Mississippi Business Journal » Ed Sivak http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Report urges action for state’s un-banked http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/15/report-urges-action-for-state%e2%80%99s-un-banked/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=report-urges-action-for-state%25e2%2580%2599s-un-banked http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/15/report-urges-action-for-state%e2%80%99s-un-banked/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 06:00:32 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=41221 Mississippi households without checking accounts are double the national average, says a Mississippi Economic Policy Center report that urges the financial sector and communities to initiate more financial education among youngsters and adults and create more access to banking services. The report calls for several actions its authors think can transform more Mississippians into consumers [...]

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