by Anthony Colombo | Mar 25, 2018 | Commercial Banking, Economics, National, New Jersey, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
March 25, 2018 – American Banker, Laura Alix Call it Bank of North Dakota envy. Whenever they are frustrated with the services provided by traditional banks — or lack thereof — public officials will float the idea of creating a government-owned bank that, similar to...
by Anthony Colombo | Mar 20, 2018 | Local Economies, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Santa Fe, The Unbanked
By Tripp Stelnicki | The New Mexican | March 20, 2018 The city’s public bank task force will not recommend that the municipal government pursue a Public Bank of Santa Fe, according to a draft of the panel’s final report. Instead, after finding the establishment of a...
by Anthony Colombo | Mar 9, 2018 | Commercial Banking, National, New Jersey, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
At the 2016 Princeton Community Democratic Organization annual picnic, a pair of activists approached Phil Murphy with an unconventional idea: A public bank for New Jersey. Murphy, a longtime banker with Goldman Sachs, heard the activists out. Then, when he announced...
by Anthony Colombo | Feb 22, 2018 | News, Public Banking
by LAURA ALIX | americanbanker.com | 2/22/18 With Massachusetts only months away from allowing the sale of pot for recreational use, the state’s top cannabis regulator is urging policymakers to consider creating a public bank to serve growers and dispensaries that...
by Anthony Colombo | Feb 15, 2018 | Commercial Banking, News
by MARTIN Z BRAUN and BENJAMIN BAIN | Bloomberg | 2/15/18 As U.S. banks were tallying up the billions of dollars in extra profits they’ll reap from the sweeping tax cuts signed into law by President Donald Trump, they were quietly delivering unwelcome news to local...
by Anthony Colombo | Feb 4, 2018 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking
by JOSHUA SABATINI | sfexaminer.com | 2/4/18 San Francisco has assembled a 16-member task force to study launching a public bank to fund affordable housing development, low-interest loans for low-income residents and cutting ties with the Wall Street banks that do not...