November 25, 2016
Weird Commerce Black Friday Gift Guide
Today is the frenetic chaos that is Black Friday. Amid the rush, there are some quirky and surprising things that are overlooked or forgotten. Turns out Walmart sells 10 times...
October 31, 2016
Payments Urban Legends, Both Scary And True
We want to make your flesh creep — but in a good way, where you learn something. It is Halloween after all, and PYMNTS had its hackles raised when Karen Webster...
October 24, 2016
Medical Marijuana On-Demand Platform Eaze Inhales $13M In Funding
No matter your politics on the matter, weed is green. On-demand weed platform Eaze has just scored $13 million in Series B funding, thanks to Fresh VC, Doll Capital Management (DCM)...
June 20, 2016
Microsoft, Lawmakers Boost Marijuana SMEs’ FinServ Fight
While some marijuana businesses may be operating legally under state law, the federal law that still considers them illegal means banks often refuse to provide financial services to these companies....
December 21, 2015
Corporate Banking On The Fritz?
This week, our Data Digest is all about corporate finance. Analysts may be releasing new research and surveys about the upcoming trends for 2016 this time of year. But as...
October 23, 2015
The Federal Reserve Just Says No To Drugs
The marijuana entrepreneurs of Colorado will not have a special bank to call their own — unless a federal judge intervenes on their side. The designated guardians of the U.S....
October 13, 2015
How American Indian FinServ Can Solve The Marijuana Banking Crisis
In the U.S., there isn’t really such thing as an unbanked business — except when it comes to the legal marijuana industry. As individual states begin passing laws that allow...
August 03, 2015
Fed Sued For Anti-Marijuana Ruling
Last month, PYMNTS reported on the plight of several congressmen as they worked to provide safeguards for banks that are looking to provide financial services to legitimate, legal marijuana businesses....
July 02, 2015
Transaction Laundering: Payments’ Next Big Threat
Where there’s a [cybercriminal] will, there’s a [cybercrime] way. Transaction laundering, not to be confused with money laundering, is a pretty big will that has found some pretty effective...
