by Michelle Mosser | Oct 9, 2020 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo by ByteForByte / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 By Oscar Perry Abello, Next City | October 8, 2020 Banking is personal for Derek Green. After graduating high school in 1988, he landed a summer internship with Meridian Bank in Philadelphia’s exclusive Society Hill...
by Michelle Mosser | Oct 5, 2020 | News, COVID-19, Public Bank, Public Banking, Small Business
Photo courtesy Pixabay By Darryl C. Murphy, The Philadelphia Tribune | October 2, 2020 An independent report commissioned by the City of Philadelphia recommended the creation of a public bank that would allow city government to loan directly to small businesses. The...
by Michelle Mosser | Oct 2, 2020 | News, Postal Banking, Public Bank, Public Banking, The Unbanked
Image courtesy paymentsjournal.com By McKenna Moore, Fortune | September 30, 2020 Postal banking is a form of public banking that would guarantee every American with a postal address a bank account. Over 6% of Americans—20.5 million people—are unbanked,...
by Michelle Mosser | Sep 30, 2020 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Mark Levine, a Manhattan Democrat seen here in 2019, is the sponsor of two bills that would boost transparency around the huge sums of tax revenue New York City squirrels away before using it to fund city operations. Photo by Jeff Reed for the New York City Council....
by Michelle Mosser | Sep 22, 2020 | News, COVID-19, Economics, Environment, Public Bank, Public Banking
Man carrying bundle of rice in Quezon, Philippines. Public banks are expected to expand debt relief and protect the rights of local communities affected by development projects, among other decisions that spur sustainability, say campaigners. Image: Danilo...
by Michelle Mosser | Sep 9, 2020 | News, COVID-19, Local Economies, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo by Vladimir Solomyani on Unsplash By Darryl C. Murphy/WHYY, The Philadelphia Tribune | September 8, 2020 Amid the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has exposed systemic inequities, some say a public bank could be a key asset to...