Put Alternative Financial Services on a Level Playing Field
G. Michael Flores Responds to Tescher Op Ed in American Banker – (July 9, 2012) – American Banker recently ran a thought provoking column by Jennifer Tescher,...
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‘Underbanked’ is an Increasingly Unhelpful Label
Jennifer Tescher Op Ed in American Banker (June 26, 2012) – This month, I spent a few days with some 750 people focused on...
How Banks are Getting Rich Off the Poor
Forbes (April 26, 2012) – It’s not easy being a big bank these days. Consumers hate them, shareholders have beef with them and regulators...
Data From Payday Loan Applicants Sold In Online Auctions
Bloomberg (June 8, 2012) – In the business known as payday lending, one of the biggest players lends no money at all. MoneyMutual.com promises...
While the Headlines Blare Americans Lose 40% of Their Wealth, Income Decline is the Real Horror Story
Economic Populist (June 12, 2012) The Federal Reserve released a report, the 2010 Survey of Consumer Finances. This is a report on household...
More Debit Card Follies and Abuses
New York Times (June 10, 2012) The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau needs to bring transparency to debit card banking. The Federal Reserve made a good...
Financial Innovators Can Find Inspiration in Bay Area
American Banker (June 7, 2012) Bankers, community advocates, innovators and regulators will be converging on San Francisco next week for the Seventh Annual Underbanked Financial...
WILLIAMS: Old Phony Regulations Crimp Financial Innovations
Washington Times (June 3, 2012) Have you ever stopped to think about how the breakup of AT&T revolutionized the information and communications technology market?...
Democrats and Republicans Agree: We Need More Startups [TCTV]
TechCrunch (March 15, 2012) We’re in the thick of a presidential election year here in the United States, which means that Democrats and Republicans...
Stop Whining, Start Self Regulating
American Banker (February 28, 2012) It’s about time banks stop whining about increased regulation and do something to get ahead of it. Complaining about...