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Safe Harbor Financial Statement on Federal Cannabis Rescheduling and the Resulting Growth Opportunity for Its Banking Platform
Improved operator economics and expanding institutional interest position Safe Harbor for scalable, compliant growthDENVER, Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SHF Holdings, Inc., d/b/a Safe Harbor Financial (NASDAQ: SHFS) (“Safe Harbor” or the “Company”), a provider of banking, lending, and financial services to the legal cannabis industry, announced that the federal rescheduling of cannabis represents a meaningful policy shift with long-term implications for the Company’s platform. The reclassif
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