A savings and loan group that began in a Nairobi slum gives members economic empowerment, access to childcare, and education for their children.
Despite a recent government initiative aimed at providing financial services to women in India, the populations most in need of assistance aren't seeing the benefits.
The percentage difference between women and men with bank accounts hasn't shifted in seven years. Experts say better products need to be made to address this problem.
The scandal-ridden bank appears to have improperly charged fees to customers from Los Angeles to Oregon.
Wells Fargo is atoning for its fake account scandal by loaning $60 billion to African-American homeowners, but years of reverse redlining lawsuits underscore just how deep the problems at the bank go.
Almost a year after the #BankBlack campaign first began, will black-owned backs be able to sustain the momentum and attract younger clienteles?
It seems certain that the political economy textbooks of the future will include a chapter on the experience of Greece in 2015.
As congressional critics push for reform of Wall Street’s lead regulator, Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen says more of the decisions on bank oversight have shifted to Washington, D.C.
For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.
From the first day of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival to the presidential elections in Afghanistan, dates you might want to watch.
As hedge funds, private equity firms, and other asset managers that make up the shadow banking system gradually take over the role of lending, their risks—and the borrowed money they use to make them—are largely shielded from view.
Lawyer Carmen Segarra said she was pressured to change her finding that the way Goldman Sachs managed conflicts of interest was flawed.
How to save the Postal Service—and protect ordinary Americans from financial predators—in one easy step: bring back postal banking!
The former chief economist for the IMF discusses the unfairness of the existing American financial infrastructure and the complex policy prescriptions that seek a remedy.
Psychologists tie the reluctance to protest Wall Street bailouts to a deep-seated need to justify the status quo.
One small rural bank's humorous effort to expand succeeds fair and square, only to raise the eyebrows of the regulators tasked to oversee its health.
A Swedish idea that creates an insurance fund for preserving big banks — but not necessarily their bosses or shareholders — needs to return from the dead.
Will it give European intelligence agencies access to U.S. banking records?
Opponents and (the much quieter) partisans of tax havens both see their causes as 'leveling playing fields,' but they seem to be playing different games, one featuring U.S. taxpayers and the other international tax rates.
Our addiction to easy credit — and aversion to thrift — got us into this mess. The withdrawal may be painful for policymakers and consumers alike.
A Wisconsin couple are starting a local bank with a national footprint and a global mission — serving the deaf in a manner that recognizes their culture and specific needs.
During a period of wide economic uncertainty, credit unions and community banks squared off for another round in their competition to continue making honest loans — perhaps for naught.