Webinar Date/Time

December 9, 2025
1:00 - 2:00 pm ET

$149 Includes Playback without Expiration

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About this Event

Event Description

Intoxicating hemp products have raced ahead of regulation—until now. Recent federal changes are poised to close the loopholes that allowed delta-8, delta-10, and other synthesized THC products to flourish under the “hemp” label. This webinar breaks down what the new framework actually does, how it changes the definition of hemp, and where intoxicating products will likely fall going forward.

We’ll translate the legal and policy shifts into practical next steps for financial institutions, with a focus on customer due diligence, risk rating, onboarding/renewal decisions, and examiner expectations. A significant portion of the session will focus on how these changes impact your existing and prospective CRB customers—from hemp processors and intoxicating-hemp brands to state-legal marijuana businesses that may absorb or compete with them.

Attendees will learn how to:

  • Re-segment hemp vs. marijuana vs. “off-limits” intoxicating-hemp customers in their portfolios

  • Anticipate how CRB customers’ business models, revenue streams, and risk profiles are likely to shift

  • Adjust policies, monitoring, and SAR decisioning as clients pivot, wind down, or transition into state-legal cannabis frameworks

  • Prepare talking points and documentation for boards, auditors, and examiners on the bank’s approach

By the end of the webinar, bankers will walk away with a clear roadmap for navigating the new intoxicating-hemp landscape and a deeper understanding of what it means for their CRB relationships over the next 12–24 months.

Instructor(s)

Chris Van Dyck

Partner - Cogent Law Group

Chris Van Dyck, a partner at the Cogent Law Group, has been involved in the cannabis banking space for close to ten years, first as a financial regulatory attorney and then as general counsel and BSA officer at a financial institution. During his time as a regulatory attorney, he worked closely with financial institutions regulated by his office on compliance issues, including cannabis banking when the FinCEN guidance was issued in 2014. For the last nine years, he has focused his attention on developing a cannabis banking program, ensuring that it meets all regulatory expectations. During his tenure, the cannabis banking program at his financial institution grew extensively and became a significant revenue source.

Erin O'Donnell

Co-Founder- American Cannabis Bankers Association

Erin O'Donnell, Founding Partner of the American Cannabis Bankers Association, Co-Founder of BankersHub and Co-Founder and former CEO of Bankerstuff oversees product innovation and education. She has over 30 years of experience in strategic event management, specializing in technology and online delivery of content.

Michael Beird

VP, Treasury Management - Southwest Capital Bank
Founding Partner - ACB

Michael Beird is the Vice President of Treasury Management for Southwest Capital Bank, a canna-friendly institution in New Mexico. Michael also 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"