Cannabis Banking Startups Want to Make It Easy to Buy Weed

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Cannabis Banking Startups Want to Make It Easy to Buy Weed
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“It’s not only just solving the daily operations and providing access, but we do care a lot about the actual industry and trying to change the stigma around it.”

Physical safety is also a concern that fintech startups are trying to address. The more banks that go online and enter the space, the safer the people involved in the industry will be. With Mastercard and Visa out of the game, newer software startups have stepped in to ensure that small and large cannabis retailers show transparency at each step.

Invoice financing is when LeafLink provides upfront payments for a supplier via ACH, the same way a bank processes a paycheck, while then assigning invoices to the endpoint retailers. In facilitating large sums of money movement digitally, the startup makes it easier for these suppliers to scale. Credit unions in particular have led the charge in adapting fintech, compared to national banks, because of their smaller scale and ability to cater to their local communities.

“We’re kind of setting the tone in terms of what ‘compliant’ means. As the market matures and things exist in the space and you’re not seeing the sky falling, more and more banks are getting involved,” says Jennifer Yager, senior vice president of anti-money-laundering compliance at. Partnering with multi-state cannabis operators, Valley Bank had to help customers find banks, wallet service providers, and even cash transport companies who were willing to touch cannabis cash.

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