Read about some of our strategic partners, and review a case study, articles, and press releases about Bank on San Francisco.
If you're a member of the media, please contact:
Leigh Phillips
415-554-4409
bankonsf@sfgov.org
STRATEGIC PARTNERS
The National League of Cities “Bank on Cities” campaign
The William J. Clinton Foundation “Economic Opportunity” Initiative
CASE STUDY
To learn more about how Bank on San Francisco was created, please download the
program case study
produced by the New America Foundation and the Corporation for Enterprise Development.
MEDIA COVERAGE
Wall Street Journal, January 2008
Beyond Payday Lenders by William J. Clinton and Arnold Schwarzenegger
San Francisco Chronicle, January 2008
Low-income bank accounts proposed
San Francisco Examiner, January 2008
S.F. banking program to be copied by state
National Public Radio (NPR), January 2008
All Things Considered
ABC7 News, December 2007
Under the city ordinance, no new payday lenders will be allowed to set up shop within a quarter of a mile of an existing one
San Francisco Chronicle, December 2007
Program helps low-income S.F. residents start bank accounts
San Francisco Examiner, October 2007
New check-cashing and payday-lending outlets would be prohibited in parts of San Francisco where they are already clustered, under legislation that is on its way to the Board of Supervisors
Opening Day at the Bank, AARP Bulletin, June 2007
It frightened San Francisco caregiver Roy Miller to walk his older and disabled clients through crime-infested neighborhoods in order to reach local check-cashing outlets
Cutting the Cost of Poverty, Business Week, May 2007
Scholars are taking a fresh look at the financial problems of the working poor, and have some new suggestions on how to address them
San Francisco Chronicle, October 2006
Banking program for low-income residents; Mayor, treasurer offer alternative to check-cashing
KQED, National Public Radio, October 2005
“The Un-banked” by Anne Stuhldreher
PRESS RELEASES
01/03/06 – “Bank on San Francisco Teams Up with United Way’s 2-1-1 to Connect Unbanked San Franciscans with Bank Services”
09/28/06 – “Mayor Newsom and Treasurer Cisneros Launch Bank on San Francisco Initiative: San Francisco becomes first city in the nation to create a comprehensive program to bank the unbanked”
Press Release, City and County of San Francisco, Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector
01/24/08 – “Gov. Schwarzenegger to Launch Campaign for More Working Families to Open Bank Accounts”
Press Release, Office of the Governor, State of California
