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Study: Santa Fe public bank is feasible
By T.S. Last / Journal Staff WriterJanuary 14, 2016 / 10:03am SANTA FE — Starting up a public bank in Santa Fe is feasible and could potentially improve fiscal management, create a healthier local lending climate, and generate better interest rate margins for the city, according to a consultant’s report released Wednesday.In addition, the […]
City could save money with public bank, study finds
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 9:30 pm | Updated: 6:00 am, Thu Jan 14, 2016. By Bruce Krasnow / The New Mexican A feasibility study released Wednesday concluded that the city of Santa Fe could save money by establishing a public bank. Currently, when the city needs money to build roads, recreation centers, sewer lines, […]
Santa Fe, NM Public Banking Press Conference
City of Santa Fe / January 13, 2016
Public Banking Could Be What New Mexico Needs
Santa Fe is researching the feasibility of a chartered public bank. This type of bank is different from a traditional bank in that its sole purpose would be to accept deposits of our community funds gathered from taxes, fines, etc. Instead of depositing our public money with Wells Fargo or Citibank, which charge big fees […]
Public Banking in Santa Fe Fiesta Parade
On September 13th BankingOnNewMexico rolled out a new Public Banking campaign at the Fiesta Desfile de la Gente (Historical / Hysterical parade). Fiestas have been celebrated in Santa Fe for 301 years. This beautiful ’59 Chevy Truck helped introduce many thousands of celebrants to Public Banking, most of whom have a strong sense of cultural […]
Banking On N.M.
“The public Bank of North Dakota is a watermelon. A Public Bank of Santa Fe would be a peach. Both are sweet.” So said Nichoe Lichen, volunteer with the WeArePeopleHere grass-roots initiative, Banking On New Mexico. A growing number of Santa Feans are joining a growing number of communities across the United States, as we […]
Nichoe Lichen on Darla Brewer’s show, New Era Economy, KSFR 101.1
Darla Brewer, NEW ERA ECONOMY KSFR 101.1, interviewed Nichoe Lichen, Banking on New Mexico, on Sunday August 2. This is the link to hear that interview: August 2nd, New Era Economy, Darla Brewer interviews Nichoe Lichen NEW ERA ECONOMY is a wonderful new KSFR program that features Santa Feans who are helping to unfold a new […]
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Episode: Everyone deserves a public bank
“I had the good fortune to work on this initiative before Bernie kidnapped all my time. This is one of those no-brainer initiatives that only the 1% could oppose. It has the potential to save the state millions of dollars by vastly reducing the cost of its bonds to improve infrastructure funding. in a public bank, our state funds can be used to build our local economy and our local infrastructure.”
– Paul Gibson
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