News Topic: City of New York

The group behind NewBank is pursuing a charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to offer banking services nationwide. ... Read full article

Federal legislation introduced this week by Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., would ensure that taxi drivers don't get taxed on medallion debt that gets forgiven. The bill dovetails with a debt forgiveness plan under development in New York, where hundreds ... Read full article

Representatives of minority- and women-owned small banks from around the country met to discuss how to expand business opportunities. ... Read full article

In a state where laws are unusually favorable to high-cost business lenders, taxi drivers are not the only small-business people getting trapped in loans they can't afford to pay back. The question is, what are policymakers going to do about it? ... Read full article