by Anthony Colombo | Oct 14, 2017 | Public Bank, Economics, Local Economies, National, News, Public Banking
Dispatches from the Urban Resistance: Alameda to Elyria and beyond. By Jimmy Tobias | SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 | The Nation The progressive left is at its best when it combines visionary politics with pragmatic action, when it makes people’s lives better in a...
by Anthony Colombo | Oct 14, 2017 | Local Economies, Environment, National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
By Ali Tadayon | East Bay Times | October 6, 2017 OAKLAND — Advocates for a public bank in Oakland are looking to Germany for inspiration, as that country’s public banks fund a large portion of the renewable energydevelopment. During a community forum hosted Sept. 25...
by Anthony Colombo | Sep 24, 2017 | New LTE, News
By Rachel Stofocik and Mark Paris | 9-24-17 | New Mexican Berl Brechner (“Is public banking sound policy for city?,” My View, Sept. 17), is concerned that public banking may be too “complex” in a city “where auditors routinely find flaws.” Brechner and your readers...
by Anthony Colombo | Sep 23, 2017 | New LTE, News
by George Gamble | September 23, 2017 Is public banking sound policy for Santa Fe? Berl Brechner (“Is public banking sound policy for city?,” My View, Sept. 17), raises an appropriate question, but he appears to be critical of the systematic educational and...
by Anthony Colombo | Aug 31, 2017 | Commercial Banking, National, News
By Samantha Masunaga and James Rufus Koren | Los Angeles Times | August 31, 2017 Wells Fargo & Co. said Thursday it may have created as many as 3.5 million checking, savings and credit card accounts without customers’ authorization over the last eight years — a...
by Anthony Colombo | Aug 31, 2017 | Commercial Banking, Local Economies, National, News, Public Bank, Santa Fe
By Tripp Stelnicki|The New Mexican|August 31, 2017 City councilors on Wednesday approved a four-year contract extension with Wells Fargo as the city’s fiscal agent. Councilors, both for and against the measure, expressed trepidation over the extension through 2021,...