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MA Pot Regs Under Review
MA Pot Regs Under Review
January 02, 2019  |  Regulation

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission will not look into agreements between state municipalities and marijuana companies — despite the fact that cannabis advocates and legal...

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Canada’s Legalized Pot Sales Off To Slow Start With Limited Stores Open
Canada’s Legalized Pot Sales Off To Slow Start With Limited Stores Open
October 17, 2018  |  International

Canada became the first country to legalize recreational use of pot on Wednesday (Oct. 17), but response was tepid – in part because its largest...

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The Anything is Possible Edition: Pot, Bitcoin And Bank Branch Closing
The Anything is Possible Edition: Pot, Bitcoin And Bank Branch Closing
February 12, 2018  |  Data Dive

On Friday, the Olympics kicked off in Pyeongchang – and the world got a chance to see there is no such thing as impossible. Lots...

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Treasury Sec. Says Pot Companies Should Be Banked  
Treasury Sec. Says Pot Companies Should Be Banked  
February 07, 2018  |  Bank Regulation

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin appeared to support pot companies storing their money in banks, testifying that the Treasury doesn’t want the marijuana...

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CanPay: Solving Pot’s Payments Problem
CanPay: Solving Pot’s Payments Problem
December 20, 2017  |  Matchmakers

  Pot has a payments problem. Cannabis’ status as a schedule-one narcotic means the federally chartered banks, the card networks and the traditional payments ecosystem have...

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Credit Union Pitches Fed On Pot Payments Solution
Credit Union Pitches Fed On Pot Payments Solution
October 18, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Denver-based, state-chartered Fourth Corner Credit Union has asked the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City for a master account to help social groups pushing for...

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HERB Raises $4.1M In VC Funding As It Becomes Everything Pot-Related
HERB Raises $4.1M In VC Funding As It Becomes Everything Pot-Related
August 30, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

Online cannabis website HERB announced it has raised $4.1 million in seed funding as it expands into weed website covering everything related to pot. According...

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Nipton, Calif., Goes To Pot, Literally
Nipton, Calif., Goes To Pot, Literally
August 10, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

In real estate and in retail, location is everything. Malls operated on that theory for years: Put a few anchor stores in to draw foot...

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Go Green Processing Launches POS System For Pot Industry
Go Green Processing Launches POS System For Pot Industry
July 14, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Go Green Processing, the payments company, announced a single integrated PoS system targeted at medical cannabis and marijuana suppliers. In a press release Go Green...

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