One of the most significant consequences of the consolidation of banking over the last decade is how much it has hindered the economy’s ability to...
Perhaps we’re not doomed to an economy controlled by a few giant corporations after all. A growing number of signs suggest that local, independent businesses...
A top Federal Reserve official says that locally owned banks do a better job of serving communities and small businesses, but they are threatened by...
Just as CSAs have played a key role in the rebirth of small-scale farms, so too are new community-supported enterprise models helping to launch a...
How do we change course and revive a banking system that is more local and responsive to the needs of communities?… Read More
This guide will walk you through the steps of moving your bank account. You can download this a flyer to distribute in your community.… Read...
Here are the most compelling reasons to move your money to a locally owned bank or credit union. You can download this as flyer to...
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...
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...