by Michelle Mosser | Feb 23, 2022 | Economics, National, News, Public Bank
NEXT CITY, by Oscar Perry Abello February 17, 2022 The stated mission of the proposed Philadelphia Public Financial Authority is to support Black-owned businesses and other businesses in neighborhoods that have historically lacked access to credit. (photo:...
by Michelle Mosser | Feb 10, 2022 | Bank of North Dakota, National, News, Public Bank, Student Loans
ONLABOR, By Travis Lavenski January 12, 2022 (Above: First State Bank, Osnabrock North Dakota) Since the Great Recession in 2008, a surge of discourse regarding public banking has emerged. Commonly pushed as a core piece of progressive legislation, states...
by Michelle Mosser | Feb 10, 2022 | National, New Jersey, News, Public Bank
The Washington Examiner, By T.A. DeFeo | The Center Square January 5, 2022 New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said he intends to follow through with plans to open a state-owned bank. In November 2019, Murphy signed Executive Order No. 91 to create the Public Bank...
by Michelle Mosser | Feb 10, 2022 | California, Commercial Banking, National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, The Unbanked
The Seattle Times, By Elaine S. Povich | stateline.org December 19, 2021 Unlike commercial banks, the mission of public banks would be to invest in public priorities such as affordable housing, small business loans or infrastructure projects. Most could offer...
by Leila Salim | Dec 28, 2021 | Economics, National, News, Public Banking
Image by Images Money / CC BY 2.0 By Ellen Brown / CounterPunch | December 28, 2021 The Fed has options for countering the record inflation the U.S. is facing that are far more productive and less risky than raising interest rates. The Federal Reserve is caught...
by Leila Salim | Dec 24, 2021 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking
People pass a check cashing service center in Brooklyn, New York. Backers of state-run banks say the institutions could help people open accounts by reducing typical bank charges and fees, allowing people to stop using expensive check cashing services.Bebeto...