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Bitcoin Daily: Binance Goes Black, Japan Readies For More Crypto Raids
Bitcoin Daily: Binance Goes Black, Japan Readies For More Crypto Raids
February 09, 2018  |  Bitcoin

One of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) top policymakers is the latest in a host of leaders calling for regulation of digital currencies, Reuters reported. Cryptocurrencies...

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California Moves Forward On Effort To Bank Marijuana Businesses
California Moves Forward On Effort To Bank Marijuana Businesses
January 29, 2018  |  B2B Payments

California is pressing forward with efforts to provide legal banking services to marijuana businesses as cannabis companies struggle to get banked. Reports in The San Francisco...

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Compliance, Cash And Cannabis’ Complicated California Future
Compliance, Cash And Cannabis’ Complicated California Future
January 03, 2018  |  Retail

New Year’s Day 2018 was met by biting cold temperatures across most of the U.S., a Mariah Carey comeback in Times Square and the state...

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California Looks To Revoke Wells Fargo Insurance License
California Looks To Revoke Wells Fargo Insurance License
December 07, 2017  |  Legal & Regulation

The state of California’s insurance regulator is aiming to suspend or revoke the insurance licenses from Wells Fargo due to illicit sales practices with an...

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California Eyes State-Backed Bank For Marijuana Businesses
California Eyes State-Backed Bank For Marijuana Businesses
November 09, 2017  |  B2B Payments

California is just weeks away from legal recreational marijuana laws coming into effect. But, as with other states that have legalized recreational and medicinal marijuana...

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California Passes Strict Statute To Curtail Arbitration Clause
California Passes Strict Statute To Curtail Arbitration Clause
October 05, 2017  |  Legal & Regulation

California, with the signature of Governor Jerry Brown, has officially passed a law that will make it easier for consumers to sue banks alleged to...

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Samsung Merges Into Self-Driving Cars Lane
Samsung Merges Into Self-Driving Cars Lane
September 01, 2017  |  Innovation

Samsung announced news that it received a permit to test self-driving vehicles in California — just four months after rival Apple received its own permit....

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California Judge Rules Backpage.com Execs Can Be Charged With Money Laundering
California Judge Rules Backpage.com Execs Can Be Charged With Money Laundering
August 24, 2017  |  Legal & Regulation

A judge has ruled that money laundering charges can be brought against the creators of a website that California prosecutors label an online brothel. The...

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Nipton, Calif., Goes To Pot, Literally
Nipton, Calif., Goes To Pot, Literally
August 10, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

In real estate and in retail, location is everything. Malls operated on that theory for years: Put a few anchor stores in to draw foot...

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