by Leila Salim | Nov 1, 2021 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Herb Wesson (Photo by Brandon I. Brooks / LA Sentinel) Los Angeles Sentinel The Los Angeles City Council today considers allowing the Legislature Secretary to look for contractors or consultants to help the city establish a public bank. Voting takes place...
by Leila Salim | Oct 21, 2021 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking
(Photo by vistavision / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) By Oscar Perry Abello, Next City | October 12, 2021 If you’re in favor of the status quo when it comes to banking and basic financial services across the country, it hasn’t been a good few weeks for you. And then came last...
by Leila Salim | Oct 18, 2021 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking
MARKETPLACE, by Dylan Miettinen The United States Postal Service has quietly relaunched a banking program that includes check-cashing at a handful of post office locations. The program, which began on Sep. 13 at post offices in Washington D.C., Baltimore, the Bronx,...
by Michelle Mosser | Sep 2, 2021 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo by Erik Drost, Flickr (CC BY 2.0) By Vince Grzegorek, Cleveland Scene | August 30, 2021 A host of sitting elected officials, candidates for mayor and city council, and local organizations have voiced their support for forming a municpal bank exploratory...
by Michelle Mosser | Aug 30, 2021 | Commercial Banking, COVID-19, News
It’s a Wonderful Life, in which the local banker George Bailey (played by James Stewart, left) is the hero © AA Film Archive By Brendan Greeley, Financial Times | August 28, 2021 Darryl Jorgenson steps into his cherry-red Ford pick-up truck and apologises for...
by Michelle Mosser | Aug 16, 2021 | Local Economies, New Mexico, New Mexico News, News
Aztec, NM in San Juan County. By Kent Kanouse, Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) By Daniel J. Chacón, Santa Fe New Mexican | August 13, 2021 A Public Bank of New Mexico can ensure equitable funding for all of New Mexico’s communities and the opportunity to see each...