by Anthony Colombo | Apr 20, 2017 | Commercial Banking, National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Santa Fe
While the city of Santa Fe encourages people to shop and invest locally, the largest chunk of taxpayer money held in city accounts is deposited at Wells Fargo, part of a big Wall Street bank that has been under scrutiny for fraudulent account practices. Wells Fargo...
by Anthony Colombo | Apr 8, 2017 | Commercial Banking, Monetary Policy, National, News
Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari told CNBC on Friday banks need “about twice as much” rainy-day capital to effectively address “too big to fail,” which put U.S. taxpayers on the hook to bail out Wall Street firms during the...
by Anthony Colombo | Jan 18, 2017 | Commercial Banking, National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Santa Fe
Come the fall, the city government could sever ties with a bank that’s helping to fund the Dakota Access Pipeline. Santa Fe in 2013 approved a four-year contract with Wells Fargo, agreeing to pay the bank about $449,000 over the period for fiscal agent services. But...
by Anthony Colombo | Dec 29, 2016 | Commercial Banking, Monetary Policy, National, News
Source: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation In 1934 the U.S. had 14,146 commercial banks holding insured deposits. By 1985, that number had barely budged, standing at 14,417. Then came the Bill Clinton administration in the 1990s and its reckless and unprecedented...
by Anthony Colombo | Nov 17, 2016 | Commercial Banking, National, News
NEW YORK — Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari outlined a dramatic proposal that he says will all but eliminate the risk of another financial crisis, albeit at a cost that is nearly quadruple that of the current post-crisis regulatory framework....
by Anthony Colombo | Sep 28, 2016 | Commercial Banking, National, News, Public Banking
Announcement comes three weeks after Wells Fargo agreed to pay $185m in penalties after an audit found the bank used aggressive, illegal sales tactics Wells Fargo executives will forfeit millions of dollars in the wake of revelations that the bank’s sales...