The wikipedia entry for "community banks" is four lines long. That's not saying much about one of the most important collection of businesses in our economy.
Dennis Santiago | Posted 05.25.2011
The City Council of Los Angeles voted 12-0 today to require banks doing business with the City to report on the details of their local reinvestment in the community.
Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011
Obama made a bold move engaging conservative senators on state-run health care. If he keeps this up he may win big time, installing a "hybrid" of federal and state-run solutions for health care reform.
Stacy Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011
Big banks impose much higher costs on their customers than small banks and credit unions do. Moving our money could save us billions of dollars a year.
Stacy Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011
Big banks have constricted lending, making small banks the key to restoring the flow of credit. But their capacity to do so during a recession hinges on whether the Senate reauthorizes a key loan-guarantee program.
Stacy Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011
As we start down the path of breaking up with the big banks and defending our own economic interests and that of our communities, we should think about the whole range of financial services we use.
Ronald D. Paul | Posted 05.25.2011
Last year I urged my hometown, Washington DC, to bank local. I promised that if they deposited with community banks like mine, we could return the funds at a ratio of 2-to-1 with loans to local small businesses.
Dennis Santiago | Posted 05.25.2011
Conventional wisdom says the Move Your Money idea won't make any difference. The conclusion is that ordinary people are irrelevant in the grand scheme of things and this entire thing is futile. If you think this is true, think again.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 01.03.2012
Check out this powerful video and see why you should make it your New Year's resolution to move your money out of a "too big to fail bank" and into a community bank.
Huffington Post | Adam Clark Estes | Posted 05.25.2011
Take the pledge to Move Your Money! Nearly a week ago, Arianna Huffington and Rob Johnson launched the Move Your Money campaign urging Americans to s...
Bill Maher | Posted 05.25.2011
I'm talking to all of you that keep doing your banking at the giant, too big to fail, Wall Street banks that brought our economy to the brink of disaster. It's time to break up with your banker and get the hell out.
Huffington Post | Adam Clark Estes | Posted 05.25.2011
Take the pledge to Move Your Money! As national banks soak up bailout dollars, cut lending, and exploit overdraft fees, a number of Americans have de...
Katy Welter | Posted 05.25.2011