Michael co-founded the ACB after spending over a decade building BankersHub, the leading online education platform in financial services, in order to bring nationally renowned speakers to smaller financial institutions, community banks and credit unions through webinars, on-demand certifications and live-streaming from conferences and conventions. BankersHub launched the industry's first Cannabis Banking Professional certification in 2020 and is now leading the effort to bridge education and compliance between these two heavily regulated industries with his co-authoring the recent Wiley book, "Cannabis Banking: Legal Frameworks and Practical Solutions for Cultivating Compliance"