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Nevada Marijuana Dispensary Uses Food Trucks To Sidestep Cards Regs

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With many in the industry anticipating federal-level legalization of the cannabis market, the sector remains with one foot in state-level regulation and one foot in the shadow market. . Federal regulations prevent financial institutions and other payment companies from serving up options to pay to the legal weed industry. .

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Legal Cannabis Retail Innovates Its Way Around Payments Knot

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Legal marijuana may have a massive payments problem, but that’s not stopping retail innovation in perhaps the newest area of legitimate commerce in the U.S. No one would ever mistake a marijuana dispensary for a food truck, but that is what one shop in Reno, Nevada calls itself when charging customers’ credit cards. Big Retail.

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Can Regulating Wearables Protect Data Privacy?

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To aid in blockchain implementation, Nevada-based company Filament recently released the Blocklet Foundation Kit, which provides IoT developers and programmers with hands-on experience in developing blockchain systems. While security concerns remain, the IoT market is continuing to expand. About the Tracker.

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POSaBIT Rolls Out Mobile POS For Cannabis Merchants

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Our fully compliant solution allows businesses to feature a state-of-the-art retail customer experience for both in-store and delivery, while also providing in-depth business analytics and increased revenues for businesses.”. billion by 2020 — the industry is largely cash-based.

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Kroger Expands Home Chef Meal Kit Offerings To New Stores

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“Last October, Kroger introduced Home Chef retail meal kits, and we’re now expanding to add the easy-to-prepare recipes to hundreds of new locations, providing convenient access to the meal solution at more than 700 stores. .”

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Can Legal Pot Thrive With Closed-Loop Payments?

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People can say what they will about the wisdom of legal retail sales of marijuana (we here at PYMNTS take no position), but the payments knot that the cash-dominated industry is dealing with is leading to some improvisation, and even government-backed experimentation. Three-Year Pilot. and Canada.

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Walmart, Udelv Pair On Self-Driving Delivery Vans

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8) at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company also acquired an investment from the Marubeni Corporation, a move that Udelv CEO Daniel Laury said will aid in the company’s expansion to other markets in the United States. The company made the announcement on Tuesday (Jan.

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