by Michelle Mosser | Mar 8, 2022 | National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Philadelphia Business Journal, by Ryan Sharrow, Editor in Chief, March 3, 2022 (photo by Laura Smythe / Philadelphia Business Journal) City Council voted on Thursday to create the Philadelphia Public Financial Authority, a move that positions the city to launch the...
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 | Jan 7, 2022 | AFLEP in New Mexico, AFLEP News, New Mexico, New Mexico News, Public Bank, Public Banking
By Dorothy Gamble — Green Fire Times | Jan/Feb, 2022 Currently, New Mexico’s money—three to nine billion dollars on any given day—is deposited and managed globally for profit elsewhere. The proposed Public Bank of New Mexico (PBNM) would safely invest our taxes and...