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Kevin Hart, Founder & CEO of Green Check Verified, the leading fintech provider of compliant cannabis banking solutions and services, has been recognized as the top compliance leader for cannabis banking solutions at the PBC Conference in Washington, D.C. Last year, GCV was awarded the Top Compliance Company.

JERSEY, Channel Islands, Sept. 08, 2022 -- Quotient Limited (QTNT), a commercial-stage diagnostics company, headquartered in Eysins, Switzerland, today announced it was selected by the World Economic Forum to join their New Champions Community.

Canada's rental housing market is seeing steady demand as population growth continues in key regions and the national unemployment rate reaches a record low of 4.9%. With one of the highest growth rates among Canadian provinces ??7.6% between 2016 and 2021?? British Columbia is poised for further population expansion.

ATLANTA ? Curing inflation will be a year and a half process, according to?Rajeev Dhawan?of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University?s J. Mack Robinson College of Business, because a ?very determined? Federal Reserve will ?eliminate excess demand by hiking interest rates sufficiently.

nChain AG today outlined a feasible approach for governments wishing to implement a CBDC, with the launch of their 40-page CBDC Playbook. This introduction to digital national currencies offers a fresh perspective to the more academic approach?that of a commercial company developing in-market solutions?and is the most comprehensive of its kind.

Premier Risk Management Company to Exhibit and Speak at Leading Banking Industry Event in Washington, DC. via NewMediaWire ? Operational Security Solutions, the premier provider of full-spectrum risk management services with specialization in secure cash management and logistics, cannabis-specific compliance services, security consulting, and facility hardening, announced today its participatio...

Mobile broadband penetration in Latin America?could create 6.5 million jobs and lift GDP per capita by 1.7% Image: https://ml-eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/ddb2eca0-7d85-40ad-9120-b8f9b1f2aab9.

NANO Nuclear Energy Inc., a company emerging from the shared micro Small Modular Reactor and Advanced Nuclear Reactor ambitions of a world class nuclear technical team filled with the most influential and foremost nuclear experts in the field, working alongside business and industry professionals, possessing strong relationships with both government, and the private and public nuclear industrie...

July New Business Volume Up 2 Percent Year-over-year, Down 2 Percent Month-to-month, Up 5 Percent Year-to-date The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association?s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index, which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $900 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for July was $10.1 billion, up 2 perc...

Key Highlights Existing-home sales sagged for the sixth straight month in July, according to the National Association of Realtors?. All four major U.S. regions recorded month-over-month and year-over-year sales declines.

Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (EGBN), holding company for EagleBank, one of the largest community banks in the Washington, D.C. area, today announced the Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Reserve Board have granted final approval for the settlement of charges relating to the Company?s identification, classification and disclosure of related party transactions; and the relationship of the Company an...

Food inflation is hitting developing countries twice as hard as developed countries, causing a devastating discrepancy, particularly in developing countries that already allot higher percentages of their income to food, according to Tridge, an agricultural intelligence and trading platform.

Raphael Bostic, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, will meet with students and faculty for a conversation on financial inclusion August 31 during a visit to Georgia State University arranged by the?Georgia Fintech Academy?of the University System of Georgia.

With inflation reaching a 40-year high and talk of a looming recession, high school students are coming of age during one of the most challenging economies in recent history. ?The last couple of years, and this year in particular, have seen huge shifts in U.S. and world economies that will have implications for years to come,? said Julie Smitherman, director of content management at Poptential.

Consumers are less confident their 2022 holiday plans will come to fruition compared to a year ago, according to a new study from Escalent, a top human behavior and analytics advisory firm. Interest in holiday shopping, traveling and gatherings are all down compared to a year ago, despite the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.

The NRS retail network comprises over 16,000 convenience stores, bodegas and other independent retailers in urban neighborhoods nationwide Consumer spending at NRS retailers surged in July 2022 ? increasing 9.2% year over year and 6.5% from June NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 04, 2022 -- NRSInsights, a provider of sales data and analytics drawn from retail transactions processed through the National Retail...

PIMCO, one of the world?s premier fixed income investment managers, announces that Richard Clarida, former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, will rejoin PIMCO as Managing Director and Global Economic Advisor, a role similar to the one he held during his previous 12 years at PIMCO.

Despite significant global economic headwinds, foreign investment continues to prove resilient in Chile. InvestChile Director Karla Flores highlighted the growth in the number of projects, which has reversed the 22% drop recorded in the first half of 2021.

June New Business Volume Down 1 Percent Year-over-year,?Up 10 Percent Month-to-month, Up 6 Percent Year-to-date The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association?s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index, which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $900 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for June was $10.3 billion, down 1 p...

Capital Bancorp, Inc. (CBNK), the holding company of Capital Bank, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend on its common stock of $0.06 per share. The Company also announced today that it had received a non-objection letter from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond to allow the Board to authorize management to repurchase its common stock.

RevoluGROUP Canada Inc. (MPSFF), is pleased to announce that the TSX Venture Exchange has approved the transaction for the Company to own the VIP Collection 182 domain names. Final TSX.V Approval of the Acquisition The Company has paid 514,446 CAD, about 396,123 USD, for the entire previously leased VIP Collection domain portfolio.

Existing Capacities & Functionality of Global Telco Webtel.mobi?s fully-operational TUV Digital Currency + CBDC equivalent mirrors all CBDC Requirements identified by the world?s foremost Macroeconomic & Financial Organizations.

In 2017, the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, a financial industry group convened by the Federal Reserve and the New York Fed, recommended the use of the Secured Overnight Funding Rate instead of U.S. dollar LIBOR, and SOFR-based financial products began trading in financial markets in the second half of 2018.

National Bank Holdings Corporation (NBHC) today announced it has now received all regulatory approvals from the Federal Reserve Board, the Utah Department of Financial Institutions, and the Colorado Division of Banking for the previously announced acquisition of Community Bancorporation, the holding company for Rock Canyon Bank.

Key Highlights WASHINGTON ? Existing-home sales dropped for the fifth straight month in June, according to the National Association of Realtors?. Three out of four major U.S. regions experienced month-over-month sales declines and one region held steady.

Recurrent, the car industry?s leading analyst of electric vehicle battery health, today released its Q3 2022 Used Electric Car Market Report, revealing that price increases for used EVs are now beating the consumer price index for all cars in the U.S. The lack of new and used EV supply leads consumers to either add their name to long pre-order wait lists or pay more for used cars today.

Key Highlights Foreign buyers purchased $59 billion worth of U.S. existing homes from April 2021 through March 2022, an 8.5% increase from the previous 12-month period and stopping a three-year skid in foreign investment in U.S. residential real estate, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors?. Foreign buyers purchased 98,600 properties, down 7.9% from the prior year...

London-based payments and FX fintech?Freemarket has been appointed by Alternative Airlines, a fast growth UK-based?flight search and booking site, to provide multi-currency foreign exchange services. ?. The appointment means Alternative Airlines will now be able to expand its footprint and trade in the currencies of Middle Eastern countries including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait.

Effects from the pandemic and Ukraine war continue to reverberate through the global economy. The Federal Reserve is poised to raise rates until it believes inflation has been tamed. After more than two years, Covid-related supply chain complications are finally easing and various metrics indicate improvements to supply chain performance both domestically and globally.

After a strong rebound in Q1, overall equipment and software investment growth is expected to slow significantly over the remainder of the year, though demand in some end-use markets should remain healthy.

Incorta, the platform for real-time operational analytics on raw business data, today announced record growth and momentum in the first half of 2022, ending June 30, 2022. ?At times of great economic uncertainty, it?s hard to conceive of a technology that matters more to a company?s survival and ultimate success than real-time operational analytics,? said Scott Jones, CEO of Incorta.

First Northwest Bancorp (FNWB), parent company of First Fed Bank, announced a strategic investment in Meriwether Group, a firm providing accelerator, financial, and family office services. ?The First Fed and Meriwether partnership positions us to serve as a modern-day merchant bank, providing support for entrepreneurs and high growth business opportunities,? shared Matt Deines, CEO of FNWB and First Fed.

ExecOnline has become a part of the World Economic Forum New Champions Community, a group of dynamic high-growth companies that are championing new business models, emerging technologies, and sustainable growth strategies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution to create a better future.

Starfleet Innotech, Inc. (SFIO) announced today it has entered into an agreement with North America-based toy manufacturing and licensing powerhouse PPM Toys to jointly explore an acquisition towards accelerating both companies? global growth efforts.

Crushing rent increases remain the norm across Florida and beyond, and the Federal Reserve?s recent interest rate hike is unlikely to improve the landscape for cash-strapped renters, according to researchers at Florida Atlantic University and two other schools.

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association?s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index, which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $900 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for May was $9.4 billion, up 16 percent year-over-year from new business volume in May 2021.

On Wednesday, June 29, 2022, Toronto Centre will host a virtual executive panel to examine the likelihood of a global recession and how central bankers, financial supervisors and regulators, and policymakers can mitigate the impacts. PANELISTS Carmen Reinhart - Senior Vice President and World Bank Group Chief Economist, Development Economics.

Key Highlights ?. Existing-home sales retreated for the fourth consecutive month in May, according to the National Association of Realtors?. Month-over-month sales declined in three out of four major U.S. regions, while year-over-year sales slipped in all four regions.

Recently, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Lael Brainard said in hearing testimony presented to the House Finance Committee that "a U.S. central bank digital currency may eventually coexist with stablecoins and commercial bank currencies in a complementary way."

First Fed Bank, subsidiary of First Northwest Bancorp (FNWB), today announced that Cindy Hill-Finnie has been promoted from Vice Chair to Board Chair. ?Cindy is a respected leader with extensive experience in financial management, sales, business development, and community service.