CPA Practice Adviser
Wichita's largest pawnbroker, A-OK, is suing its insurers and a local accounting firm over what it says were failures to protect it against an employee embezzlement blamed for its multimillion bankruptcy filing last summer.
Visit https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/news/12425698/kansas-pawn-shop-sues-accounting-firm-for-15-million-embezzlement to view the full article online.
American Banker
Consumer advocacy groups are concerned that financial inclusion expectations for fintechs chartered as special-purpose national banks may not perfectly mirror the requirements of the Community Reinvestment Act.
Visit https://www.americanbanker.com/opinion/cra-like-standards-for-fintechs-could-reduce-access-to-credit to view the full article online.
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Diamonds.net
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has identified a stone comprising two halves of a diamond that had been stuck together with an “unknown adhesive.” Graders noticed a large fracture and cavity on the table of the marquise-cut, 1.38-carat polished diamond submitted to the GIA’s laboratory in Carlsbad, California, for colored-diamond testing
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Bloomberg
Bank branches still have greeters, coffee and sometimes fresh-baked cookies. At HSBC, there’s also Pepper, the finance robot. About 4 feet tall, Pepper is shiny white with a lemon-shaped head, large eyes that light up blue, and a tablet attached to its chest.
Visit https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-20/why-banks-are-giving-tellers-raises-instead-of-firing-them-all?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews to view the full article online.
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News3lv.com
Secret Witness is offering a $1,000 reward in northern Nevada for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of a suspect or suspects wanted for the theft of dozens of guns from a Reno pawn shop.
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Verified Tasks
Virtually a decade in the past, TV audiences received a glimpse into the lives of three unpretentious pawn brokers operating a store in Las Vegas. Rick, Corey, and “The Old Man,” three generations of the Harrison household, have since then been entertaining viewers of Pawn Stars with a mixture of historic trivia and household battle.
Visit https://verifiedtasks.com/21-crazy-restrictions-the-cast-of-pawn-stars-must-obey/ to view the full article online.
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ABC13
A man exploited a loophole, officials have said, when he legally rented a pistol then illegally walked out of an indoor gun range without returning it.
Visit https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/gun-rental-loophole-resulted-in-tragedy-is-it-about-to-close/69-582379038 to view the full article online.
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