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Occupy The Banks - Let's Roll!: BREAKING: OCCUPY & ANONYMOUS JOIN FORCES
Elected officials serve one purpose — to represent their constituents, the people who voted them into office. Last year, many of our elected officials let us down by giving in to deep-pocketed lobbyists and passing laws meant to boost corporate profits at the expense of individual liberty. Our Senators and Representatives showed how little they cared about personal freedoms when they voted overwhelmingly to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA allows for the indefinite detention of individuals based merely on a suspicion or allegation of sympathizing with questionable groups or causes.
Vergelijking BASIS betaalrekeningen | Van Betaalrekening Veranderen
Als u voor het eerst een betaalrekening kiest, of als u overstapt naar een andere bank, kiest u voor een nieuwe betaalrekening, pinpas etc. Maar wat kost dat precies? Krijgtu rente over uw saldo? Is er ook een creditcard?
Because Of A ZeroHedge Post, Tons Of People Are Worried About A Commodity Market Meltdown On Monday
A few emails like this have hit our inbox this morning: JW, Have you seen this CME margin thing? Isnt this global meltdown on Monday???????????? Seen on 0hedge and The Trader.
WASHINGTON --- Reacting to rising fees at banks, hundreds of thousands of consumers have rushed to credit unions over the past four weeks, and have joined existing credit union members in depositing or shifting billions of savings to credit unions, according to estimates released today by the Credit Union National Assn. (CUNA), the nation’s largest credit union advocacy group. Based on the responses of a nationwide survey of 5,000 credit unions, CUNA estimates that at least 650,000 consumers across the nation have joined credit unions since Sept. 29 (the day Bank of America unveiled its now-rescinded $5 monthly debit card fee). Also during that time, CUNA estimates that credit unions have added $4.5 billion in new savings accounts, likely from the new members and existing members shifting their funds.
Hundreds of Thousands of Consumers, Billions of $$ Move to Credit Unions
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After the event with Wepay, alot of people asked the question, well what else is there? With help from NasdaqEnema, Serve and OkPay were found and looked into. Serve is like Wepay, it caters to USA only. The downside of Serve is you have to register to be able to send money, but when you do, you get 10 dollars for signing up, and your card comes within 3 days of your account opening.
Even in a tight credit market, David Meinert didn't think he'd have a problem getting funding from his bank. He was a model entrepreneur, with good credit and a profitable business earning $2 million in revenue. But when he applied for a relatively small $50,000 line of credit from Chase in late 2010, he got denied in 12 hours, with no explanation. "It was insulting and made no sense, even to the banker. And there was no one to even talk to about it," Meinert says.
More Small Businesses Are Pulling Their Accounts Out Of Big Banks
Earlier today we received the following email from a reader: " RBS systems are down today - ALL of them . I asked whether they knew that HSBC was down yesterday - replied yes - I suggested that they might do well to make an announcement to stop people from getting the right idea 8). The reason for the outage was given as "an update which did not go as expected" Some update - took out ALL their systems I was told.
Are RBS And NatWest The First Victims Of "Bank Transfer Day" | ZeroHedge
US Bank President Richard Davis to disillusioned country: "Get over it" - Minneapolis News - The Blotter
US Bank President Richard Davis addressed the 1% at a Minnesota Chamber of Commerce luncheon this afternoon while the 99% protested outside. The "Golden Boy of Wall Street," as the New York Times recently dubbed him, was there to discuss the chamber's 2012 legislative priorities -- none of which include housing, the foreclosure crisis, or banking issues, although "tax reform" is on the agenda as the body's "major policy initiative." Outside, a group of protesters including Occupy MNers and community leaders rallied to demand banks stop "foreclosing on the American Dream." In a speech lasting about half an hour, Davis did not address the Occupy movement sweeping the country. The banker began his speech to the assembled fat cats by introducing the Boy Scout motto, "Be Prepared," and Minnesota's state motto, "Get prepared." That, Davis said on numerous occasions throughout the speech, was the key to making it through this recession.The clock is ticking. Every second, it seems, someone in the world takes on more debt. The idea of a debt clock for an individual nation is familiar to anyone who has been to Times Square in New York, where the American public shortfall is revealed. Our clock shows the global figure for all (or almost all) government debts in dollar terms. Does it matter?
World debt comparison: The global debt clock | The Economist
Updated at 9:46 a.m. ET WASHINGTON - Jon Corzine stepped down Friday from running the securities firm that collapsed after his disastrous bets on European debt. The move was announced as a criminal probe of the company appeared to be intensifying. The firm, MF Global, said Corzine has resigned as chairman and CEO and will decline payments from a severance package worth $12.1 million, including cash and benefits.