By Gabriel Dillard, The Business Journal Businesses located in Fresno’s predominantly minority census tracts missed out on loans totaling nearly $79 million from 2012 to 2015. Looking at Fresno’s low-income census tracts, that figure is $56 million in loans...
OPINION by Dory Rand in Crain’s Chicago Angelica Rosales, a hardworking Latina parent of three children, is living paycheck to paycheck. To cash those paychecks, Rosales often goes to a currency exchange. Her reason for not having a bank...
By Brian Mackey, NPR Illinois 91.9 UIS State financial regulators are recommending an increase in the fees that currency exchanges charge for cashing checks. Opponents say it will hurt Illinois’ poorest residents. Currency exchanges petitioned the state for the...
By Brian Mackey, NPR Illinois 91.9 UIS State financial regulators are recommending an increase in the fees that currency exchanges charge for cashing checks. Opponents say it will hurt Illinois’ poorest residents. Currency exchanges petitioned the state for the higher...
By Andy Dahn, CBS 2 A state panel is considering a proposal that would make currency exchange services more expensive for Illinois residents, and that isn’t sitting well with some. “The department’s proposal would impose double digit rate increases...
By Mary Mitchell, The Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO, September 13 — Antwain Miller, 40, is barely staying afloat. On some days, he puts on his “Lugenia Burns Hope Center” T-shirt and canvases the neighborhood, rallying residents in Bronzeville around issues that...
By Mary Mitchell, The Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO, September 13 — Antwain Miller, 40, is barely staying afloat. On some days, he puts on his “Lugenia Burns Hope Center” T-shirt and canvases the neighborhood, rallying residents in Bronzeville around...
By Andy Dahn, CBS 2 A state panel is considering a proposal that would make currency exchange services more expensive for Illinois residents, and that isn’t sitting well with some. “The department’s proposal would impose double digit rate increases...
By Stacey Baca, ABC 7 CHICAGO, September 13– A push is underway to charge more money when you cash any check at a currency exchange. An association for the companies argued they are making less money, even forcing some...
By Stacey Baca, ABC 7 A push is underway to charge more money when you cash any check at a currency exchange. An association for the companies argued they are making less money, even forcing some to close down....