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SAFE Banking Act returns to Congress: Is safe harbor for cannabis banking on the horizon?

Abrigo

Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, in the same hearing. Without access to traditional banks, legal cannabis businesses can’t access loans and capital or even use basic bank accounts. “The lack of electronic records in this world makes it easy to move money that shouldn’t be moved.”

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Regulation and Compliance: Ready for Review

Independent Banker

In the past couple of years, regulators have become more interested in risk management, strategic and capital planning, succession planning, compliance (particularly Bank Secrecy Act compliance), third-party relationships and interest rate risk, according to David Baris, partner for BuckleySandler LLP in Washington, D.C. in Kent, Ohio.

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Gonzo Notes from Money20/20

Gonzobanker

Brian Mooney, CEO of Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), also used his stage time to talk about the pilot under way in Columbus, Ohio, with many merchants. There is currently more than $1 billion in venture capital investments into blockchain/bitcoin technology. Innovation we saw that we’re all not talking about enough: lending.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

In December, the founder and CEO of Crypto Exchange company FTX was arrested in the Bahamas (yah, don’t ask) and charged with fraud and conspiracy. 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Now that’s what you call a change of momentum. talent market.

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