Investment advisers and broker-dealers ask more and more whether they can safely provide investment services to prospective customers in the marijuana industry. There is still…
Banking
One of the biggest challenges for marijuana-related businesses is obtaining access to banking and other financial services. As long as marijuana remains illegal at the…
Most professional cannabis retailers know the struggles of collecting and making payments within the marijuana industry. For years, even in states where medical weed has…
We live in a credit/cash-equivalent based economy. Yet, cannabis businesses still rely on cold, hard cash for virtually everything and face immense burdens when it…
New administration’s anti-marijuana cabinet could play a major role in restricting — or recriminalizing — state-legal businesses In just a few short years, legal cannabis…
We all make mistakes. What we learn from them helps us grow as individuals and business owners. As a certified public accountant for the last…
After a bruising election season, most Americans are relieved it’s finally over. And if you listen carefully, you’ll hear the engines of business revving up,…
While the marijuana industry is flourishing with technological advances and increasing acceptance from mainstream America, it continues to be plagued by the lack of banking…
In lieu of traditional lending, private investors are stepping in with a wide range of options By Scott Jordan Accessing bank financing or traditional lending…
Strict banking records and seed-to-sale tracking make compliance a challenge By Garrett Rudolph The lack of traditional banking in the cannabis industry, coupled with strict…