• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Fringe Banking in Milwaukee : The Rise of Check-Cashing Businesses and the Emergence of a Two-Tiered Banking System : The Rise of Check-Cashing Businesses and the Emergence of a Two-Tiered Banking System
  • Beteiligte: Squires, Gregory D.; O'Connor, Sally
  • Erschienen: SAGE Publications, 1998
  • Erschienen in: Urban Affairs Review
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1177/107808749803400106
  • ISSN: 1078-0874; 1552-8332
  • Schlagwörter: Urban Studies ; Sociology and Political Science
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p> Check-cashing businesses constitute a growing industry, particularly in low-income and non-white 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. </jats:p>