Pub 18 2021 Issue 1

20 O V E R A C E N T U R Y : B U I L D I N G B E T T E R B A N K S — H E L P I N G N E W M E X I C O R E A L I Z E D R E A M S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CANNABIS BANKING: By Josh Lee, The Paper An Interview With Money Man Lonnie C. Talbert The following interview appeared in The Paper, an independent newspaper based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Paper’s website can be found at abq.news T he road to setting up a cannabis business gets thorny and tough to navigate when it comes to protecting assets. We sat with Southwest Capital Bank president and chief operating officer Lonnie Talbert to chat about cannabis banking.