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The Folly of Peer Groups

Jeff For Banks

But because financial information on competitors is so readily available in banking (we must report to the FDIC our quarterly results and it is available to all), we become over-reliant on them. Regulators fall victim to this trap too. See below for a snapshot from an Umpqua Bank of Portland, Oregon UBPR.

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Bankers: Is your strategy the same as your competitor?

Jeff For Banks

We are registered in Colorado and Oregon as a lender and our employees maintain home offices in those states from which we originate and underwrite those loans. The amount of deposits available to us while maintaining full FDIC insurance protection for our trust customers has consistently exceeded $30 million for the last three years.

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SAFE Banking Act Gains Cannabis-Friendly Spotlight In Congressional Hearing

PYMNTS

Over the last two years, more than $500 million worth of cash deposits from the legitimate cannabis business has flowed into Maps Credit Union in Salem, Oregon. The bill would prevent federal regulators from targeting banks that accept deposits from legal cannabis operators. But that’s the exception.

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SAFE Banking Act Gains Cannabis-Friendly Spotlight in Congressional Hearing

PYMNTS

Over the last two years, more than $500 million worth of cash deposits from the legitimate cannabis business has flowed into Maps Credit Union in Salem, Oregon. The bill would prevent federal regulators from targeting banks that accept deposits from legal cannabis operators. But that’s the exception.

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