Merrco Partners with Business of Cannnabis on the 2020 Cannabis and Technology event
Merrco was proud to sponsor this year's Cannabis + Technology event by Business of Cannabis. On the second anniversary of legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada, the event featured industry thought leaders, cannabis retailers and service providers to discuss all things cannabis; where the industry stands today and its future outlook.
How a cannabis-centric payments company is enabling sector growth
This video was recorded as part of Business of Cannabis’ event: Cannabis + Technology presented by CannaBusiness ERP from NexTec on October 21 and 22, 2020.
This conversation speaks to how tech-enabled, compliant payments and banking are driving the sector. If there is one single thing that separates the US and Canadian approaches to cannabis – it’s federal legalization. But why that is so important is largely because of the access to banking in Canada and not in the US. That said, Licensed Producers all the way down to retailers do not always have an easy go of it dealing with banking or receiving traditional banking services. Enter Merrco Payments. Specializing in cannabis payments – Merrco has become a cannabis payments leader. Creating a unique ecosystem of services and partners serving the sector. Fern Glowinsky, their President and CEO joined us to talk about what they are seeing in the sector, what they have learned over the past 2 years of legalization and where they see the road ahead.
Building a compliant supply chain through tech
This video was recorded as part of Business of Cannabis’ event: Cannabis + Technology presented by CannaBusiness ERP from NexTec on October 21 and 22, 2020.
Throughout the cannabis supply chain – tech-enabled compliance serves as the backbone of the sector. The panel spans tech the beginning, end and everywhere in between the supply chain. This panel features Jennifer Spanos from CannaBusiness ERP, Shakir Tayabali from Merrco Payments and Albert Kim from Greenline POS. The panel is moderated by Jay Rosenthal of Business of Cannabis.
https://greeninfrastructure.net comes to mind reading about Merrco's compliance-focused approach, since the same logic about building trustworthy systems applies to physical infrastructure like EV charging networks and transit. The point about US versus Canadian banking access really stuck with me, because federal legalization clearly shapes how smoothly payments can flow through the whole supply chain. I've watched small retailers in other regulated industries struggle with the same patchwork of rules, and it usually comes down to whether the tech layer can keep up with the policy layer.