PBC & CBC Year in Review & Looking Ahead to 2024
As I try to do every year, I wanted to share a few highlights from our 2023 year, and share what we can look forward to with PBC and CBC in 2024.?
Read on for all things Banking & Compliance as they relate to two exciting and growing industries, where PBC covers the cannabis industry and CBC covers the crypto industry.
Our team is excited to continue growing both the PBC community and CBC community.
In this article I’ll cover:
CBC Summit
CBC Summit 2023 Recap
In 2023 we launched and hosted the first CBC Summit, our annual event focused on crypto banking and compliance. Our 120+ attendees included executives from companies and organizations like Coinbase, Gemini, Kraken, Elliptic, Ciphertrace, Chainalysis, DOJ, OFAC, IRS and many more!?
Special THANK YOU to our CBC 2023 Sponsors:?
Special THANK YOU to our CBC 2023 Speakers:
CBC Crypto Banking Ecosystem?
In late 2023, our team developed a White Paper outlining the framework for the CBC Crypto Banking Ecosystem?.
The Crypto Banking Ecosystem is a framework that comprises mutually beneficial relationships among banks, credit unions, service providers, and ancillary businesses that support the crypto industry. This collaborative network also includes government legislators and regulators.?
Close, symbiotic relationships between these ecosystem participants are critical to fostering understanding, minimizing risk, and evolving the industry.?
More simply, the Crypto Banking Ecosystem is a network of banks, government agencies, and service providers that support the crypto industry.?
CBC Industry Resources
This CBC Crypto Banking Ecosystem framework will also facilitate individuals in connecting during the annual CBC Summit and serve as the foundation for supplementary CBC Industry Resources, such as:
CBC Summit 2024
If you are a crypto related company, bank or credit union, service provider, or government leader working with the crypto industry, I invite you to attend our 2024 CBC Summit! Join us on September 12, 2024 for our second annual CBC Summit at the National Press Club in Washington, DC!?
We recently announced our 2024 CBC Summit Agenda! Panels topics include:?
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If you’re interested in Sponsoring CBC 2024, please contact Jada Fields at [email protected] for information about sponsoring.?
CBC 2024 Speakers will be announced in the months leading up to the event. If you are interested in speaking at CBC and have not yet applied, please use this LINK to apply to speak!
PBC Conference
PBC Conference 2023 Recap
Our PBC Conference 2023 was another major success! We hosted 500+ attendees from across the Cannabis Banking Ecosystem which included executives from banks and credit unions, cannabis related businesses, ancillary service providers, and government agencies. We had keynotes from Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Jim Cole, and a group of State Cannabis Regulators discussing enforcement in state legal cannabis markets.?
Special THANK YOU to our PBC Title Sponsor Evergreen Annuity and Life, and to all of our PBC 2023 Sponsors:?
Special THANK YOU to our PBC 2023 Speakers!
PBC Cannabis Banking Ecosystem?
Back in 2022 our PBC Team developed the framework for the Cannabis Banking Ecosystem? which is a network of banks, government agencies, and service providers that support the cannabis industry.?
Since the development of the Cannabis Banking Ecosystem our PBC Team continues to produce Industry Resources to support the ever growing cannabis industry.?
One of our key Industry Resources is our PBC Green Pages Directories which list banks, credit unions, and ancillary service providers that are willing to work with the cannabis industry.?
Our landmark directory, the PBC Cannabis Banking Directory, which lists banks and credit unions that are willing to work with the cannabis industry continues to grow as demonstrated by the number of banks and credit unions in our 2023 edition of the Cannabis Banking Directory, which increased by over 20% from last year’s edition.
If you are a bank or credit union that is interested in being included in our 2024 PBC Cannabis Banking Directory, please fill out this FORM. It is free to be listed in any of our Directories, and all companies listed have given PBC their approval to be listed.?
For all other PBC Directories, please visit this LINK to find your appropriate Directory listing.?
PBC Conference 2024
PBC Conference 2024 will be our 5th annual event! PBC 2024 will be back at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC on September 4-5, 2024 for our 5th anniversary of the conference. If you are a bank or credit union, cannabis-related business, or government agency that works with the cannabis industry, I would like to invite you to attend our PBC Conference 2024!
PBC 2024 Speakers will be announced in the months leading up to the event. If you are interested in speaking at PBC and have not yet applied, please use this LINK to apply to speak!
If you’re interested in Sponsoring PBC 2024, please contact Jada Fields at [email protected] for information about sponsoring.?
PBC Certification Program
Through the annual PBC Conference and through active engagement with the PBC Community, our PBC team frequently received feedback from banks and credit unions, remarking on their inability to onboard new clients due to a shortage of adequately trained cannabis banking staff.
We took this feedback and created our PBC Cannabis Banking Certification Program? which is a three level training and certification program that establishes a standardized baseline of knowledge for bankers and compliance professionals, to meet the cannabis industry’s demand for qualified talent.
This January we launched our PBC Level I Cannabis Banking Certificate Course, the first of the three levels of our PBC Cannabis Banking Certification Program. ENROLL HERE to start your PBC Cannabis Banking Certification journey today, the Level I Course is now OPEN!?
Stay tuned for more updates throughout the year, including our PBC Level II Cannabis Banking Certificate Course.
There will also be an opportunity for banks and credit unions to achieve a PBC Certified badge when certain criteria are met.
Thank you and happy 2024!
Joshua M. Radbod
Co-Founder and CEO
Head of Asset Management at Abra | Columbia Business School.
1 周Joshua, thanks for sharing!
Joshua, it's impressive to see the growth and impact of PBC and CBC in 2023! Looking forward to more insightful conferences and certifications in 2024. #Banking #Compliance #CannabisIndustry #CryptoBanking