by Anthony Colombo | May 18, 2018 | Commercial Banking, Economics, Monetary Policy, National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Student Loans
By Zac Townsend | San Francisco Chronicle OPINION, May 7, 2018, 6:00pm We should organize San Francisco to prioritize supporting local financial institutions over big banks — some of the least ethical corporations in the United States. Almost every dollar the...
by Anthony Colombo | May 17, 2018 | Local Economies, New Mexico News, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Santa Fe
By Journal North Editorial Board Friday, May 11, 2018 | 12:02am Santa Fe gave the idea of establishing a public bank a shot. But a task force set up by City Hall has determined that startup costs, and “daunting legal and regulatory obstacles” would be too much to...
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...