The latest from Andre Herrera

Oct 24, 2022 - by Andre Herrera, Hypur

Crypto is about to get a lot less cryptic

Recent news strongly indicates that the fintech and crypto space is about to have an increased level of oversight and regulatory burden. Although 2021 and 2022 have been busy years ...

Nov 6, 2018 - by Andre Herrera, Hypur

I think I’m banking marijuana, now what?

I wrote a previous article titled “You are already banking marijuana. You just don’t know it.”  The article focused on the fact that marijuana proceeds have a wide reach ...

Jul 5, 2018 - by Andre Herrera, Hypur

You are already banking marijuana. You just don’t know it.

With the recent addition of Oklahoma, there are now 30 states plus DC having legalized marijuana in some capacity.  It is estimated that state legalized marijuana has a current total ...

May 26, 2017 - by Andre Herrera, Hypur

The changing perception of banking marijuana related businesses

When the federal government issued policy guidance in 2014 as to how financial institutions (FIs) could permissibly service marijuana-related businesses (MRBs), industry reaction was swift and decisive – most FIs wanted ...

Sep 13, 2016 - by Andre Herrera, Hypur

Generating profit & revenue in emerging cash intensive businesses (Part 5)

This is the fifth in a series of articles covering the generation of non-interest income in cash intensive businesses with an emphasis on Marijuana Related Businesses (MRB’s). The first ...

Jul 18, 2016 - by Andre Herrera, Hypur

Generating profit & revenue in emerging cash intensive businesses (Part 4)

This is the fourth in a series of articles covering the generation of non-interest income in cash-intensive businesses with an emphasis on Marijuana Related Businesses (MRB’s). The first article ...

May 4, 2016 - by Andre Herrera, Hypur

Generating profit & revenue in emerging cash intensive businesses (Part 3)

This is the third in a series of articles covering the generation of non-interest income in cash intensive businesses with an emphasis on Marijuana Related Businesses (MRB’s). The first ...

Mar 3, 2016 - by Andre Herrera, Hypur

Generating profit & revenue in emerging cash intensive businesses (Part 2)

This is the second in a series of articles on generating non-interest revenue from cash intensive businesses with an emphasis on legal Marijuana Related Businesses (MRB’s). In the first ...