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Oh marijuana may be legal in a growing number of states but doing business in the weed trade is anything but simple one big problem federal banking laws make marijuana merchants virtually untouchable image average reports from Portland Oregon every month Don Morris owner of the human collective marijuana dispensary in Portland Oregon loads about $15,000 into a nondescript bag and makes the 45-minute drive down to the Oregon Department of Revenue to pay his taxes in cash Morris would rather send a check it's easier and safer for him and his employees but even though recreational marijuana is legal in Oregon marijuana businesses still struggle to get access to the banking system because banks are wary of breaking federal anti-money laundering rules people come in we can't take credit cards we do have an ATM here people can get cash for their purchases but everything has to be done in cash we take the money in a sizable amount that gap in the rules has created an opportunity for third party financial entrepreneurs who are creating ways to get marijuana cash into the regulated banking industry in Las Vegas entrepreneur Sylvain de Rozier is selling kiosks designed to take in and secure cash at the point-of-sale he's applying lessons learned from the gaming business and how to keep organized crime out and helped newly legal businesses comply with the law how do you get rid of the organized crime in these type of businesses is by having solid compliance there's no secret about it the biggest coup for the nascent industry came last week as Microsoft became the first large company to dip its toe into the marijuana business the software giant announced a partnership to sell government compliant software with a Los Angeles based startup called kind financial you know marijuana the cannabis industry any way you want to look at it or slice it it's the fastest growing industry in America Don Morrison his colleagues at the Oregon cannabis Business Council continue to push legislators for more access to the banking system but all of that is likely going to have to wait for more action out of Washington DC for nightly Business Report I'm Aiman Jeffers in Portland Oregon