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January 12, 2026 blogger Banking, Business, compliance, Financial strategies, Focus Article, Industry Analysis, Medicial Marijuana, safe harbor financial, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
The cannabis industry is still operating within a cobbled-together financial system—one defined by workarounds, instability, and uncertainty. Most major banks remain unwilling to work with cannabis businesses due to the risk and compliance burdens associated with serving a federally illegal industry. In 2014, former Safe Harbor Financial CEO Sundie Seefried helped establish one of the […]
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December 22, 2025 blogger Banking, compliance, credit cards, Industry Analysis, LUT, Medicial Marijuana, payment, Retail, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
For more than a decade, the cannabis industry has been stuck in a state of contradictions: fully legal in many states and fully illegal at the federal level. When it comes to finances, the result is a sector with modern retail expectations supported by armored cars, cash drops, and payment workarounds duct taped together. Looking […]
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December 19, 2025 blogger Banking, banking services, Business, compliance, Focus Article, Green Check Verified, Industry Analysis, Investing, lending, Medicial Marijuana, regulatory, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
A decade ago, most banks wouldn’t touch a cannabis business. Whenever banking access came up, the discussion stopped almost immediately. People said it was too risky, too unclear, or that the timing just wasn’t right. Today, Green Check has over 180 financial institutions across the U.S. that actively serve more than 17,000 licensed operators. Together, […]
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December 18, 2025 blogger Banking, Business, cannabis, Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division, Colorado News, drug, drugs, economy, financial, Health, latest-headlines, marijuana, Marijuana Business, marijuana sales, medical marijuana, Medicial Marijuana, News, Regulations, Retail, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, Tax, taxes, The Know, Things To Do, Trump, weed, withdrawal
The largest effect of rescheduling would be that marijuana cultivations, dispensaries and manufacturers would pay lower taxes, according to Colorado Leads, an industry trade group.
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December 18, 2025 blogger Banking, Business, compliance, Focus Article, Industry Analysis, International, Medicial Marijuana, National, Policy, rescheduling, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
The moment many in the cannabis industry have been waiting for has finally arrived. Operators, investors, and advocates are cautiously celebrating President Trump’s executive order directing the Department of Justice to finalize the rescheduling of cannabis to Schedule III, an action many hope is a stepping stone toward full federal descheduling. Full descheduling would free […]
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November 19, 2025 blogger Banking, compliance, Focus Article, Medicial Marijuana, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
Banking for cannabis businesses has come a long way. Ten years ago, most banks wouldn’t even consider it. Conversations would stop almost as soon as they began. “Too risky,” they’d say. “Too unclear.” Or, “Maybe someday, but not now.” Fast forward to today, and Green Check Verified works with more than 180 financial institutions across […]
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September 16, 2025 blogger analysis, Banking, Business, business strategy, Medicial Marijuana, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
The age of cannabis receiverships is here. If you’re a creditor, operator, landlord, or investor in a troubled cannabis business, you have a choice: watch value evaporate, or step up and run a disciplined, court-supervised sale that maximizes recoveries and preserves the company as a going concern. Because federal prohibition blocks access to bankruptcy courts […]
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May 1, 2024 blogger Associated Press, Banking, Business, cannabis, Colorado News, Denver, drug, Drug Enforcement Administration, drugs, economy, financial, government, Health, heroin, jail, Jared Polis, keywee, latest-headlines, marijuana, Marijuana Business, marijuana in Colorado, marijuana politics, marijuana sales, marijuana scheduling, medical marijuana, Medicial Marijuana, money, money laundering, News, politics, Regulations, Retail, schedule, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, The Know, Things To Do, weed, withdrawal
Cannabis advocates in Colorado cheered the Biden Administration’s reported move to reclassify marijuana and said the decision likely would reduce businesses’ tax burden significantly — even if it wouldn’t resolve other challenges.
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January 30, 2024 blogger amazon, bank, Banking, Business, cannabis, Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division, Colorado News, drug, Drug Enforcement Administration, financial, keywee, latest-headlines, Lifestyle, marijuana, Mastercard, Medicial Marijuana, money, News, online shopping, Retail, shopping, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, The Know, Things To Do, Visa, weed, withdrawal
Americans are accustomed to using a credit card when shopping, whether online or in person. That is, unless, they are buying weed.
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December 31, 2023 blogger Banking, Business, cannabis, CBD, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Colorado News, Culture, Denver, donald trump, drug, Drug Enforcement Administration, drugs, economy, election, Grand Junction, Health, Joe Biden, John Hickenlooper, latest-headlines, marijuana, Marijuana Business, marijuana culture, marijuana health, marijuana in Colorado, Marijuana legalization's legacy, marijuana politics, marijuana sales, marijuana scheduling, Marijuana social use, marijuana taxes, marijuana tourism, medical marijuana, Medicial Marijuana, Michael Hancock, National News, National Politics, News, politics, Regulations, Retail, Richard Nixon, Snoop Dogg, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, taxes, THC, The Know, Things To Do, weed, withdrawal
It’s been 10 years since Colorado hosted the world’s first legal sales of recreational marijuana. The success of Colorado’s tightly regulated system has helped reshape the public’s perception of cannabis, but the industry faces headwinds in its second decade.
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