by Michelle Mosser | Apr 30, 2020 | Commercial Banking, COVID-19, Economics, National, News
Image by Credit Commerce from Pixabay By Nizan Geslevich Packin, Forbes | Apr 25, 2020 In the current environment of medical and economic uncertainty, we all find ourselves desperately seeking safety and stability. In such times of uncertainty, cash is...
by Michelle Mosser | Apr 29, 2020 | California, COVID-19, Local Economies, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo: Debbie Notkin by JCF By Debbie Notikin, Post News Group| Apr 22, 2020 The COVID-19 crisis is shining a bright and unforgiving light on the glaring economic and racial inequalities we live with every day. Public banking is a major step toward a more just and...
by Michelle Mosser | Apr 29, 2020 | Commercial Banking, Economics, News
Photo: Bank of America tower in New York City, NY. By David Phan, Flickr. By Morning Edition, National Public Radio| Apr 22, 2020 Banks handling the government’s $349 billion loan program for small businesses made more than $10 billion in fees — even as...
by Michelle Mosser | Apr 28, 2020 | Economics, Local Economies, New Mexico, New Mexico News, News, Small Business
Photo: Engineers for 3D Glass Solutions work in a clean room in 2018. The company, which manufactures semiconductor chips, secured $12 million in capital last year. (Roberto E. Rosales, Albuquerque Journal) By Kevin Robinson-Avila, Albuquerque Journal | April 27 2020...
by Michelle Mosser | Apr 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Local Economies, New Mexico, New Mexico News, News
Photo: Small businesses on Albuquerque’s Central Avenue. Photo by Ken Lund. By Pilar Martinez, Albuquerque Journal | April 27, 2020 Weekends. Nights. Eighteen-hour work days. These, believe it or not, have become the new “bankers’ hours” amid...
by Michelle Mosser | Apr 27, 2020 | Economics, National, News, Small Business
Photo: The Union Bank & Trust branch at 27th Street and Pine Lake Road in Lincoln, Nebraska. Courtesy hustlermoneyblog.com. By Jeanne Whalen and Renae Merle, The Washington Post | Apr 22, 2020 Working from home, employees hustled to process small-business...