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With the Cole Memo, which provided marijuana states protection from federal interference or prosecution, banks felt secure following guidelines originated by the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network in 2014. The guidelines outline how banks“>banks should handle marijuana business dealings. Now that the protection has been rescinded by Sessions, the guidelines are unclear, and the uncertainty may prompt financial institutions to start to closing accounts with marijuana business customers. Banks are currently prohibited from securing funds for marijuana businesses under federal law, but because marijuana is legal under state law, with the protection, banks opened accounts with business operating according to state regulations.
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