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MTrac Launches Marijuana Payments Platform For Louisiana

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The state of Louisiana has entered legal marijuana territory with medical cannabis access beginning this week. According to MTrac, its payments platform was developed in cooperation with “the main bank in Louisiana” that plans to provide bank account services to the state’s marijuana-related businesses. Global Payout Inc.

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Sidestepping the SALT Cap with the Pass-Through Entity Tax

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The states that have passed a type of pass-through entity tax legislation are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Wisconsin.

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New Orleans Hack Causes Vendor Payment Delays

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Louisiana was also hit by cyberattacks in July and November, including a ransomware attack. Both times, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards was forced to declare a state of emergency. . “This isn’t a matter of if this happens again; it’s when it happens again,” Montaño said.

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Rethinking The Reputation Of The Merchant Cash Advance

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For instance, in December in Louisiana, is there a downturn in the trucking industry? . “It’s a game-changer, because we can make decisions off past data through machine learning ,” he explained. “The model is re-teaching itself on a daily basis, finding new trends.

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Facebook Looks To Government For More Regulation

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Bloomberg quoted Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry as stating that a meeting will be in the offing, as “ what we have here is different layers of problems all surrounding big tech as a whole. In other Facebook news, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is readying talks with state attorneys general about Facebook and Google.