SAFE Banking

The passage of the bipartisan banking bill has sent some Senate members opposed to the legislation into their corners as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) pledges to bring the bill to the floor “very soon.” It also sent cannabis stocks surging, but they’ve since ...

Could our worst fears be true, that SAFE will be DOA again on the floor of the Senate? Welcome to Trade to Black, and in this podcast, lead financial writer Benjamin Smith and millennial entrepreneur Anthony Varrell join host Shadd Dales to discuss SAFE banking, the markup vote, and Section 10....

A new survey conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the American Bankers Association (ABA) confirmed that a vast majority of U.S. adults support cannabis banking and urge Congress to pass legislation allowing cannabis businesses to access banking services in states where marijuana is legal...

By Andrew Comer, of Fortis Law Partners. The only realistic scenario for success may be to strip away its banking protections for marijuana interests and apply them only to hemp. Cannabis proponents clearly had a reason to celebrate when the U.S. House recently approved the landmark SAFE Banking...