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Fizzle Of The Week: The Cannabis Payments Conundrum

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states (and the District of Columbia) where marijuana has been legalized for sale in some capacity, it has thrown off a fairly large chunk of tax revenue in the last year. How exactly it helps the IRS count and manage all that cash is something of a mystery. The federal government alone collected an estimate $4.7

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Entering the cannabis banking market

Independent Banker

Our compliance program, based on elevated risk, is very robust. However, the ambiguous legal landscape complicates compliance; 47 states, the District of Columbia and four U.S. which began banking CRBs in 2014, the regulatory requirements align with standard Bank Security Act (BSA) requirements.

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Will The SAFE Banking Act Make Life Riskier For Banks?

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In fact, in the intervening 23 years, the situation has arguably gotten even more complex as 31 states (plus the District of Columbia) have legalized cannabis consumption for either legal or medical reasons. I think there is a fundamental misunderstanding among supporters of this law of how risk management systems work in banks.

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