Nov 19 Should bankers take a Hippocratic Oath? By Simone Pathe Thanks to recent financial scandals and fraud, public trust in the financial industry is low. But a new study published in the journal Nature shows that bankers, themselves, aren't dishonest people; the industry makes them behave dishonestly. What is it… Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch Will Apple Pay phase out the wallet? By PBS News Hour From wristwatch to wallet, the cell phone is absorbing more and more forms of personal technology. How does Apple Pay, a new financial transaction service from Apple, affect consumers and how we pay for things? Hari Sreenivasan explores the launch… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch Small businesses increasingly turn to online lenders when banks bail By PBS News Hour Since the financial crisis, small business lending by banks has declined substantially according to federal data. The value of loans of less than $100k is down by more than 18 percent since 2008. But while banks have pulled back, new… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch Sunday, December 15, 2013 South Africa without Mandela, surveillance changes, and living in the cash economy. Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch Life in the cash economy for “underbanked” Americans By PBS News Hour Nearly 20% of low income US households are "underbanked," according to the FDIC. But is providing access to traditional, mainstream financial services the best solution for everyone? A professor does double duty as a New York City check casher and… Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch Saturday, November 23, 2013 By PBS News Hour Margaret Warner from Geneva, press freedom in China and Save to Win lottery programs. Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch Should individuals also be held accountable for the 2008 financial meltdown? Should individuals also be held accountable for the 2008 financial meltdown?… Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch Former JP Morgan Executive Deflects Blame for Billion Dollar Mistake Former JP Morgan Executive Deflects Blame for Billion Dollar Mistake… Continue watching
Jan 09 The LIBOR Scandal: Not that Big a Deal? By Paul Solman Former Barclays chairman Marcus Agius faced the Parliamentary Treasury Select Committee on the LIBOR scandal in London in July. Photo by Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images. One of the biggest business scandals of 2012 was the the manipulation of LIBOR,… Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch Neil Barofsky Lauds Barney, Blasts Dodd-Frank Former TARP cop Neil Barofsky explains why he thinks the big banks should be broken up. Continue watching