by Anthony Colombo | Feb 22, 2015 | News, Public Banking
by Matt Stannard | February 18, 2015 American Banker, founded in 1836, is America’s oldest and most important banking journal. Over half a million people read its five day-a-week news site every month, and over 35,000 people subscribe to the print version. Independent...
by Anthony Colombo | Feb 22, 2015 | Local Economies, News, Public Banking
By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt, Posted on Feb 12, 2015 In November 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Bank of North Dakota (BND), the nation’s only state-owned bank, “is more profitable than Goldman Sachs Group Inc., has a better credit rating than J.P....
by Anthony Colombo | Feb 14, 2015 | Environment, Local Economies, News, Public Banking
Banking on the Environment A growing movement in Boulder sees public banking as the answer to a greener future By Caitlin Rockett Boulder Weekly, Thursday, February 5, 2015 Banking might not seem like the answer to a healthier environment, but there’s a growing...
by Anthony Colombo | Feb 9, 2015 | News, Public Banking
By Mike Krauss Bucks County Courier Times, February 9, 2015 Across the nation, in Pennsylvania and more than two dozen state legislatures and city councils, a well organized effort is underway to create a new tool to insure sound municipal finances and economic...
by Anthony Colombo | Feb 1, 2015 | News, Public Banking
Posted: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 10:30 pm | Updated: 10:56 pm, Wed Jan 28, 2015. By Daniel J. Chacón The New Mexican | The City Council approved a $50,000 contract Wednesday with a local firm that will investigate the business, financial and economic feasibility of...
by Anthony Colombo | Jan 18, 2015 | News, Public Banking
The Scope of Work for the City of Santa Fe public banking Feasibility Study was released January 16, 2015. Thanks to City Staff for keeping our project moving forward so quickly. Here’s the schedule to make it official and it’s moving fast. Tuesday, January 20...