--- description: Welcome to #theBrief, the four stories to know about right now--from the editors of TIME. title: Colorado O.K.s Banking for Pot Dispenseries image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a1bada0141d9ad4/69868e72361760497490be59/168898089.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [The Brief](/tag/the-brief/) ## The Brief Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # High Interest in Colorado: State Approves Banking for Pot Dispensaries by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 8, 2014 4:17 PM CUT  during the High Times US Cannabis Cup at the Exdo Center in Denver on Saturday, April 20, 2013\. Seth A. McConnell, The Denver Post during the High Times US Cannabis Cup at the Exdo Center in Denver on Saturday, April 20, 2013\. Seth A. McConnell, The Denver PostSeth McConnell—Denver Post via Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 8, 2014 4:17 PM CUT Here are the stories TIME is watching this Thursday, May 8: * Pro-Russian [separatists](http://time.com/92177/ukraine-referendum-putin/ "undefined") in eastern Ukraine are going ahead with an autonomy vote despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s calls to postpone it. * Colorado’s legislature [passed](http://time.com/91842/marijuana-banking-colorado/ "undefined") a bill that would give legal marijuana sellers expanded access to banking services. * American fast food workers plan [massive strikes](http://time.com/91213/fast-food-workers-will-go-on-strike-next-week/ "undefined") next week, calling for a pay raise to $15 an hour. * [Nintendo](http://time.com/91308/nintendo-gay-marriage-ban-tomodachi-life/ "undefined") says it does not plan to add same-sex relationships in its simulator game “Tomodachi Life.” The Brief is published daily. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/92470/colorado-pot-banks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/92470/colorado-pot-banks/"},"headline":"High Interest in Colorado: State Approves Banking for Pot Dispensaries","datePublished":"2014-05-08T16:17:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:43:54.036Z","description":"Welcome to #theBrief, the four stories to know about right now--from the editors of TIME.","url":"https://time.com/92470/colorado-pot-banks/","keywords":["The Brief","Marijuana","Ukraine","Wendy's","Vladimir Putin","Mcdonald's","Fast Food","Burger King","Banks"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a1bada0141d9ad4/69868e72361760497490be59/168898089.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a1bada0141d9ad4/69868e72361760497490be59/168898089.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"1st US High Times Cannabis Cup","caption":"1st US High Times Cannabis Cup","creditText":"Seth McConnell—Denver Post via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/the-brief/","name":"The Brief"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/92470/colorado-pot-banks/","name":"High Interest in Colorado: State Approves Banking for Pot Dispensaries"}}]}] ```