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Here's Where To Buy Legal Weed: New York's Cannabis Market Expands, Other States Are Keeping Up
Sunday, August 4, 2024 - 10:46am | 848New York's Cannabis Market Expands As Officials Successfully Crack Down On Illegal Sales As New York City's ‘Operation Padlock To Protect' gains momentum as Governor Kathy Hochul and NYC Mayor Eric Adams recently announce that more than 1,000 illicit cannabis stores have been shut down, boosting...
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Greenlight To Acquire Cannabis Dispensary And Cultivation Facility, Issues Q3 Dividends
Monday, August 21, 2023 - 10:28am | 366Greenlight has executed definitive agreements to acquire an operating adult-use dispensary in Las Vegas, Nevada, and a cultivation facility in Buckhannon, West Virginia. Upon approval by the regulatory bodies, Greenlight will have 30 operating dispensaries and over 200,000 sq. ft. of cultivation...
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Missourians LOVE Their Weed: 3-Day Marijuana Sales Hit $12.7M, Beating Illinois' Record Roll Out
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 10:26am | 839Adult-use cannabis sales in Missouri launched Friday, several days earlier than expected. During the first three days, weed shops sold some $12.7 million in weed products, out of which $4.2 million was medical marijuana and the remaining $8.5 million went to...
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Missouri Rolls Out Recreational Marijuana Sales Friday: First Week Expected To Be A 'Little Chaotic'
Friday, February 3, 2023 - 10:44am | 766Recreational marijuana sales in Missouri started Friday, several days earlier than expected. Until Thursday, the industry was expecting the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to start issuing adult-use sales licenses on Monday, but the department announced it will start Friday,...
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EXCLUSIVE: 'Cannabis Is Non-Controversial & Non-Political' Missouri Confirms By Opening The Door To MSOs
Monday, November 14, 2022 - 1:23pm | 1092Last week Missouri legalized recreational cannabis and become the first state in the nation where voters approved a program for the automatic expungement of prior marijuana convictions. With the legalization bill, which won by a comfortable margin, the is state expanding ...
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Greenlight Opening 22nd Cannabis Dispensary In Beckley, West Virginia
Friday, July 22, 2022 - 10:05am | 349Greenlight, leading, vertically-integrated, multi-state operator, is opening its 4th dispensary location in West Virginia, Greenlight Beckley, on July 23, at 10 a.m. EST. The dispensary, located at 4244 Robert C. Byrd Dr. in Beckley, West Virginia, will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The...
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EXCLUSIVE: Multi-State Cannabis Operator Greenlight Opens 20th Dispensary In Kansas City
Thursday, June 23, 2022 - 8:00am | 222Greenlight, a vertically-integrated, multi-state operator with 33 cannabis dispensary licenses, more than 350 team members and over 150,000 square feet of cultivation and manufacturing, has opened the doors of its Greenlight Dispensary at Stateline and 135th in Kansas City, Missouri, marking the...
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Fintech Focus For July 22, 2021
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - 5:36pm | 2089Quote To Start The Day: “Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.” Source: Sun Tzu One Big Thing In Fintech: Adena Friedman, president and chief executive of Nasdaq, says the firm sees a huge opportunity from spinning out Nasdaq Private Market into a...
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2 Experts Explain How They Are Improving Financial Education For Kids
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 - 11:44am | 603The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. It's not exactly a secret that financial education is a weak point of the U.S. education system. Only 21 states have some kind of...
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Fintech Focus For April 28, 2021
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - 6:45pm | 2055Quote To Start The Day: "People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy."...
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Meet The Winners Of The 2020 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 - 7:50pm | 786Benzinga, a leading news and data platform, in partnership with financial data and insights platform Envestnet | Yodlee, held the sixth annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards Tuesday — a day of dealmaking, networking and recognition in the financial technology space. See also:...
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Fintech Focus For October 14, 2020
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - 8:31pm | 2432Quote Of The Day: I never dreamed about success, I worked for it. - Estee Lauder Fintech Movers: After years of working in and around Ethereum, Jonathan Perkins, alongside John and Charles Crain, founded SuperRare in 2017 on the back of a new non-fungible token (NFT) standard. Now, SuperRare...
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Fintech Focus For September 29, 2020
Monday, September 28, 2020 - 5:40pm | 1775Quote Of The Day: When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. - Henry Ford Fintech Movers: Financial health will become the new basis of competition in banking. - Forbes Finicity added to banking and credit tech. Wirex...
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Fintech Focus Roundup For September 26, 2020
Friday, September 25, 2020 - 6:09pm | 2006United Wholesale Mortgage CEO Talks IPO Plans What's Happened: On the heels of a record year, Pontiac, Michigan-based United Wholesale Mortgage announced this week it will merge with special purpose acquisition company Gores Holdings IV Inc in a deal that would value the firm at $16.1 billion...
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How Greenlight Helps Parents Engage Their Children Financially
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - 4:16pm | 552Benzinga will be holding its annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards, a day of dealmaking, networking, and recognition in the financial technology space, on Nov. 10, 2020. In recognition of those disruptive innovators creating positive and diverse change within the financial services space,...