It's open season for media discrimination against American of East European Heritage
It is Cold War redux in America. People from Eastern Europe are now targeted and painted as villains. In this escalating, toxic and highly polarizing narrative of Trump-Russia election meddling wild conspiracy theories abound. Continue reading..
NYGOP announces appointment of Yuri Vanetik as National Finance Co-Chair
NEW YORK, March 3, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The New York Republican Party today announced the appointment of esteemed business leader, political strategist, and philanthropist Yuri Vanetik as national finance co-chair who will help lead the Committee's national fundraising efforts in advance of the important 2017 New York City mayoral and 2018 gubernatorial elections. Continue reading..
More than 500 people in three remote villages in Nepal recently received health and dental care through the efforts of several organizations, including the Center for Global Change, and several other charities. Fifteen volunteers, including two dentists and one doctor, embarked on a 16-day excursion that spanned three villages, Thula Syabru, Thambuchet and Tatopani in the Himalayas.
Not waiting for SAFE: A payment firm's plan for growth
American Banker by , American Banker / October 11, 2022 at 10:57AM
Even after years of momentum toward legalizing cannabis on a federal level through the SAFE Banking Act, the timeline for its passage remains hazy at best — but there's still ample room for innovation in the states that have legalized weed.
So many companies have entered the legal cannabis market that some such as Chicago-based Aeropay are starting to form alliances.
Aeropay supports account-to-account payments, or transfers directly between bank accounts, covering more than 2,000 banks. There are some limitations, since the interstate transfer of cannabis is still mostly illegal, hindering cross-state e-commerce purchases.