey enacts licensing and other requirements for student loan servicers

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On July 30, 2019, Acting New Jersey Governor Sheila Oliver signed into law SB 1149 , which requires student loan servicers to be licensed, creates an Office of the Student Loan Ombudsman within the NJ Department of Banking and Insurance, imposes various requirements, and prohibits certain conduct. Licensing requirement.

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DOJ announces settlement of redlining lawsuit

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The Justice Department announced that it has entered into an agreement with Lakeland Bank to settle the DOJ’s claims that Lakeland engaged in unlawful redlining in the Newark, New Jersey metropolitan area. According to the DOJ , the settlement represents the third-largest redlining settlement in the DOJ’s history.

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New Jersey’s $5B American Dream Mall To Reopen In October

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The wait is over for shoppers who have missed the $5 billion American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Last week, New Jersey Gov. In addition, The Rink, the 33,000-square-foot space National Hockey League regulation-size ice skating rink, will also open. On Thursday (Sept.

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Bitcoin Daily: Avanti Preparing To Apply For Banking Charter; NJ Lawmaker Introduces Regulatory Rules On Crypto

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A “future bank” focused solely on providing regulated services for digital assets is preparing to start, according to Coindesk on Monday (Feb. Some representatives from the world’s central banks discussed the matter last week in Kyiv, Ukraine, at a conference arranged by the National Bank of Ukraine.

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Update on state small business commercial financing disclosure laws

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Around the nation, regulators are preparing to implement and enforce new consumer-like disclosure laws for small business commercial finance providers. New York regulators have yet to issue final regulations implementing the state’s Commercial Finance Disclosure Law (CFDL), which went into effect on January 1, 2022.

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American Dream Mega Mall Opens In Mega eCommerce Era

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Multiple attractions will make the New Jersey mall a destination. million gallon water park, a beach kept at 87 degrees Fahrenheit year-round, a Sea Life aquarium, a regulation National Hockey League skating rink and an aviary featuring local birds, among other features. Those include a 1.5 Mills Corp.,