Description
About this Certification
The Cannabis Lending Professional certification is designed for bankers and credit professionals who structure, underwrite, manage, or oversee credit relationships with cannabis-related businesses. As more CRBs seek equipment financing, real estate loans, working capital lines, and other credit products, this certification helps lenders apply traditional credit principles in a cannabis context while addressing collateral, insurance, documentation, legal remedies, receiverships, marketing, and examiner expectations.
Courses in this Certification
1. How to Build and Maintain a Smart Cannabis Lending Program
2. Types of Cannabis Loans and the Collateral Needed to Secure Them
3. Demystifying Cannabis Insurance – The Missing Risk Layer in Cannabis Banking
4. The 5 C’s of Cannabis Lending and Credit Risk
5. Cannabis Lending as a Competitive Advantage
6. Cannabis Receiverships & Recovery
7. Tailoring Deposit and Loan Agreements with High Risk CRBs
8. Marketing Your CRB Program Publicly
Completion Standard
Each course includes a quiz, and learners get a certification when satisfactorily completed. Consists of 10-12 self-paced sessions of an hour each.
Additional Education
Professional webinars for cannabis banking, payments, fraud, lending, operations, and compliance teams is available through CFTEA in partnership with the ACB.