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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Attorneys general urge including a safe harbor provision in the SAFER Banking Act

Recently, U.S. attorneys general from 32 states and territories authored a bipartisan letter urging Congress to advance the SAFER Banking Act of 2025, which would increase access to regulated banking and financial services...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

The SAFE Banking Act

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The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act (SAFE) of 2019 creates “protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and services providers for such businesses,...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Senate Banking Committee to Advance SAFER Banking Act

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The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to mark up a new version of the SAFE Banking Act, now known as the “Secure And Fair Enforcement Regulation Banking Act” or the SAFER Banking Act (SB 2860). The revised bill addresses...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

The SAFE Banking Act: Financial Services for Marijuana and Hemp Businesses

I. Marijuana - Currently, 31 states plus the District of Columbia allow the recreational use of marijuana. In addition, 37 states and the District of Columbia currently allow marijuana to be used for medical purposes....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights, Volume 2, Issue 2

House Takes Its Sixth Hit on Cannabis Banking Provisions - "The House passed provisions for the sixth time that would allow cannabis companies to access the banking system, but the latest action, as an amendment to the...more

K2 Integrity

Pandemic Side Effect: Banking Pot?

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Will a side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic be banking for the cannabis industry? The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a new coronavirus relief bill, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Solutions (HEROES)...more

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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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Week in Weed: December 2019 #3

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The big news on Capitol Hill this week was the Senate’s lack of action on the banking bill.  Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the chairman of the Senate banking committee, opposes legalization and seemed disinclined to move on...more

Rumberger | Kirk

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

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House Passes Historic SAFE Banking Act

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The US House of Representatives recently passed the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, H.R. 1595 (the Act), which, if it becomes law, would have far-reaching implications for financial institutions considering...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

House passes the SAFE Banking Act, but it’s not safe yet – its fate is in the hands of the Senate

On September 25, 2019, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the bipartisan Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act with a vote of 321 in favor and 103 against. Notwithstanding widespread public support,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Proposed Legislation Aims to Address Safe and Equitable Financial Services in the Growing Cannabis Industry

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The state-legal marijuana industry in the United States continues to grow – as does support for it. Ten states and Washington, D.C. have legalized recreational adult use and 23 other states allow some form of medical...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cannabis Finance - SAFE in the STATES and Maybe Beyond?

Will 2019 be the year that federal lawmakers block U.S. law enforcement and regulatory agencies from enforcing marijuana prohibitions in states where marijuana is legal and finally resolve the divergence between state and...more

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