November 11, 2019
Missouri’s Cash Tax Payment Ban Proposal Irks Cannabis Firms

The state of Missouri is reportedly considering a ban on cash tax payments, a move that has raised concerns for local legal marijuana businesses that are struggling to obtain banking...

October 25, 2019
Bitcoin Daily: US Regulators Join Global Financial Innovation Network; Colorado...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have announced that they...

October 21, 2019
Ten Years Of Payments Innovation And Reinvention

The mood in the air at the start of the 2010s was different from the one that preceded the start of the 2000s. The shift from 1999 to 2000 was...

October 17, 2019
Edible Barcodes Turn Sights On Counterfeit Goods

As the global digital economy grows, and consumers buy more items from their mobile and other web-connected devices, a problem grows along with that. We are talking about the rise...

October 16, 2019
Flowhub Lands $23M To Automate Cannabis Compliance

Flowhub, a cannabis retail management software vendor, has raised $23 million in its bid to automate cannabis compliance. A number of investors participated, including e.ventures, Evolv Ventures and Poseidon. Despite...

October 15, 2019
Can ‘21’ Keep The Vaping Industry From Running Afoul Of...

May you live in interesting times. That’s supposedly a curse as much as a blessing, but no matter what, it certainly applies to the online sales of eCigarettes and vaping...

October 14, 2019
Top News In Payments: Google Play Bans High-Interest Loan Services;...

Today in the payments news roundup, Google has reportedly prohibited high-interest consumer loan services from its Google Play store. Also, British cybersecurity software company Sophos is being acquired for $3.8 billion by...

October 13, 2019
Cannabis Firms See Share Prices Nosedive

The public market for cannabis is off by more than 40 percent, despite the industry’s blazing forecast and enthusiastic quarterly reports, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Saturday (Oct....

October 10, 2019
PUMA To Capitalize On eSports Trend With Cloud9 Partnership

PUMA has announced that it is signing a multi-year deal with eSports brand Cloud9 to make clothing for gamers in the same way it makes soccer jerseys and other sports-related...