by Anthony Colombo | May 9, 2018 | Economics, Local Economies, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Santa Fe
By T. S. Last / Journal Staff Writer Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 at 9:40pm SANTA FE, N.M. — Santa Fe is not ready for a public bank, but the city should work with the Legislature and state officials to look into creating a public bank at the state level that Santa Fe and...
by Anthony Colombo | Mar 25, 2018 | Commercial Banking, Economics, National, New Jersey, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
March 25, 2018 – American Banker, Laura Alix Call it Bank of North Dakota envy. Whenever they are frustrated with the services provided by traditional banks — or lack thereof — public officials will float the idea of creating a government-owned bank that, similar to...
by Anthony Colombo | Mar 20, 2018 | Local Economies, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Santa Fe, The Unbanked
By Tripp Stelnicki | The New Mexican | March 20, 2018 The city’s public bank task force will not recommend that the municipal government pursue a Public Bank of Santa Fe, according to a draft of the panel’s final report. Instead, after finding the establishment of a...
by Anthony Colombo | Mar 9, 2018 | Commercial Banking, National, New Jersey, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
At the 2016 Princeton Community Democratic Organization annual picnic, a pair of activists approached Phil Murphy with an unconventional idea: A public bank for New Jersey. Murphy, a longtime banker with Goldman Sachs, heard the activists out. Then, when he announced...
by Anthony Colombo | Feb 4, 2018 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking
by JOSHUA SABATINI | sfexaminer.com | 2/4/18 San Francisco has assembled a 16-member task force to study launching a public bank to fund affordable housing development, low-interest loans for low-income residents and cutting ties with the Wall Street banks that do not...
by Anthony Colombo | Jan 18, 2018 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking
by gophouse.org | 1/18/18 State Rep. Martin Howrylak, of Troy, today formally introduced a bipartisan package of bills that would create and maintain a state bank. The bank would be authorized to engage in limited banking activities, including the facilitation of...