by Michelle Mosser | Feb 23, 2020 | Commercial Banking, National, News, The Unbanked
By Jordana Rosenfeld, VICE | January 7, 2020 Lawmakers and activists are proposing a digital payment platform and currency to help millions of New Yorkers without bank accounts. For millions of people in the US, exclusion from the banking system is simply a...
by Michelle Mosser | Jan 29, 2020 | Commercial Banking, National, New Jersey, News, Public Banking
By Alan Kline, Laura Alix, Kevin Wack, Andy Peters, Dean Anason, Jon Prior, Penny Crosman, AMERICAN BANKER | Jan 12, 2020 In banking circles, the biggest story of 2019 was unquestionably the blockbuster merger between longtime rivals BB&T and SunTrust...
by Michelle Mosser | Jan 16, 2020 | Local Economies, New Mexico News, News, Public Bank
By Michael McDevitt, Las Cruces Sun-News / Jan 8, 2020 Las Cruces says New Mexico should consider a public bank. At its Monday meeting, the first of the year, the Las Cruces City Council voted to support New Mexico exploring the feasibility of a state public...
by Michelle Mosser | Jan 3, 2020 | California, Local Economies, National, New Mexico, News, Public Banking
By Evan Weinberger, Bloomberg Law / Jan 2, 2020 A California law has energized public banking advocates around the country New York and other states are moving ahead with legislation and studies aimed at creating public banks A California law allowing municipalities...
by Michelle Mosser | Jan 3, 2020 | Local Economies, National, New Jersey, News, Public Banking
photo courtesy of Bank of North Dakota Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy wants New Jersey to become the second state with a public bank in the United States By Mike Catalini, Associated Press / Dec 20, 2019 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy...
by Michelle Mosser | Dec 3, 2019 | New Jersey, News, Public Banking
Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. By Phil Murphy – Phil Murphy for Governor (CC BY 2.0) By Mike Catalini, Associated Press / Nov 13, 2019 NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey would become the second state with a publicly run bank — after North Dakota and its...