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Retailers With Mask Requirements Won’t Turn Away Non-Compliant Shoppers
Retail // July 24, 2020

As retailers seek to prevent staffers and shoppers from arguing, the requirements of major merchants that shoppers wear masks in U.S. brick-and-mortar stores are only so effective. Walmart, along with Walgreens, Home Depot and others, indicates that the retailer will still allow non-mask-wearing customers to...

Lenders Tighten Credit Requirements Amid New Reporting Rules
Loans // June 29, 2020

It’s a little harder for U.S. consumers to get credit as lenders retreat during the coronavirus crisis, The Wall Street Journal reported. The major reason is that banks can no longer easily determine who is creditworthy. “Banks are looking very carefully at their underwriting models...

UK Tightens Accounting Standards As Corporate Collapses Continue
B2B Payments // October 01, 2019

More high-profile corporate collapses in the U.K. have led the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to enact more stringent accounting standards, The Guardian reported on Monday (Sept. 30). According to reports, the FRC issued an updated going concern standard, adding “significantly stronger requirements” for U.K. auditors...

Bitcoin Daily: Australian Crypto Fraudsters Racked Up $4.3M In 2018; Regs Tells Finland Crypto Companies...
Bitcoin // April 30, 2019

Billionaire Michael Novogratz’s cryptocurrency investment firm lost $272.7 million during its first year of operations. Galaxy Digital Holding revealed that it had $249.1 million in digital assets and investments as of Dec. 31, compared to the $323 million at the end of September. The decrease...

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McDonald’s To Make Face Coverings Mandatory For US Customers

July 24, 2020
As it follows in the footsteps of Walmart Inc. and others that have declared mask requirements to help stop COVID-19’s proliferation, McDonald’s Corp. said it would mandate that all of its U.S. diners wear masks starting in August, The Wall Street Journal reported. The quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain said it would offer face coverings to […]

Retailers With Mask Requirements Won’t Turn Away Non-Compliant Shoppers

July 24, 2020
As retailers seek to prevent staffers and shoppers from arguing, the requirements of major merchants that shoppers wear masks in U.S. brick-and-mortar stores are only so effective. Walmart, along with...

Lenders Tighten Credit Requirements Amid New Reporting Rules

June 29, 2020
It’s a little harder for U.S. consumers to get credit as lenders retreat during the coronavirus crisis, The Wall Street Journal reported. The major reason is that banks can no...

Bitcoin Daily: Australian Crypto Fraudsters Racked Up $4.3M In 2018; Regs Tells Finland Crypto Companies...

April 30, 2019
Billionaire Michael Novogratz’s cryptocurrency investment firm lost $272.7 million during its first year of operations. Galaxy Digital Holding revealed that it had $249.1 million in digital assets and investments as...