In the perilous aftermath of one of the worst financial disasters in U.S. history, one might expect credit unions — which, after all, are mostly...
One of the more menacing amendments circling the financial reform bill is a proposal by Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) that would bar states from enforcing...
While the number of miles logged going to work, social events, and other activities declined over the last decade, the number of miles families drive...
Is your community organization or local business alliance thinking about launching a public education campaign to encourage people to move their accounts to locally owned...
Hanging in the balance of the financial reform debate is an issue that has received far less attention than the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, but...
Not one to let a good crisis go to waste, Bank of America managed, in the dark days of 2008, to parlay its own insolvency...
Those who wonder whether public anger at big banks and the Move Your Money sentiment sweeping the country is substantial enough to impact these giants...
What journalists and even environmentalists so often fail to do in reporting on Walmart’s sustainability announcements is to provide context.… Read More
The biggest banks impose much higher fees on their customers than small financial institutions do. This is exactly the opposite of what was promised in...
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Stacy Mitchell, senior researcher for ILSR, joins Rick Hoffstetter, the President and CEO of Lighthouse Bank to discuss the national Move Your Money campaign on...
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Although small and mid-sized banks control only 22 percent of all bank assets, they account for 54 percent of small business lending. Big banks, meanwhile,...