by Anthony Colombo | Nov 12, 2021 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking
(Photo by @SANTIAGOAD53 / TWITTER) By Pamela Haines / TRUTHOUT | November 6, 2021 The potential for public banking — or managing taxpayer funds through publicly-controlled financial institutions rather than private banks — first became real to me in the office of my...
by Anthony Colombo | Nov 8, 2021 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking
(Photo by Terrapin Flyer / CC BY-SA 2.0) By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost | November 4, 2021 Just in time for the UN’s policy push for “30 x 30” – 30% of the earth to be “conserved” by 2030 – a new Wall Street asset class puts up for sale the processes...
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...