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RetailUS Treasury Tells Banks To Treat Hemp Businesses Like Any Other
The nation’s marijuana regulator has told financial institutions to treat the $500 million hemp businesses the same way they would any other...
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Digital PaymentsThe (Unemployment) Check Is In the Mail, But The Wait Might Be Long
The unemployment check is in the mail … or perhaps it’s even not on its way yet. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (June...
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RegulationTreasury Finds Promise In, Urges Regulation Across, FinTech Landscape
It was no surprise that FinTech dominated regulatory headlines this past week, with a Treasury report that helped set the stage for...
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InvestmentsMnuchin: Strengthen Investment Controls To Protect US Tech
Amid the trade war that is still taking shape between the United States and China and the United States and several other...
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B2B PaymentsOCC Defines Top Threats To Banks This Season
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has again released its report on top risks facing banks, with...
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B2B PaymentsTreasury Slaps Counting House As ‘Criminal Organization’
The U.S. Treasury has reportedly dubbed international payments processor PacNet, which operates Counting House, a “criminal organization,” and reports said the move...
- Alternative Finances
US Treasury Eyes Marketplace Lending Practices
The U.S. Treasury Department will open a study on the lending practices within the fast-growing online marketplace sector, the agency announced yesterday...
- International
CFPB Targets PayPal Credit
PayPal is in settlement talks with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in the run-up to its split from eBay, the company...
- International
Bank Group Asks For More Leeway To Fight Money Laundering
The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) should let banks share their reports of suspected money-laundering activity with their foreign branches...
- News
Federal Government Now Accepting PayPal and Dwolla
The federal government has opened up its pay portal, pay.gov, to the digital wallets from PayPal and Dwolla. This announcement follows a...
