Banking & vendor atlas
Institutions publicly named for cannabis-related business banking, with certainty tags. Not a payment product and not an endorsement. Verify independently before onboarding.
Last verified: 2026-10-08, datePublished: 2026-09-22
Sources
Organization: MN Commerce Cannabis Banking Guidance + named public sources (see atlas seed)
As of: Gather 2026-09-22 CT; re-verified 2026-10-08 CT
Revision / notes: Not an endorsement. Aggregator directories are leads only.
URL: Commerce guidance PDFNamed institutions
From the Hub's banking atlas research.
| Institution | Category | Certainty | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Cloud Financial Credit Union St. Cloud | credit_union | primary | Cannabis Checking + Cannabis Money Market on own site Source |
| First Alliance Credit Union | credit_union | secondary_unverified | Star Tribune secondary — unverified product roster Source |
| Bridgewater Bank City source St. Louis Park | bank | primary | Cannabis Business Checking, money market, cash logistics and treasury services on own site; serves MN hemp and adult-use businesses Source |
| Magnifi Financial | credit_union | third_party_unverified | Solvent.io third-party; Magnifi homepage HTTP 406 to curl — unverified Source |
| United Prairie Bank Mankato | bank | primary | Cannabis Business Checking, lending, cash management on own site; serves businesses licensed or seeking licensing in MN Source |
| MidCountry Bank Bloomington | bank | primary | Cannabis Checking, lending, cash logistics (Empyreal) on own site; cannabis page names no state, but all branches are in MN (HQ Bloomington) Source |
| Herring Bank Amarillo, TX Out-of-state (Texas) bank with a Minnesota cannabis banking page | bank | primary | Out-of-state (Texas) bank with a Minnesota cannabis banking page. No Minnesota branch listed (TX/OK/CO branches). Corporate mailing office in Amarillo, TX. Its page says Herring can recommend compliant armored couriers. Page change date 2025-06-02 Source |
Sources: Minnesota Department of Commerce · St. Cloud Financial Credit Union · Star Tribune (secondary) · Bridgewater Bank · Solvent.io (third-party) · United Prairie Bank · MidCountry Bank · Herring Bank, MN Commerce Cannabis Banking Guidance PDF, as of 2024-01-05 (Hub capture 2026-09-22); 2026-09-22 (Hub capture 2026-10-08); 2025 (Hub capture 2026-09-22); 2026-10-08 (Hub capture 2026-10-08); n/a (Hub capture 2026-09-22); 2025-06-02 (Hub capture 2026-10-08). Some of these sources are press reports or leads we have not confirmed. They are shown for context only and excluded from reported metrics. · Includes non-metric lead(s), secondary_press/unverified excluded from KPIs
Vendor gaps
The MPCA cannabis businesses page covers rules and permits but has no named waste-vendor roster. No state-published insurer list has been found yet.
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Key finding: Five institutions in our atlas advertise cannabis business banking on their own websites as of October 8, 2026: St. Cloud Financial Credit Union, Bridgewater Bank, United Prairie Bank, MidCountry Bank, and Texas-based Herring Bank, which publishes a Minnesota cannabis banking page. Other names come from press or directory reports we have not verified.
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MN Cannabis Hub. "Cannabis Banking in Minnesota: Which Banks and Credit Unions Serve It." Last verified October 8, 2026. https://mncannabishub.com/research/banking-atlas
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