The Rhode Island General Assembly has advanced legislation legalizing, regulating, and taxing adult recreational cannabis use, with officials anticipating that Gov. Daniel McKee will sign the bill int...
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U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) have forwarded correspondence to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler, advocating for the disclosure of stan...
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U.S. Sens. Mitt Romney (R-UT), Richard Burr (R-NC), Tim Scott (R-SC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently introduced The Student Loan Accountability Act, which seeks to prohibit the B...
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The National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (NAIFA) Foundation for Financial Security is seeking to expand the number of ethical financial services professionals. “NAIFA members pr...
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Florida state officials said registration is now open for the inaugural Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) Cannabis Equity Summit. The Fort Lauderdale event, held on Ju...
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently detailed charges against Wells Fargo Advisors, alleging the company failed to timely file at least 34 Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs). ...
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The Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship has advanced four bills to aid small businesses with broadband access, bolstering cybersecurity and federal regulation compliance. The comm...
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ASTM International and the Colombian Institute of Technical Standards and Certification (ICONTEC) have signed cannabis industry certification licensing agreements. ASTM International indicated the ...
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House of Representatives Financial Services Committee advanced eight bills, including legislation seeking to expand financial services access. The Expanding Financial Access for Underserved Commun...
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The House Financial Services Committee advanced legislation this week seeking to strengthen cybersecurity efforts of the financial services industry. The Strengthening Cybersecurity for the Financ...
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) recently approved a final rule regarding statutory authority prohibiting misrepresentations about FDIC deposit insurance or misusing the FDIC’s name ...
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The King County Council in Seattle, Wash., has established a Cannabis Safety Taskforce following an uptick in armed robberies at cannabis shops within the county. “A dedicated Cannabis Safety Tas...
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U.S. Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA) said California received 520,000 new business applications last year, with 219,000 businesses possessing the potential to hire new employees. Costa indicated the numbers ...
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A recently released Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) report examining mortgage servicing amid the COVID-19 pandemic maintains homeowners continually face risks and challenges affiliated w...
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Department of Justice officials detailed a complaint against Eddy Alexandre, outlining one count of commodities fraud as leader of purported cryptocurrency and forex trading platform EminiFX. “Ed...
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California Department of Cannabis Control officials recently detailed Gov. Gavin Newsom's revised 2022-23 budget proposal that included efforts to simplify the state's cannabis taxing structure while ...
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U.S. Reps. Young Kim (R-CA) and Michael Waltz (R-FL) recently introduced the Combatting Painful Inflation (CPI) Act, which seeks to ensure the federal government is prioritizing addressing inflation. ...
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U.S. Reps. Pete Stauber (R-MN) and Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) extended gratitude to the House of Representatives Small Business Committee for recently advancing their legislation, the Strengthening Subcontra...
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers recently forwarded correspondence encouraging the Treasury Department to implement the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) to aid the federal government in imposing Russia...
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House Financial Service Committee Chair Maxine Waters recently announced the House of Representatives' advancement of nine bipartisan measures. The Fair Hiring in Banking Act (H.R. 5911) bill would...
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