Finance & Acquisitions

CHICAGO and VANCOUVER, Canada -- Green Thumb Industries Inc. increased its existing syndicated credit facility led by Valley National Bank by $50 million, bringing the...

Cannabis operators are clinging to a capital playbook that no longer works — waiting on reform, “sideline” investors, or a return to the equity markets of five years ago. But the drought isn’t cyclical; it’s structural. Between 280E, regulatory unpredictability, and a vanished exit path, traditional equity logic collapses. The result is “toxic hope” that delays restructuring and burns runway. The fix isn’t optimism. It’s architecture: structures designed to work under current law.

Deposits were the entry point; now, lending is the inflection point." Green Check CEO Kevin Hart breaks down why 40% of cannabis-serving banks have already moved into lending and how your compliance data has become your most powerful credit tool for 2026.

The cannabis industry’s biggest financial challenge isn’t banking access alone. It’s fragmentation. Operators juggle separate solutions for payroll, lending, insurance, and payments, leading to repetitive work, high fees, and compliance headaches. A unified, purpose-built financial infrastructure could eliminate duplicative workflows, automate compliance, improve access to capital, and give operators room to grow. Here’s how that vision could look.

SEATTLE - Jones Soda Co., a craft beverage company, sold its cannabis beverage business, including all related cannabis-specific assets under the Mary Jones brand, to MJ...

EDMONTON, Canada – Aurora Cannabis Inc. (NASDAQ: ACB) issued a formal denial Wednesday regarding widely circulated reports claiming the company planned to acquire New...

PHOENIX – Fourteen months after its parent company was forced into a liquidation receivership, a $3.5-million, all-cash acquisition will raise iconic counterculture magazine High...

While forty-seven states and the District of Columbia allow the use of medical marijuana and twenty-four states and the district have okayed recreational use,...

With limited access to banking, burdensome tax policies, capital scarcity, and payment terms that don’t always fit the needs of operators, the cannabis industry...

Nearly every election over the past decade has changed the landscape for the cannabis industry, and 2024’s was no exception. Whether a second Trump...