Citizens United Decision Leaves Industries Free To Battle In California Primary
WASHINGTON -- The race for a newly drawn congressional district in California's Inland Empire is shaping up as a clash of titans. It's not the candida...
WASHINGTON -- The race for a newly drawn congressional district in California's Inland Empire is shaping up as a clash of titans. It's not the candida...
HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 05.24.2012
They say it's not addictive. But every morning, David Chen and Shelly Robertson enter a $2 million jackpot. Unlike MegaMillions, they are not spen...
The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.23.2012
If you were going to sit down and design the opposite of a Wall Street banker, you would probably come up with someone like Patrick Cullen. Cullen ...
Fred R. Becker, Jr. | Posted 05.22.2012
Even as recent headlines detail yet one more investment debacle at a behemoth Wall Street bank, small businesses and credit unions continue to carry the water for America's communities and ultimately, our entire nation's economic well-being.
Credit.com | Posted 05.17.2012
The Temkin Group, a business that consults on and researches customer experiences, has done a new survey of 10,000 consumers to determine which businesses customers are most and least likely to forgive.
Bill Cheney | Posted 05.17.2012
If small business owners want to see more credit available, they need to keep their eye on Washington as much as their local lending institutions. And yes, we need the help.
Gordon Whitman | Posted 05.17.2012
When individuals, religious institutions and local and state governments decide to move their money, it puts direct pressure on banks and on the federal government to change their policies. Cities and states have incredible leverage if they chose to use it.
The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 05.10.2012
Credit unions have seen a rise in membership as big banks have come under scrutiny for their never-ending profit-making measures. While the Occupy...
R. Paul Herman | Posted 04.30.2012
Successful banking in the 21st century will focus on these new fundamentals so that those banks following this approach can truly become "too sustainable to fail."
Curtis Arnold | Posted 04.24.2012
Not all cards are as green as they claim; industry observers often accuse banks of "greenwashing" their most basic cards with logos of well-known charities, without addressing long-term environmental preservation efforts.
Jake Blumgart | Posted 04.24.2012
If moving your money to a credit union won't make Bank of America or Wells Fargo small enough to fail, it is a rational consumer decision. Making the switch may not be a revolutionary act, but it will certainly make your life easier.
J.D. Roth | Posted 05.28.2012
Even if you don't have a retirement plan through your job, you can still save for the future. One of the best ways to do so is through a Roth IRA.
HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 03.22.2012
Earlier this month Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), chairman of the powerful House committee that oversees the financial services industry, was facing a ...
Sen. Mark Udall | Posted 05.22.2012
Colorado small businesses are starving for credit, yet an unnecessary federal regulation is standing in the way, limiting the options available for small-business loans. My bipartisan bill would increase access to capital for small businesses.
HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 03.22.2012
WASHINGTON -- In early February, Alabama Republican Spencer Bachus called for a meeting between two of the most quietly influential interest groups in...
Gary Oakland | Posted 05.20.2012
Credit unions serve more than 90 million Americans and play a key role in supporting our economic recovery. Unfortunately, current law imposes requirements which unfairly penalize healthy credit unions for growing to meet the needs of their members.
Michael Winship | Posted 05.15.2012
On Ash Wednesday, churches in San Francisco announced they were removing $10 million from Wells Fargo and called on the bank "to put an immediate freeze on its foreclosures and repent for their misconduct." The effort is part of several national campaigns to get consumers and community groups to remove their money from the big banks and transfer accounts to credit unions and smaller financial institutions. We're told that the banks, desperate when thrown a lifeline by taxpayers in 2008, are now stronger and better able to weather a crisis than they were. And yet, they continue to scream in protest and lobby on Capitol Hill against the ignominy of reform. Simple greed -- hey banks, how about giving that up for Lent?
Fred R. Becker, Jr. | Posted 05.15.2012
The nation's credit unions and their nearly 94 million members want to know: If not now, then when will the Congress get serious about real efforts to create jobs and improve access to credit for America's Main Street businesses?
Bill Cheney | Posted 05.14.2012
More than 1.3 million people joined credit unions in 2011. The gain is strong evidence that consumers are fed up with high bank fees and are leaving in large numbers for credit unions. But when you dig a bit deeper into the numbers, the results are even more significant.
Ryann Blackshere | Posted 05.14.2012
College students excitedly anticipate opening their mailboxes to find care packages filled with food, school supplies, and other college essentials sent from mom and dad. But for students who grew up in foster care, the care packages don't often come.
The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.07.2012
Tired of giving business to big banks? Maybe you can become the state's customer instead. More U.S. states are exploring the possibility of establi...
The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 03.02.2012
Credit unions are booming as big banks take increasingly desperate measures to make money off of consumers. Membership in credit unions more than ...
Eli Lehrer | Posted 04.03.2012
Republicans need to look for more creative ways to fight burdensome government regulations. They can -- and should -- start by looking at credit union lending.
The Huffington Post | Posted 01.28.2012
Don't like keeping all of your money stuffed underneath the mattress? That could cost you a pretty penny. Banks collected $29.5 billion in overdra...
Edward Murray | Posted 02.14.2012
Thousands of people across the world are actively maintaining the front line of the Occupy movement; this article is not for those people.
HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.26.2012