Keeping Up With the Kards The Kardashians aren't merely icons of public humiliation. They have vilified a great--if fledging--financial innovation, the prepaid account, at tremendous cost to millions of unbanked and underbanked Americans.
Updated Mon Feb 14, 2011
The Consumer Finance Cops Are on Your Tweet Last week, the vaunted and controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) came quietly online. Their new website, ConsumerFinance.gov, portrays the new agency as new-school, social media aware, but also as Gotham-style old-fashioned cop.
Updated Mon Feb 7, 2011
What Financial Freedom? Instead of fighting about consumer protections verses consumer demand, we should collectively aspire to create world-class financial freedom in America. It is good for people, it is good for business, and it's darn patriotic.
Updated Mon Dec 13, 2010
ShoreBank's Demise: Death of a Brand and Shot in the Arm of Social Capitalism ShoreBank failed last week. It represents the demise of an important brand, but also the success of a powerful idea. ShoreBank is not just one of the 100-odd banks put out of its misery by the FDIC this year, it has been a household name for those of us into social capitalism, community development, micro-lending, double- and triple-bottom line business.
Posted Mon Aug 30, 2010
Who is the Apple of Consumer Finance? Apple? Who is the Apple for America's 60 million un- and underbanked? The obvious contenders are banks, alternative financial services (AFS), and nonprofits. Each has a couple Dells, an HP and perhaps even a Google.
Posted Fri Jul 9, 2010
Look West, Wall Street. Look West. Why is the ATM the last great banking innovation? That's what former Federal Reserve Chairman, Paul Volcker, wonders.
Posted Thu Jun 24, 2010
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