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What Would Cannabis Rescheduling Mean for Lending and Payments Legality?

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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s proposal to reschedule cannabis from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) has generated considerable buzz across business sectors, including for the...more

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Credit Union’s Marijuana-Related Compliance Failure is a Warning to Lenders

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Live Life Federal Credit Union, a $69 million-asset credit union based in Fraser, Michigan, recently consented to a cease-and-desist order issued by the National Credit Union Administration Board (NCUA). The enforcement...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Decline in Number of Banks and Credit Unions Banking Marijuana-Related Businesses Appears to Have Leveled Off

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In its most recent Marijuana Banking Update, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) stated that the decline in the number of banks and credit unions actively banking marijuana-related businesses (MRBs) in the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Start Spreading the News: Adult-Use Cannabis May Come to New York

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New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced during his Jan. 6, 2021, State of the State Address a proposal to legalize and create a comprehensive system to oversee and regulate cannabis in New York state. The plan would establish...more

Carlton Fields

Credit Unions Ask Senate Banking Committee to Make Cannabis Banking Safe

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In the latest chapter of the ongoing saga of the U.S. Senate’s consideration and hopeful passage of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, on February 7, 2020, the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) sent a...more

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House Members Strongly Urge Senate Banking Committee to Make “Legal” Cannabis SAFE for Banking

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On January 21, 2020, the four lead bipartisan sponsors of H.R. 1595, the SAFE Banking Act, U.S. Reps. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, Denny Heck, D-Wash., and Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, sent a letter to Senate...more

Stinson LLP

Missouri Financial Institutions Must Prepare for Impending Marijuana Banking Challenges

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In November 2018, Missouri voters passed Amendment 2, setting in motion state regulated medical marijuana. Over the last month, the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services (DHSS) began approving license applications...more

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House Passes Bill To Protect Banks, Credit Unions And Insurance Companies Providing Services To Legal Cannabis Businesses

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Banks, credit unions and insurance companies would be protected in doing business with a wide variety of businesses including marijuana sellers if the “SAFE Act,” passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on September 26,...more

Allen Matkins

DBO Issues Guidance To Banks And Credit Unions Serving Cannabis Related Businesses

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In the early 1970s, I worked as a petroleum transfer engineer (aka service station attendant). In those halcyon days, we actually pumped the gas for customers, washed their windows and offered to check the oil. I remember one...more

Allen Matkins

Marijuana Bank Legislation On Hold But May Take Effect Next Year

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Last January, I wrote about Senator Robert Hertzberg's introduction of a bill, SB 51, that would authorize the licensing and regulation of cannabis limited charter banks and credit unions under the oversight of the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Credit Union News: Favorable NCUA Decision on Final Rule, Hemp Gets Go-Ahead

In a major win for credit unions, the D.C. Circuit has largely reversed a ruling that would have prevented credit unions from promulgating rules greatly expanding the field of membership, that is, the persons eligible to join...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

National Credit Union Administration Encourages Banking Hemp Businesses — With Some Caveats

In December 2018, Congress gave the hemp industry a significant boost by passing the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized the cultivation and sale of hemp (i.e., cannabis with a THC content of less than .3%). The 2018 Farm Bill...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

West Virginia Treasurer’s Office Tentatively Awards Medical Cannabis Banking Contract

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On August 26, 2019, the West Virginia State Treasurer’s Office (the “Office”) tentatively awarded the state’s medical cannabis banking and fee-processing services to Element Federal Credit Union (“Element”). Element was one...more

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National Credit Union Administration Gives Credit Unions the Green Light to Serve Lawfully Operating Businesses

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On August 20, 2019, the National Credit Union Administration issued a regulatory alert to all federally insured credit unions providing "interim guidance" regarding the service of hemp businesses by credit unions. The alert,...more

Miller & Martin PLLC

National Credit Union Administration Permits Banking and Lending Services to Hemp Businesses

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On August 19, 2019, the National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA”) released Interim Guidance on Serving Hemp Businesses to federally insured credit unions on the developing federal law and regulation related to the hemp...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

A Cannabis Banking Bill, Sitting on Capitol Hill

Legislation that would pave the way for financial institutions to transact with cannabis-related businesses operating in states that have legalized marijuana (herein “cannabis-related legitimate businesses”) is quickly...more

McAfee & Taft

Massachusetts credit union takes plunge into banking marijuana-related businesses

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While the vast majority of U.S. banks and credit unions have opted not to offer banking services to marijuana-related businesses (MRBs) due to the significant legal and financial risks involved, one credit union in...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Pot-Friendly Credit Union Gets Second Chance at Master Account

A credit union seeking to provide banking services to marijuana-related businesses is flying high after the U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, reversed an order dismissing its suit requesting a master account at the...more

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Banking for Marijuana Businesses on the Rise

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCen”) issued a Marijuana Related Business update in June with data from the first quarter of 2017. FinCen reports that the number of depository institutions that are actively...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Credit Union for Marijuana Industry Sues NCUA, Fed for Master Account

Why it matters - One Colorado credit union is taking matters into its own hands after the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (FRB-KC) and the National Credit Union Association (NCUA) rejected the institution's...more

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