Mike Pence Comes Out Against Marijuana Banking Bill That Would Actually Save Taxpayers Money
The SAFE Banking Act is not a pork-barrel spending bill. Is that why it’s struggling?
The SAFE Banking Act is not a pork-barrel spending bill. Is that why it’s struggling?
The Federal Reserve's impact on the real-time payments market all hinges on its willingness to play by the rules.
There are stories of marijuana business owners showing up at California's tax agency offices with trash bags filled with cash, even though the agency generally doesn't allow cash payments.
It's a historic moment in Congress, but Senate support remains uncertain.
The SAFE Banking Act will be the first stand-alone marijuana legalization bill to reach the floor of the U.S. House.
Senate hearing shows, once again, why marijuana needs to be decriminalized at the federal level.
If there’s one thing government types can agree on, it’s that nobody should be allowed to buy and sell stuff without permission.
A provision of the Taxpayer First Act requires evidence of other illegal activity for seizures based on "structuring" and mandates prompt hearings.
Historian Jerry Z. Muller says we waste too much time fixating on measurements that lead us astray.
Former BB&T Bank CEO John Allison vs. Moody's Mark Zandi
What could possibly go wrong?
Lawsuit wants to curb actions like "Operation Choke Point' in which bank regulators discourage banks from servicing certain customers, including gun and ammo dealers.
Plus: why Gary Johnson will be good for the Senate, "toxic culture" at the TSA, the dismissal of an anti-FOSTA lawsuit, and a new economic freedom index.
The PATRIOT Act fell out of fashion-but swap "human trafficker" for "terrorist" and let the civil liberties infringements roll!
Has the bank joined the immigration crackdown, or is this just a case of bad customer service?
The move "highlights the extreme confusion around banking in cannabis."
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stays, but Obama-era regulations that suffocated small banks are toast.
In a politicized environment, getting on the wrong side of regulators can be dangerous. Don't be surprised if banks and insurers cave.
Texas Tech University's Robert Murphy vs. Cato's George Selgin at the Soho Forum
Economists Robert Murphy and George Selgin face off at the Soho Forum.
Texas Tech's Robert Murphy squares off against Cato's George Selgin in New York on Monday, April 16.
Federal pot prohibition breeds state socialism.
How do we scale the system for broad use?
Evaluating the current cycle of buzz
BuzzFeed reports federal agencies violating the rules to engage in warrantless domestic snooping of financial information.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Senate Republicans could vote as soon as this week to repeal the CFPB's ban on arbitration clauses.
The Department of Justice says it's shutting down the dragnet program that targeted porn makers, payday lenders, gun shops, and other small businesses.
Q&A with Abra founder and CEO Bill Barhydt on bitcoin as "regulatory arbitrage."
George Selgin vs. Josh Barro at the Soho Forum.
An Ivy League professor went to work in the industry to figure out why so many Americans choose to remain "unbanked."
All sorts of normal behavior are now triggering financial surveillance as banks try to comply with confused government policies on human trafficking.
Many Americans prefer alternatives to traditional banking.
The DOJ starts to retroactively apply new guidelines for structuring-related forfeitures.
A little-known rule lets feds steal money from people who haven't been convicted-or even accused-of a crime.
At the Bitcoin/blockchain industry's flagship annual conference, blue chip banks were out in force.
The former speaker of the House can no longer be prosecuted for his real crimes.
"The Obama administration initiated Operation Choke Point to punish law-abiding small businesses that don't align with the president's political leanings," says Cruz.
Big banks needed government help to pull off the heist.
Even people who have committed no other crime can go to jail for trying to maintain their financial privacy.
When the biggest economy on the block gets to write the global rules, foreigners and regular Americans get screwed, elites skate, and hypocrisy rules the day.