Jun 10, 2023 | Community Banking, Economic Justice, Municipal Issues
The Public Bank LA coalition has done amazing organizing work not only in terms of building together a people’s movement for a municipal bank but in bringing in experts to scope out need and to propose ways of establishing a sustainable, transparent, accountable...
Feb 1, 2022 | Community Banking, Small Business
Our January 27 press conference brought together legislative, environmental, and community development leaders to advocate for current public banking legislation, and the press has taken notice. John Chesto noted the press conference in his column, with a nod to the...
Mar 18, 2021 | Community Banking, Economic Justice, Municipal Issues, Small Business
by Ben Frogel Working at Central One Federal Credit Union through the Banking Finance Internship at Westborough High School, I understand the importance of local banking. Central One understands its members’ needs in a way that a national bank cannot because it is...
Mar 16, 2021 | Community Banking
In late January, the Public Banking Institute hosted a town hall in coordinaton with Senator James Sanders, chair of the New York Senate Banking Committee, and Rep. Victor Pichardo, chair of the Assembly Banking Committee. The guest speaker was Eric Hardmeyer,...
