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OSS Expands Into East Coast States, Executes Rebranding Targeted at Up-and-Coming Markets
OSS Expands Into East Coast States, Executes Rebranding Targeted at Up-and-Coming Markets Operational Security Solutions Expands West Coast Operations to New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Alongside Launch of Company's New Website Fresno, CA, June 30, 2021 -...
OSS Announces Full Suite of Cannabis Security Services and Financial Solutions Now Available to West Coast and Nevada; Targets East Coast Expansion
Operational Security Solutions Targets East Coast Expansion After Completing Market Share Dominance on West Coast Fresno, CA - (NewMediaWire) - May 3, 2021 - Operational Security Solutions (“OSS”), the premier provider of full-spectrum risk management services with...
OSS Announces Participation in CBANC’s Cannabis Banking Panel: Banking, Monitoring & Payments Webinar
Operational Security Solutions Offers Key Insight Into the Cannabis Banking Industry After Completing Market Share Dominance on West Coast Fresno, CA, April 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire -- Operational Security Solutions (“OSS”), the premier provider...
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Karma Koala Podcast: Episode 33
Chief Sales Officer, Ryan Hale, joins @Heather Allman of the Karma Koala podcast for incisive insights on the current state of banking in the U.S. within our industry. Don't miss this critical conversation by tuning in via Spotify or with the link below Listen Here...
An End to Cannabis Banking Woes?
Cannabis banking has been a tricky topic to tackle in recent years. Although many financial institutions refuse to do business with the high-risk industry, the truth, according to Ryan Hale, co-founder and Chief Sales Officer of Operational Security Solutions (OSS),...
OSS Expands Into East Coast States, Executes Rebranding Targeted at Up-and-Coming Markets
Operational Security Solutions (“OSS”), the premier provider of full-spectrum risk management services with specialization in secure cash management and logistics, cannabis-specific compliance services, security consulting, and facility hardening, announced today...
U.S. pot sellers stash cash as banks leave them high and dry
The U.S. cannabis business has a very particular cashflow problem -- too much of it. Marijuana can be sold legally in 36 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) for medical use and in 15 of them and in D.C. for recreational purposes. But it's still illegal on...
Cannabis Industry Movers & Shakers Reflect On A Year Of Being ‘Essential’ This 4/20
Near the end of March 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic was just beginning to rage across the United States, states across the country deemed cannabis an essential business, allowing them to continue operating in whatever capacity was necessary—sales, production,...
The SAFE Banking Act For Cannabis Will Be Great, This Security Expert Says, But One More Thing Is Needed
Ryan Hale is the chief sales officer for cannabis security firm Operational Security Solutions (OSS). What that means is that Hale works with a host of big, burly ex-police/ex-military guys you wouldn’t want to meet alone in a dark alley. Those men guard, and deposit...
State pot rollouts lag amid court challenges, legislative wrangling after voters backed legalization in 2020
The November elections were a massive success for proponents of legal marijuana, with five states moving via ballot initiatives to legalize pot in either recreational or medical forms – or both in South Dakota's case. Montana legalized recreational marijuana, as did...
Expert Insight On Guilty Plea of Eaze CEO and Possible Ramifications for Cannabis Industry From Ryan Hale, Partner and CSO of Operational Security Solutions, or OSS
Eaze’s former CEO, Jim Patterson, pleading guilty in a case accusing the company of tricking banks into processing $100 million worth of cannabis credit card payments. This news has sparked debate among the cannabis community over whether cannabis banking laws forced...