http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/960/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/pittsburgh_man_opens_ice_cream_shopbank_and_refuses_shut_down <p>Despite threats of big fines by state banking regulators, the owner of a Shadyside (Pittsburgh, Pa) ice cream shop who opened his own version of a community bank last summer isn't abandoning his mission.</p> <p>"We are taking on the challenge of transforming the retail banking industry," his website states.<br /> "PA dept of banks threatening us ... we keep growing," he tweeted in late December.</p> <p>Instead of deposits he is offering "never-ending gift cards." (More hilarious examples of how this ice cream shop/bank owner is getting around regulations in the article).</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/pittsburgh_man_opens_ice_cream_shopbank_and_refuses_shut_down#comments banks disobedience money News Article Regulation regulations retail banking state regulators Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:49:30 +0000 Erin Jane 28591 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/institutionalized_immorality_banks <p>The 11 most evil things the banking industry did in 2011. List includes illegal debt collection methods.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/institutionalized_immorality_banks#comments banks finance money News Article Consumer Reports Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:21:23 +0000 mattnatehoff 18951 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/judge_orders_wells_fargo_pay_back_203m_fees <p>Banks get accused and charged with fraud when they charge fees and interest in a voluntary contract. The IRS gets away with it without consent and uses the threat of force to extract the money. Which is worse?</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/judge_orders_wells_fargo_pay_back_203m_fees#comments banks income tax irs judge News Article taxes Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:41:43 +0000 joestros 6412 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/protests_break_out_iceland_over_bank_bailout_torches <p>The pictures