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FRINGE BANKING IN MILWAUKEE.
- Source :
- Urban Affairs Review; Sep98, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p126-149, 24p, 5 Charts, 2 Maps
- Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- Check-cashing businesses constitute a growing industry, particularly in low-income and nonwhite neighborhoods. This case study of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, finds that check-cashing businesses are concentrated in the central city while conventional banks are concentrated in outlying city and suburban communities. These services are growing, despite relatively high fees, primarily because of their convenient hours and locations for central-city residents, exclusionary behavior by conventional institutions, and financial problems of area households. More effective marketing by conventional banks and more aggressive enforcement of community reinvestment requirements by regulatory agencies would blunt development of two-tiered banking and facilitate revitalization of distressed communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CHECK cashing services
BANKING industry
CONSUMERS
CUSTOMER services
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10780874
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Urban Affairs Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 1005208
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/107808749803400106