The US Department of Health and Human Services recommendation to reschedule cannabis to a less restrictive schedule could be the boon that the besieged cannabis industry needs ...
This report provides detailed analysis around the current regulatory framework in place on a federal level in the US for hemp, CBD, other cannabinoids as well medical and recreational cannabis...
MasterCard clamps down on card payments for cannabis ...
Written by CannIntelligence | 27th July 2023
Schumer backs cannabis legalisation at New York rally ...
Written by CannIntelligence | 9th May 2023
Bipartisan group reintroduces Safe Banking Act ...
Written by CannIntelligence | 28th April 2023
SAFE Banking Act on shaky ground with new Congress? ...
Written by CannIntelligence | 20th December 2022
Democrats running out of options to pass SAFE Banking Act ...
The predicted Red Wave never arrived – but how have the prospects for cannabis-related federal legislation in the US been changed by the midterm elections? US correspondent James DeLise considers...
Republicans are favoured over Democrats to take control of both chambers of US Congress in the midterm elections, but there are supporters and naysayers among both major parties when it...
Schumer: SAFE Banking and social bill ‘coming soon’ ...
US president Joe Biden has called for a scheduling review of cannabis. This report will examine the procedure, potential outcomes, and implications of this scheduling...
US president Joe Biden has pledged to review how cannabis is scheduled under US law and will pardon all prior federal offences of simple cannabis possession at a fortuitous time...
The Republican-influenced National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has explicitly called on the US federal government to support cannabis legalisation measures ...
A new state law will help shield financial companies in Pennsylvania from prosecution over transactions with legal cannabis companies. But industry leaders say more protection is needed after a federal...
Regulatory change in Canada’s provinces, and the lack of it at federal level in the US, are both encouraging innovation by providers of financial services to cannabis businesses ...
House tries again with SAFE Banking Act ...
Written by CannIntelligence | 15th July 2022
SAFE banking bill scrubbed from America Competes Act ...
US state bank regulators have asked Congress to provide legal cannabis businesses with access to financial services by integrating a bill preventing banks from being penalised for doing so into a broader...
Spending on CBD- and cannabis-related lobbying in the US exceeded pre-pandemic numbers, with more than $12m spent during the first quarter of 2022 on issues such as efforts to support...
Hemp advocates meet Congress leaders to lobby for reform ...
CBD stakeholders hoping for clarity in US regulations were left disappointed by the passing of the $1.5tn omnibus spending bill earlier this month as some helpful language was dropped during...
The SAFE Banking Act, which sets out to protect banks from being penalised for providing services to legitimate cannabis-related businesses, is on shaky ground ...
This week's regulatory news in brief includes updates from Greece, Italy, Switzerland, the UK, US federal, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Argentina, Chile, India, Thailand...
This week's regulatory news in brief includes updates from Greece, Italy, Switzerland, the UK, US federal, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Argentina, Chile, India, Thailand...
Last year saw no movement on cannabinoid issues at federal level in the US, as CBD-Intel predicted, and it’s not looking too good for this year either – though we...
US representatives have introduced a bill into the House aiming to push the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate CBD in food and drinks ...
This week's regulatory news in brief includes updates from the Germany, Italy, Malta, UK, US, Colombia, Fiji, Israel, Malaysia, Pakistan and Singapore ...
Nancy Mace, a first-term Republican Congresswoman from South Carolina, recently introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that would decriminalise cannabis at the federal level ...
This week's regulatory news in brief includes updates from Georgia, Canada, Mexico, the US, Chile, Colombia, India, Japan, Malaysia, Russia and Thailand ...
The economic tide flowing for cannabis continues to float businesses in the US in secondary areas such as cultivation systems and delivery services too ...
This week's regulatory news in brief includes updates from the Germany, North Macedonia, Spain, Ukraine, Canada, US, Argentina, Brazil, Israel and Peru ...
The boss of the world’s new largest global cannabis company has likened the industry’s potential to that of the alcohol business before the ending of Prohibition in the early 1930s...
Significant cannabis reform is inevitably coming to congress, no matter whether the Biden administration considers it a priority, and giants in experienced lobbying industries are preparing their agents ...
This week's regulatory news in brief includes updates from the Cyprus. Czech Republic, the EU, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Malta, Switzerland, the US, and Argentina ...
An Oregon senator believes he has found a solution to the cannabis banking crisis in the state, and perhaps set a useful standard for others across the US ...
This report addresses the reasons why CBD and cannabis-related businesses in the US have trouble obtaining banking and payment processing services, what they can do, and what might be done...
Podcasts editor Jon Bruford is joined by Anthony Traurig, CBD-Intel legal analyst and US specialist, to discuss the legal and regulatory concerns that hang over cannabis in the US and...
The Democratic Party, which now controls Congress and the presidency, has signalled for some time that cannabis reform is one of its top priorities, and the US public supports that...
US president Joe Biden’s appointees to a number of influential positions in the new administration give reason for optimism within the hemp and cannabis sector ...
The National Credit Union Association (NCUA) has highlighted serving the hemp industry as a priority for 2021, which may enable more hemp businesses to access banking and financial services ...
This week's regulatory news in brief includes updates from the EU, Germany, Belgium, Spain, the UK, Mexico, the US, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Israel and...
With US elections on 3rd November fast approaching, lobbyists for CBD, cannabis and hemp are eager to get their message across to candidates on both sides of the political divide...
This week's regulatory news in brief includes updates from the EU, Austria, France Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Romania, Spain, the UK, the US, Australia, Colombia, Israel, Lebanon, New Zealand,...
Should CBD or cannabis companies invest in the US or Canada? There are pros and cons to each, and the same answer may not apply to everyone – or remain...
The US House of Representatives is expected to hold a historic vote this month on a comprehensive cannabis reform bill that supporters embrace for not only decriminalising marijuana but correcting...
This week's regulatory news in brief brings updates from Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the US, Australia, Brazil, China, Israel, Thailand, Ukraine and Uruguay ...
One of the 12 US regional reserve banks has complained about the banking industry’s reluctance to service hemp and CBD businesses even though they are now legal products ...
Two bills in the US House of Representatives, relating to banking and medical cannabis research, appear to be dead, with not enough time to pass the measures in 2020...
Guidance on SAFE Banking, the emergence of non-CBD CBD creams, and a question of wind in Arizona are among the latest items of business news in brief from CBD-Intel ...
Brazil has approved the sale of cannabis-based products in pharmacies. This and other stories from the US, Canada, Poland, Norway, Israel and New Zealand ...
Passage of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act through the US House of Representatives is but one skirmish, with a potentially fiercer battle awaiting in the Senate and...
Regulatory developments from the US, EU, Germany, Italy, India, Israel and Myanmar – and news of an “illegal” incursion into Austria by undercover Swiss border guards ...
CBD-Intel’s regular round-up of regulatory news features items from Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Luxembourg, Canada, the US and South Africa ...
Many US senators seem ready to pass a law allowing financial institutions to work with CBD businesses. That’s if a hearing on the SAFE Banking Act is any indication...
This week’s round-up of regulatory news in the global CBD market includes updates from US federal authorities, Kansas, Massachusetts, New York City, Belgium, Germany and Italy ...
Payments company Square is studying the potential for providing financial services to the CBD sector, with an invite-only beta test currently under way ...
Elavon Inc, a subsidiary of US Bank that processes card transactions, will cancel payment services for CBD businesses this week, documents seen by CBD-Intel reveal ...
Proposed new federal legislation in the US could finally help CBD businesses gain easier access to banking, a problem that has bedevilled legal cannabis-related industries since their...