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...
Oct 12, 2022 | Economic Justice, Municipal Issues
Our Massachusetts campaign gets a nice mention in this Next City article on public banking as a mayoral campaign issue. Behind the need for public banks is the broader need for equitable lending, especially to BIPOC- and women-owned businesses. Locally, Boston...
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...
