Marijuana

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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Women Driving Growth Of Legal Cannabis Commerce
Women Driving Growth Of Legal Cannabis Commerce
March 21, 2019  |  Ecosystems

The nature of cannabis commerce is changing, and not just because of spreading legalization (with New Jersey the latest state to be in the midst...

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Cannabis Fund Profits 50 Pct Since January
Cannabis Fund Profits 50 Pct Since January
March 04, 2019  |  International

The world’s first cannabis exchange traded fund (ETF) has returned more than 50 percent so far this year, growing to $1.3 billion in assets. According...

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How Cannabis Merchants Seek To Clear the Online Sales Haze
How Cannabis Merchants Seek To Clear the Online Sales Haze
March 01, 2019  |  Digital Onboarding

One-click ordering in the Amazon age has made consumers impatient for their products. When it comes to subscribing for new services, that behavior hasn’t changed....

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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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How Cannabidiol Products Are Infusing Luxury Retail
How Cannabidiol Products Are Infusing Luxury Retail
February 20, 2019  |  Retail

The legal cannabis industry is large as of the start of 2019 – and, according to most experts, it’s on track to get even larger....

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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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Fizzle Of The Week: The NYC Amazon HQ That Will Never Be
Fizzle Of The Week: The NYC Amazon HQ That Will Never Be
February 15, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Amazon and the city of New York managed to pull off one of history’s more spectacular break-ups this week, with the Valentine’s Day announcement that...

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SAFE Banking Act Gains Cannabis-Friendly Spotlight In Congress
SAFE Banking Act Gains Cannabis-Friendly Spotlight In Congress
February 14, 2019  |  AML

Legal marijuana sellers want bank accounts just like any other business. Over the last two years, more than $500 million worth of cash deposits from...

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