Marijuana

Wholesale Cannabis Marketplace Hits $1B Milestone
Wholesale Cannabis Marketplace Hits $1B Milestone
June 16, 2019  |  eCommerce

The legal retail cannabis industry keeps on growing, and further evidence of that reportedly comes from LeafLink. The eCommerce wholesale marketplace, according to The Motley...

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Marijuana Apps Banned From Google Play
Marijuana Apps Banned From Google Play
May 29, 2019  |  Regulation

Google has announced new rules for its Play store; one of the main ones is the banning of apps that help people purchase marijuana, according...

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Legal Cannabis Retail Gets Big, Feminine And Luxurious
Legal Cannabis Retail Gets Big, Feminine And Luxurious
May 29, 2019  |  Retail

It’s not often that one gets to see a new form of retail emerge, but that’s what’s happening with, of all things, legal recreational cannabis....

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New Allies Aim To Solve Cannabis Payments Problem
New Allies Aim To Solve Cannabis Payments Problem
May 10, 2019  |  Bank Regulation

It really wasn’t supposed to be this way, not as cannabis steadily became legal across the United States. Read the old pro-legalization magazines, or revisit...

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Hypur Enables B2B Payments For CBD eMerchants
Hypur Enables B2B Payments For CBD eMerchants
April 19, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Electronic payments company Hypur, which targets the cannabis and hemp industries, has unveiled its online electronic payment solution for transactions within the hemp and CBD...

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Revised Marijuana Banking Bill Gains New Support
Revised Marijuana Banking Bill Gains New Support
April 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

U.S. senators have introduced a revised version of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act in an effort to connect legal marijuana companies to...

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The Next Big Cashless Play: Cannabis
The Next Big Cashless Play: Cannabis
April 05, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Blunt question for PYMNTS readers (pun intended): Have you been inside a pot shop lately? One of the legal operations that are springing up in...

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CA Lawmakers: Crypto Can Solve Cannabis Payments Problem
CA Lawmakers: Crypto Can Solve Cannabis Payments Problem
April 03, 2019  |  Legal

Legalized cannabis has a huge cash payments problem – as in, operators have too much, given federal restrictions in the U.S. that have largely prevented...

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B2B FinTech Tackles The Nuanced Challenges Of Marijuana — Beyond Banking
B2B FinTech Tackles The Nuanced Challenges Of Marijuana — Beyond Banking
April 02, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The legal cannabis market continues to reach new milestones, the latest being the launch of the industry’s first commodity trading desk — with the latest...

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