Are there any good studies on robbery and burglary rates of cannabis related businesses as compared to other businesses? Are […]
Category: Cannabis/Marijuana
FinCEN Updates its Marijuana SAR Data… but Actionable Information is Still Needed!
I previously wrote about the FinCEN quarterly Marijuana Banking Report in an article published August 26, 2018: August 26, 2018 […]
Cannabis Reform in America: “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning”
Winston Churchill – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdRH5wzCQQw Any Fast and Clean Solutions Will Be Slow and Sloppy to Implement Advocates on both […]
Colorado: The Epicenter of Black Market Marijuana in the United States?
Forty-two Individuals Arrested In One Of The Largest Black Market Marijuana Takedowns In Colorado History A two year investigation by […]
Illegal cannabis grows, shell companies, straw buyers, border searches, beneficial owners … and GTOs?
US v Li et al, CD CA 19-MJ-00867 https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/three-socal-men-arrested-scheme-which-chinese-money-allegedly-funded-seven-inland On March 7th the US Attorney for the Central District of […]
There Are No Drug Cartels in California, and 97% of WA Cannabis Businesses Have Checking Accounts … What We Learned in the House Hearing on Cannabis & Banking – Updated
The House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions held a hearing on February 13, 2019 titled “Challenges […]
Here is Cannabis, Where is Congress? Without Laws, Regulations, and Clear Guidance, the Financial Sector Is Rightfully Reluctant to Bank Cannabis Businesses
On September 12, 2018 I posted an article titled “Cannabis, Congress, and Courage – Why Banks are not Banking Marijuana […]
California Chaos – Not Only do California’s Cannabis Regulations Make Banking Cannabis Businesses Almost Impossible, They Squandered a Perfect Opportunity to Embrace Regulatory Innovation
There is a big push in the FinTech/RegTech (SupTech) space to digitize regulations. One of the biggest hurdles to doing […]
2005 Banking Agencies’ MSB Guidance = 2019 Banking Agencies’ MRB Guidance?
Here’s an idea to jump start the US banking agencies’ (inevitable) guidance on providing banking services for marijuana related businesses […]
Medical Marijuana – the DOJ Won’t Come Knocking … but Recreational Marijuana? Perhaps not so lucky …
The November 29, 2018 US Tax Court decision in the Harborside case provides some excellent background on the state versus […]