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Imperial Brands Moves Into Cannabis Industry
Imperial Brands Moves Into Cannabis Industry
July 26, 2019  |  Retail

Cigarette company Imperial Brands has invested in Canadian cannabis company Auxly Cannabis Group to the tune of £75m ($93.2M USD), according to a report by...

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Nevada Marijuana Dispensary Uses Food Trucks To Sidestep Cards Regs
Nevada Marijuana Dispensary Uses Food Trucks To Sidestep Cards Regs
July 21, 2019  |  Payment Methods

No one would ever mistake a marijuana dispensary for a food truck, but that is what one shop in Reno, NV calls itself when charging...

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Curaleaf To Acquire GR Companies To Create World’s Largest Cannabis Co.
Curaleaf To Acquire GR Companies To Create World’s Largest Cannabis Co.
July 18, 2019  |  Retail

Cannabis operator Curaleaf Holdings has announced it will acquire GR Companies (“Grassroots”), the largest private vertically integrated multi-state operator, in a cash and stock deal...

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Cannabis Drinks To Be On Tap In Canada This December
Cannabis Drinks To Be On Tap In Canada This December
June 18, 2019  |  Regulation

A cannabis joint venture plans to start selling different types of marijuana-infused beverages in Canada this year. The maker of Coors Light has partnered with...

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New Allies Aim To Solve Cannabis Payments Problem
New Allies Aim To Solve Cannabis Payments Problem
May 10, 2019  |  Bank Regulation

It really wasn’t supposed to be this way, not as cannabis steadily became legal across the United States. Read the old pro-legalization magazines, or revisit...

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The Next Big Cashless Play: Cannabis
The Next Big Cashless Play: Cannabis
April 05, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Blunt question for PYMNTS readers (pun intended): Have you been inside a pot shop lately? One of the legal operations that are springing up in...

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Financial, Regular Firms Want Banks To Work With Pot Companies
Financial, Regular Firms Want Banks To Work With Pot Companies
March 27, 2019  |  Politics

Financial firms, fertilizer, beverage, and other mainstream companies are calling on Congress to enable pot companies to have access to banks. According to a report...

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New Jersey Getting Closer To Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
New Jersey Getting Closer To Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
February 20, 2019  |  Legal

New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy and state Democratic legislative leaders have forged an agreement that could result in the state legalizing recreational marijuana use...

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Canada Cannabis Payments Face Their Own Hurdles
Canada Cannabis Payments Face Their Own Hurdles
February 19, 2019  |  AML

Since last year, when Canada legalized recreational pot in full, the nation became a kind of country-sized lab for how that new business would play...

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