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Young Consumers Love to “Buy Now, Pay Later” – Here’s What to Know About the Explosive Fintech Trend

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Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is a type of point-of-sale installment loan that partners with retailers to allow consumers to pay for their purchases in multiple equal payments. When online shopping, if a retailer has a partnership with a BNPL platform, the customer can choose it as their payment method when placing their order at checkout.

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What ‘Patchwork’ eCommerce Taxes Mean For Black Friday – And Beyond

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As has been well-reported in this space, the regulatory landscape is changing for companies in the wake of the 2018 Supreme Court decision captioned South Dakota v. For some of these people who have been audited by South Dakota, they have no idea that the next letter they are going to get will come from New York,” Peterson said.

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NRF On The Case For Revising eCommerce Sales Tax Laws

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The 2018 South Dakota v. Online retailers aren’t sitting still when faced with new taxes — and some are even fighting back in court. Small retailers may be struggling with Kansas’ law, but large retailers are meanwhile coming under fire in South Carolina. Some marketplace facilitator laws are written so.

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California Dreamin’ (Of A Higher Minimum Wage)

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The $15 hourly minimum wage would be the highest in the nation, and the proposal represents a potential game-changer in the battle to raise the federal minimum wage, which currently stands at $7.25 an hour on Jan. 1, 2017, then to $11 an hour one year later and will see annual increases of $1 until reaching $15 an hour on Jan.

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What Is Powering The Emerging Pawnaissance?

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Policymakers may have simply shifted operating firms from one industry to another, having no real effect on market conduct,” Ramirez writes. In its press releases, the firm seems to much prefer the term “specialty financial services and retail company.”. Not that Smart Financial ever refers to itself as a pawn shop.

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Ballard Spahr Submits Comment Letter to OCC in Support of Proposed True Lender Rule

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Ballard Spahr LLP has submitted a comment letter to the OCC in support of its proposed rule , “National Banks and Federal Savings Associations as Lenders” (the “Proposed Rule”). Three virtually identical Federal Interest Statutes govern interest that may be charged by Banks: Section 85 of the National Bank Act (“NBA”), 12 U.S.C. §

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Surviving The Retail Apocalypse: The Technologies And Trends That Can Help Brick-And-Mortar Thrive Again

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Research BRIEFING: Surviving the Retail Apocalypse. How are brick-and-mortar retailers surviving and adapting in the world of digital commerce? The retail apocalypse has claimed many victims , with almost 7,000 stores closing in the US in 2017. And that’s just since February. However, this isn’t the whole story.

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