Local Banking

Banking for the Common Good: Laying the foundations of safe, sustainable, stakeholder banking in Scotland

Author / Creator: Gemma Bone

Media type: Policy Paper

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Not-for-profit “People’s Banks” should be established in Scotland’s regions to offer banking services to local people and business. These would be part of a “People’s Banking Network” A “Scottish National Investment Bank” would help establish these institutions by offering seed funding and structural support.