Petition Urges Mastercard, Visa And Other Credit Card Giants To Accept Cannabis Payments

Shield Compliance, a platform for cannabis banking released an open letter calling for the nation’s leading card brands, including Mastercard MA-4.63%+ Free Alerts, Visa V-2.05%+ Free Alerts, Discover DFS+1.25%+ Free Alerts, American Express AXP+0.09%+ Free Alertsto reverse their policies of prohibiting financial institutions to offer payments services connected to their networks to licensed cannabis merchants.

The news comes on the heels of several finance giants like Bank of America and Mastercard revealing they are lobbying for cannabis banking reform, or the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act. The NRA and GlaxoSmithKline GSX are also among the lobbyists.

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