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CLR Interview: Mark Lozzi, CEO of Confia

Cannabis Law Report

provide free electronic payments within-network, powerful integrated banking capabilities, and automated compliance. I started my professional career in finance, at an investment banking firm but quickly launched my own venture capital fund. Confia enables cannabis supply chains to flow efficiently.We Mark Lozzi.

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SAFE Banking Act passes the US House of Representatives by vote of 321 to 103!

Cannabis Law Report

House of Representatives approved the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act 321-103. Neal Levine of the Cannabis Trade Federation states … The bipartisan SAFE Banking Act ( H.R.1595 It aims to address the state-legal cannabis industry’s lack of access to banking and other financial services.

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Credit Union and Banking Update for Hemp and Marijuana Industries

Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

The guidance offers reassurance to credit unions following the 2018 Farm Bill, which federally legalized hemp, but failed to address banking in the hemp industry, leaving the banking industry uncertain as to their capacity to legally serve the industry. Last week at a CannaGather event in New York City Rep.

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Are 504 Private Placement Security Offerings Allowed in Cannabis Businesses?

Canna Law Blog

Why aren’t banks more involved? Federal laws preventing money laundering and other financial crimes create regulatory hurdles so significant for most major banks to service cannabis businesses that it just isn’t worth the compliance burden. Despite adoption by a growing number of states, marijuana is (still) federally illegal.

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Protect Your Cannabis Business from Crime Risks

Canna Law Blog

Federal law still treats cannabis as a Schedule I narcotic, which means businesses have limited access to banking. This includes both steps to prevent or mitigate the risks of criminal acts as well as protections in the event that a crime does occur.

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Curaleaf Partners With WB Canna To Bring Its CBD & Hemp Products To Caribbean, Latin America & Travel Retail

Cannabis Law Report

The CAN’T MISS cannabis investing event is coming to MIAMI GET TICKETS! ’s ability to navigate the legal and compliance needs across the fragmented geography of the Caribbean, bringing operating efficiencies that will drive further accessibility to Curaleaf’s family of CBD products. .’s WB Canna Co. &

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Spanish entrepreneurs found cannabis industry guild

Cannabis Law Report

In this way, they summon grow shops, product distributors, seed banks, specialized media, fairs and fertilizer manufacturers so that their demands have more weight. In turn, Sauleda referred to the “problem of banks”, since cannabis companies are denied access to bank accounts. A new cannabis guild in Spain.

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