A group of Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill they said would end President Joe Biden’s suspension of repayments on qualifying federal student loans. Sens. Bill Cassidy, (R-LA), John Thu...
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U.S. Reps Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) are urging House and Senate leaders to include the SAFE Banking Act in the larger America COMPETES Act. The Secure and Fair Enforcement (S...
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U.S. Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) have introduced a bill they said eases the efforts of small businesses to offer worker retirement benefits via reduced administrative expenses. Th...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Sung Kook (Bill) Hwang, the owner of Archegos Capital Management, with orchestrating a fraudulent scheme that resulted in billions of dollars in lo...
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The City of San Francisco has received $4.5 million in state funds to assist the Office of Cannabis (OOC) Grant Program's cannabis equity initiatives. The funding, from the California Governor’s ...
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill this week that expands the primary functions and proposes additional duties for the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. Specific...
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U.S. workers saw their wages rise 4.5 percent in 2021, according to an analysis by the Joint Economic Committee (JEC). It represents the fastest pace of wage growth in almost four decades, the JEC ...
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Fort Worth, Texas has become the first municipality in the nation to launch a Bitcoin mining pilot program. “With blockchain technology and cryptocurrency revolutionizing the financial landscape,...
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The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released a new survey that examines the impact inflation is having on small businesses. The survey, conducted by the NFIB Research Center, fo...
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is taking steps to examine nonbank financial companies that pose risks to consumers. To do this, the CFPB plans to use a largely unused legal provisi...
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Attorney General Alliance (AGA) officials said this week that attorneys general nationwide have recognized the completion of a cannabis pilot and launch of an official two-part cannabis certification ...
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Financial services provider Fidelity Investments said Tuesday it has launched a workplace Digital Assets Account (DAA) offering that enables individuals to have a portion of their retirement savings a...
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The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are hosting a roundtable to discuss the latest challenges and issues that impact senio...
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A coalition of banking associations expressed concerns with a proposal by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors that would establish guidelines for how institutions applying for a Fed master account ...
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed into law Friday a bill that would allow the state to reimburse municipalities for their expenses to permit adult-use marijuana businesses. The legislation, LD 1195, a...
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The Cryptocurrency Compliance Cooperative introduced a new Scam Reporting Tool in partnership with Cybera, a global cybercrime data-sharing platform. This tool will allow victims of cryptocurrency...
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A group of senators, led by U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Educat...
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Fintech firm Stripe is espousing the benefits of Stripe Connect, which enables select creators on Twitter to use cryptocurrency-based rails to receive earnings from the social networking service. T...
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and New York Attorney General Letitia James have outlined a legal complaint against MoneyGram International, Inc. and MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. ...
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Cannabis company Acreage Holdings launched adult-use cannabis dispensaries in two New Jersey locations -- Egg Harbor Township and Williamstown. Acreage is among the inaugural group of cannabis ope...
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