With federal illegality and unclear guidance to banks, Maine, like many other states, is not friendly to the medical cannabis industry with respect to banking services. A Portland Press...
Sacramento Bee reporter Peter Hecht explores the emergence of the cannabis industry, which is drawing investors like cannabis-industry focused Poseidon Asset Management and Privateer Holdings but also more diversified firms including...
Aurora Cannabis is the first approved licensed producer of cannabis in Alberta and recently won its license to sell after being approved to cultivate in February. The technologically advanced...
Sara Batterby, the Founding Chair of the Women Grow chapter in Portland and a technology industry veteran who recently began helping fund startups at Elemeno, reports that Hifi Farms,...
The Denver Post explores a topic that continues to dog the cannabis industry: The lack of trust and respect between those who have been in the industry since before...
It’s a new year and a new name for Cashinbis, the media company that was an early mover in focusing on the cannabis industry in a professional manner. Appropriate with...
15 years after legalizing medical cannabis, Hawaii plans to select its first dispensaries in April. One entrepreneur who will be applying is Bill Jarvis, who has been in the wireless...
Each month, Alan Brochstein of 420 Investor publishes a comprehensive review of the publicly traded cannabis-related stocks and discusses several key topics. The November edition included: Market Review and Outlook...
Donald G. Sampson, the interim chief executive officer of Warm Springs Ventures, shared an update with Oregon Public Broadcasting regarding the plans for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs to proceed...
Aphria Announces Licence Amendment LEAMINGTON, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Dec. 31, 2015) – Aphria Inc. (“Aphria” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:APH) announces today an amendment to its licence by Health Canada,...
Livwell, a chain of Colorado cannabis dispensaries that projects it will do $80m in sales this year, grows and sells a strain of cannabis that gets a $175 per...
Patient Cannabis Exchange is a farmers market for cannabis that takes place every Sunday in Tacoma, Washington at a place “located between Taco Bell & Frugals.” Ganjapreneur’s Shango Los...
Shannon Soqui is part of the team at San Francisco-based Ackrell Capital, an independent investment bank focused on middle-market and emerging growth companies. Before joining Ackrell Capital, he spent 20 years...
California continues to lead the nation in many trends when it comes to cannabis, and, because delivery is not permitted in many states, these innovative services are working hard...
After its denial to open a master account earlier this year, Fourth Corner Credit Union sued the Federal Reserve. Today, federal judge R. Brooke Jackson heard arguments in Colorado. Unfortunately,...
Katie Podein from California Cannabis Law Group joins CannaInsider to share how California plans to make sweeping changes to the state’s cannabis laws and regulations in 2016 and the deadlines...
Alan Brochstein published an article on the publicly-traded Canadian cannabis stocks, including Aphria, Aurora Cannabis, Canopy Growth, Emerald Health, Mettrum, OrganiGram, PharmaCan Capital and Supreme Pharma. The article, which is...
One of the most exciting aspects of the global cannabis legalization has been the progress since the 2014 implementation of the federally legal medical cannabis program in Canada, MMPR,...
In Episode 22 of the Investing in Cannabis Podcast, Brandon David interviews Aeron Sullivan, CEO of Tradiv, a B2B marketplace for cannabis growers, marijuana-infused product companies, and dispensaries. Tradiv, which operates...
The Hash’s Max Savage Levenson catches up on cannabis genetics research with Dr. Reggie Gaudino, Ph.D, Director of Genetics from Steep Hill, at the cannabis industry’s first technology conference, the...
The American Banker published a piece by Alison Jimenez and Steven Kemmerling. Jimenez is president and founder of Dynamic Securities Analytics Inc., an anti-money-laundering consulting firm, and Kemmerling is CEO and...
The marketplace for the transfer of cannabis licenses or operating businesses is not yet developed, even in a relatively mature market like Colorado. Commercial real estate broker Christopher Stefan...
The Risk and Compliance Journal, part of the Wall Street Journal, took a close look at PayQwick, the California-based financial services company that enables banks to provide banking services to...
It might be an old dog at 80 years old, but Salem-based Maps Credit Union is willing to try new tricks, quietly becoming a significant provider of banking services...
Vireo Health of New York, a unit of Vireo Health, recently named Ari Hoffnung as its CEO. Hoffnung joined the New York City Office of the Comptroller in early...