SHF Holdings Expands Payment Solutions with Lut and GreenCard
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
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SHF Holdings announced a strategic expansion of its payments solutions portfolio through partnerships with Lut and GreenCard. "By offering ACH debit, cashless ATM, and closed-loop payment systems, we now support every major way customers pay for cannabis," said Terry Mendez, CEO of Safe Harbor. "Our focus is solving real operational challenges for cannabis businesses. We've built the most complete, compliant payments ecosystem in the industry by asking: what do operators actually need? The answer is flexibility, redundancy, and reliability at every transaction point. Lut and GreenCard help our clients build stability across the supply chain."
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SHF Holdings, Inc. is a service provider to offer compliance, monitoring and validation services to financial institutions, providing traditional banking services to cannabis, hemp, CBD, and ancillary operators. Its services include regulatory compliance consulting and software for maintaining Know Your Customer (KYC) and Bank Secrecy Act compliance to financial institutions, principally conducted vis-a-vis its proprietary financial services platform and the origination, onboarding, verification, and servicing of cannabis-related deposit business for and on behalf of its partner financial institutions. Its services also include sourcing, underwriting, servicing, and administering loans issued to cannabis businesses and related entities, which are often also its customers and being customers of its partner financial institutions. Through the Company’s platform, its financial institution clients can provide cannabis-related businesses (CRBs) with access to traditional financial services.
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Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
Safe Harbor Expands Payment Solutions Portfolio
- Payment Solutions Expansion: Safe Harbor enhances its payment solutions portfolio through partnerships with Lüt and GreenCard, introducing ACH debit, cashless ATM, and closed-loop payment systems, thereby improving customer payment flexibility and reliability in the cannabis sector.
- Closed-Loop Payment Innovation: Lüt's closed-loop payment system ensures continuous fund flow, particularly during high-traffic periods, helping operators avoid processing downtime while enhancing customer shopping experience and loyalty.
- Integrated Payment Infrastructure: Greencard delivers end-to-end payment infrastructure for vertically integrated cannabis operations, unifying retail, delivery, and e-commerce transactions, significantly improving fund settlement efficiency and enabling faster cash turnover for operators.
- Risk Management Support: Safe Harbor's payment solutions enhance client flexibility and continuity by offering multiple independent payment options, ensuring cannabis businesses are no longer reliant on a single payment channel amidst systemic challenges.

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Safe Harbor Expands Leadership Team to Enhance Cannabis Financial Services
- Executive Additions: Safe Harbor has appointed Stephen La Rosa as Senior Vice President of Lending Strategy and Cassandra Douglass as Senior Manager of Client Experience, aimed at enhancing the company's financial service capabilities in the cannabis sector.
- Strategic Investment: The addition of these executives represents a proactive investment by Safe Harbor to meet the full financial lifecycle needs of cannabis operators, reinforcing the company's long-standing commitment to compliance, transparency, and innovation.
- Market Positioning: La Rosa stated that Safe Harbor aims to redefine how cannabis operators access capital by expanding beyond traditional banking channels through private equity and institutional partnerships, adapting to rapidly changing market demands.
- Compliance and Client Relations: Douglass will leverage her extensive experience in compliance and client relationship management to enhance the efficiency of client onboarding and compliance processes, addressing increasingly complex client needs.

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