The 781 Hemp Rule Is a Wake-Up Call for Payment Processors and Banks Why Product-Level Intelligence Is Becoming the New Standard for Merchant Risk For the past several years, the hemp industry has operated in one of the most complex and rapidly evolving regulatory environments in commerce. Federal guidance, state laws, card brand policies, and […]

On December 21, 2024, the federal government slipped a major policy change into a spending bill that caught many in the hemp industry off guard. Buried within the appropriations legislation, Section 759 fundamentally altered how hemp is defined under federal law—potentially rendering thousands of products illegal overnight. During a recent Qredible Live broadcast, Doug Fischer, […]

As the hemp, CBD, and supplement industries continue to grow, business owners find themselves on what U.S. Hemp Roundtable President Jena Murray calls "a roller coaster ride" of regulatory challenges. During a recent Qredible live broadcast, Murray shared valuable insights into the complex CBD regulatory environment facing the industry and offered guidance for operating in […]