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Local Governments Move In On Retail Vacancies

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Many municipalities are looking to help by proposing new uses for vacant retail sites, including a citywide initiative in Fairfax, Virginia called Activate Fairfax , where the Department of Economic Initiative is soliciting requests for interest in an abandoned Container Store location. Even smaller cities are opting for such taxes.

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Time Tried, Panic Tested. The Forgotten Story of the First National Bank of Keystone

Jeff For Banks

September 1st, 1999, regulators from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, at the behest of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, descended on a small coal mining town in Keystone, West Virginia. Clearly, blue-suit regulators stood out. She effectively ran the bank and its operations. billion in assets.

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Fizzle Of The Week: The Cannabis Payments Conundrum

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states (and the District of Columbia) where marijuana has been legalized for sale in some capacity, it has thrown off a fairly large chunk of tax revenue in the last year. billion in taxes from legal cannabis companies last year, an amount of money that is undoubtedly a sizzle for the federal coffers.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Goes to Larry Mazza and the crew at MVB Bank in West Virginia. The regulator and media pressure on overdraft fees has been a constant challenge to overdraft revenue. regulated financial institutions!

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2017 Edition

Jeff For Banks

billion of assets and operates twenty five branches in the western suburbs of Chicago. That got regulator's attention in the form of a May 2011 Consent Order (CO). Summit also operates an insurance subsidiary. Actually, the Bank had a one-time after tax litigation settlement (from a 2002-04 event) of $6.2

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

Zenefits skirts compliance regulations. Zenefits skirts compliance regulations. In addition, regulators claimed that as many as 80% of insurance plans sold in Washington state by Zenefits reps were sold illegally by unlicensed brokers. Table of contents. Theranos and the revolutionary blood tests that never existed.

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Fantasy Sports Get A Legal Go-Ahead In New York State

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The New York legislature has given a thumbs-up to fantasy sports, passing a bill early Saturday (June 18) that explicitly legalizes and regulates fantasy sports betting in New York. While a court initially barred DraftKings and FanDuel from continuing to operate in New York, a higher court reversed that decision on appeal.

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