Marijuana

House Committee Passes Bill To End Federal Marijuana Prohibition
House Committee Passes Bill To End Federal Marijuana Prohibition
November 21, 2019  |  Politics

The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would effectively make marijuana legal, the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) announced in a press release on...

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How Cannabis Companies Can Leapfrog Into Payments Digitization
How Cannabis Companies Can Leapfrog Into Payments Digitization
November 19, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The compliance burden of a legal marijuana business having to manage regulations that vary by state, and between the state and federal level, has created...

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Missouri’s Cash Tax Payment Ban Proposal Irks Cannabis Firms
Missouri’s Cash Tax Payment Ban Proposal Irks Cannabis Firms
November 11, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The state of Missouri is reportedly considering a ban on cash tax payments, a move that has raised concerns for local legal marijuana businesses that...

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California Opens Door For San Francisco Public Bank
California Opens Door For San Francisco Public Bank
October 07, 2019  |  B2B Payments

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation allowing for the establishment of public banks in the state, and advocates in San Francisco are jumping at...

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Dama Financial Collabs On Cannabis B2B eCommerce Platform
Dama Financial Collabs On Cannabis B2B eCommerce Platform
October 03, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Dama Financial, a financial services provider that collaborates with banks to provide services to the legal cannabis industry, is collaborating with Helix TCS on a...

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Credit Unions’ Small Business Opportunity
Credit Unions’ Small Business Opportunity
September 26, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Credit unions (CUs) have a growing opportunity to capture and keep their member customers, but only if they’re able to elevate their offerings to the...

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Creating A Mainstream US CBD Market
Creating A Mainstream US CBD Market
September 11, 2019  |  Retail

CBD has in short order become something of a retail fad. Short for cannabidiol, CBD is a chemical derived from cannabis plants that is increasingly favored...

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Legal Cannabis Retail Innovates Its Way Around Payments Knot
Legal Cannabis Retail Innovates Its Way Around Payments Knot
September 06, 2019  |  Retail

Legal marijuana may have a massive payments problem, but that’s not stopping retail innovation in perhaps the newest area of legitimate commerce in the U.S....

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Arizona Looks To Crypto For Cannabis Payments
Arizona Looks To Crypto For Cannabis Payments
August 30, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

Arizona is looking to FinTech and stablecoin to help solve the payments problem faced by the marijuana industry. The problem, of course, stems from the...

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