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Andrade Applauds ‘Bank On” Plan to Protect Consumers

Aug 22, 2019 | Andrade

CHICAGO – State Rep. Jaime Andrade, D-Chicago, is applauding efforts by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Comptroller Susana Mendoza to protect consumers through the creation of the “Bank On” initiative. The program, signed into law last week, aims to expand the number of...

Ortiz-Backed Measure Expanding Access to Banking Services to Underserved Communities Signed into Law

Aug 21, 2019 | Ortiz

CHICAGO – Underserved communities, which tend to be low-income and immigrant, will have expanded access to banking services under a new law backed by state Rep. Aaron Ortiz, D-Chicago. “It’s unacceptable that working-class communities often lack the choice of basic...

Meyers-Martin Moves Illinois Bank On Initiative to the House Floor

May 15, 2019 | Meyers-Martin

SPRINGFIELD, Ill –Legislation sponsored by state Representative Debbie Meyers-Martin, D-Olympia Fields, to assist the unbanked and underbanked population in Illinois to gain accessibility to traditional retail banking products, recently advanced out of the House State...

Meyers-Martin Moves Illinois Bank On Initiative to the House Floor

May 9, 2019 | Meyers-Martin

SPRINGFIELD, Ill –Legislation sponsored by state Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin, D-Olympia Fields, to help lift people out of poverty recently advanced out of the House State Government Administration Committee.“Families without bank accounts and other basic financial...