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Bernie Sanders Wants Fewer Cannabis Banking Regulations – Cannabis News

Despite any recent election disappointments, Bernie Sanders has not slowed down in the least when it comes to supporting causes he cares about, like fair and equal treatment for cannabis businesses.

Bernie Sanders Wants Fewer Cannabis Banking Regulations – Cannabis News

Despite any recent election disappointments, Bernie Sanders has not slowed down in the least when it comes to supporting causes he cares about, like fair and equal treatment for cannabis businesses.

Blossoming Denver-based marijuana credit union denied by Feds; suit filed

Kieran Nicholson ~ Denver Post ~

A Denver-based credit union aiming to become the first of its kind — one created to serve the Colorado marijuana industry — has suffered a setback.

New bill would let marijuana shops use banks

Tim Devaney ~ The Hill ~

Pot shops would have access to banks under new legislation in the Senate.

Pot Risk vs. Profit: Bankers Cautious of Marijuana Dispensaries

Clarissa Cooperand Michael Bodley ~Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative via NBCNews.com ~

DENVER — Every month, Jamie Perino hires a security detail to come to her three recreational marijuana dispensaries. They stop by, collect thousands of dollars in cash and head out to deliver the money to the state, county and city.

Rand Paul backs effort to bring banking to legal marijuana businesses

Meena Thiruvengadam~ Yahoo Finance~

Less than a month after holding a fundraiser on the sidelines of a Colorado marijuana conference, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is joining the fight to give America’s growing legal marijuana industry access to banking services.

The marijuana banking dilemma

Bruce Kennedy~ WeedWorthy ~

Denver’s Fourth Corner Credit Union launched last year as an answer to the legal marijuana industry’s inability to access financial institutions. But the Fed had other plans.