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Marijuana Depository Institutions Proposed Legislation

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

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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

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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

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: July 2019

Federal Banking Agencies Issue Final Rule to Simplify Regulatory Capital Calculations - The federal banking agencies have issued a final rule that simplifies several requirements in the agencies' regulatory capital rules...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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