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Year: 2019
FLORIDA COURT DETERMINES CASH-FOR-BITCOIN BUSINESS REQUIRES MONEY SERVICE BUSINESS REGISTRATION
Florida’s Third District Court of Appeals has opined that Bitcoin is considered “money” under the Florida Money Service Business statute and a cash-for-bitcoin business must be registered as a money service business. Florida v. Espinoza, No. 3D16-1860, 2019-WL-361893 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2019)…Read More
Mastercard’s New Rules Affect Merchant’s Negative Option Programs
On January 16th, Mastercard announced new rules for merchants and acquirers of merchants that engage in negative option billing, including specific rules for credit card billing in connection with trial offers…Read More