Legal Cannabis as a Catalyst for Growth

Thursday, January 20, 2022 - 2 PM (EST) | 1 Hour

As U.S. financial institutions look to find new avenues for growth in 2022, few industries offer more potential than legal cannabis.  With a boom of fast-growing direct cannabis businesses popping up in 2021 — along with an entire ecosystem of indirect businesses to support this new market — financial institutions have many options and much opportunity when it comes to banking the industry.  In this session, we look at different strategies for banking this ecosystem of cannabis-related businesses to find growth and support your institution’s strategic initiatives. 

Topics

  • The Legal and Regulatory Landscape for 2022 
  • Industry Overview and Market Opportunity for 2022
  • Different Approaches to Finding Growth with Cannabis Banking
  • How to Determine Your Institution’s Strategy
  • The Fundamentals of a Best-in-Class Program

Audience

  • CEOs
  • CFOs
  • COOs
  • Board Members
  • Chief Banking Officers
  • Chief Risk Officers
  • Lending Officers
  • BSA\AML Officers
  • Compliance Officers
  • Product Development Managers
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Presenters

Peter Su

SVP, National Relationship Manager, Green Check Verified

Peter Su has 20+ years of banking experience under his belt with stops at HSBC, Signature Bank, Dime and East West Bank. He has grown a de novo cannabis banking program from the ground up, as well as joined a developed cannabis banking program with an eye to go national. He is currently on the Banking and Financial Services committee of the NCIA, and chairs the B&FS committee for the NYCCIA.

Stacy Litke

VP, Banking Programs, Green Check

Stacy Litke, VP of Banking Programs leads the client facing cannabis banking teams at Green Check.  Stacy has decades of experience in banking and has seen the financial services industry from the seats of Community Banker, FinTech Leader and Technology Consultant. In her role at Green Check, she and her team have developed best practices for banking the cannabis industry through working with more than one hundred financial institutions as they work to evaluate and implement cannabis banking programs, and conversations with regulators and examiners.