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US Treasury Tells Banks To Treat Hemp Businesses Like Any Other

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The nation’s marijuana regulator has told financial institutions to treat the $500 million hemp businesses the same way they would any other businesses. a Nevada-based, publicly-traded company that owns processing centers and a 5,000-square-foot retail store in Arizona, praised FinCEN’s update. Hemp Inc.,

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Nevada Marijuana Dispensary Uses Food Trucks To Sidestep Cards Regs

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Experts on dispensaries say such labeling is the only way to get around federal banking regulations. Federal regulations prevent financial institutions and other payment companies from serving up options to pay to the legal weed industry. . Skaff is a marijuana business financial advisor.

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Trade groups respond to Nevada regulator and AG in lawsuit challenging Nevada law

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We recently provided an update in a case we’ve been following involving a lawsuit challenging a Nevada statute, SB 311, that allows an applicant for credit with no credit history to request that a creditor treat an applicant’s credit history as identical to that of the applicant’s spouse during the marriage.

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FTC Charges Payday Lender With ?Deceptively? Overcharging Clients

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After a payday lender allegedly left consumers to pay more than promised by drawing continued interest-only deductions, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has charged a lending operation with overcharging customers and taking money from their bank accounts without authorization. The defendants named in the matter include Camel Coins, Inc.;

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VirnetX Takes $503M Bite Out Of Apple For Patent Infringement

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Initially, Nevada-based VirnetX was asking for about $700 million in royalties. 1), the tech giant referred to the possible effects of legal proceedings and global regulations and how those could impact its operations and financial conditions. The original lawsuit , filed Aug.

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Bitcoin Daily: Hedgefund Billionaire Plans $1B Crypto Venture; Baton Gets Series A Funding

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On the regulatory front, Cointelegraph reported that Nevada’s finance regulator, the Financial Institutions Division of the Department of Business and Industry (NFID), said bitcoin ATM operators must conform to existing rules. . Nevada currently has 110 bitcoin ATMs.

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Nevada passes law to regulate earned wage access providers

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On June 13, Nevada’s governor signed into law Senate Bill 290 creating the nation’s first statutory framework for earned wage access (EWA) providers operating in the state. The law appoints the state’s Commissioner of Financial Institutions to oversee the industry.

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