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Digital currency companies operating in Hawai‘i should continue to adhere to federal regulations relevant to their activities.

The Hawai‘i Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Division of Financial Institutions has earned reaccreditation status for bank and mortgage supervision from the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.

The Maui News A mortgage assistance event will be held today and Saturday in Kaanapali to provide support for homeowners and business owners who have been im

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Division of Financial Institutions is hosting a Mortgage Assistance Event to provide support for homeowners and business owners that have been impacted by the Maui wildfires.  The event will be on Friday, Oct. 27 and Saturday, Oct. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa (200 Nohea Kai Drive, Lahaina, Hawaiʻi 96761) in the Monarchy Ballrooms 1 and 2—formerly the site of the American Red Cross Family Assistance Center...

“On Clover Road” is currently being staged Thursday-Saturday through Nov. 18, at Santa Fe Playhouse.

The collapse of a third major mainland bank has shaken the U.S. banking system. But state regulators say a bank failure here is unlikely.

Lawmakers are promoting several bills this session to address the issue, including licensing cryptocurrency, something other states have already done.

New York is the financial capital of the U.S., but it has some of the strictest crypto regulations in the country. Find out which other states make crypto investing hard.

Iris Ikeda plans to introduce new legislation that would allow digital currency exchange companies to operate in Hawaii.

Hawaii Business Magazine May 12, 2021 If you bought a single bitcoin for $1,000 in February 2017 and sold it four years later, you’d pocket around $50,000. But, if you lived in Hawai‘i, you probably didn’t buy Bitcoin after February 2017. That month, the digital currency exchange Coinbase ceased operations in Hawai‘i, blaming over-regulation. Local residents were given 30 days to transfer or sell their digital currency and close their accounts. Since then, digital currency exchanges hav...