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5 Ways to Help Your Employees’ Salaries Go Further

If raises aren’t in your budget, you still have the means to help your staffers stretch their dollars. 1. Run an efficient operation In tight times you may not be able to pay workers more. But there are ways you [...]

5 Ways to Help Your Employees’ Salaries Go Further2023-04-11T08:27:17-04:00

Justine Zinkin Is Hearts on Fire’s ‘Visionary of the Week’

Justine Zinkin has that rare combination-- a soft heart  for helping others and a sharp mind for finance. The combination has led her to the top of the non-profit organization, Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners. Neighborhood Trust was founded in 1994 with [...]

Justine Zinkin Is Hearts on Fire’s ‘Visionary of the Week’2019-05-21T15:41:11-04:00

Bank Account Screening Tool Is Scrutinized as Excessive

In her early college years, when Charlette Williams started routinely mismanaging her finances and pushing her checking account balance into the red, she never thought the mistakes would haunt her five years later, she said. Now, she is paying a [...]

Bank Account Screening Tool Is Scrutinized as Excessive2019-05-21T15:31:29-04:00

A.G. Schneiderman Announces Commitment by Capital One to Expand Access to Bank Accounts For Consumers Previously Excluded From the Banking System

Policy Changes Will Help Eliminate Barriers That Unfairly Keep Low-Income New Yorkers And Consumers Nationwide From Opening Checking And Savings Accounts  Schneiderman: New Yorkers Must Have Equal Access To Banking Services  NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today [...]

A.G. Schneiderman Announces Commitment by Capital One to Expand Access to Bank Accounts For Consumers Previously Excluded From the Banking System2019-05-21T15:31:37-04:00

New York Attorney General Supports a Bill Regulating Payroll Cards

After firing a warning shot last July, New York’s attorney general has stepped up his battle against the A.T.M.-style cards that some of the state’s largest employers use to pay their workers. Eric. T. Schneiderman, New York’s top prosecutor, is [...]

New York Attorney General Supports a Bill Regulating Payroll Cards2019-05-21T15:31:44-04:00

Federation Plans to Expand Support for Financial Empowerment in Credit Unions

Credit unions in low-income communities recognize that meeting the financial needs of members often means going beyond simply offering products to also providing education and counseling to help their members utilize products effectively and reach their financial goals. Today more than 1/3 of the [...]

Federation Plans to Expand Support for Financial Empowerment in Credit Unions2019-05-21T15:32:04-04:00
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