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I believe something like 10% of NYC is unbanked.

• mullen 6y ago
  Of hand, I believe it is a lot higher than that. I listen to an NPR (Or was it NYTimes?) podcast that interviewed working poor people and the number thrown around was that something like 40% of Americans working poor are unbanked with some areas of the country upwards of 60% (I think they said certain zip codes in Queens) are unbanked. What really stings working poor people from using banks are the hidden fees. There needs to be cheap and no frills banking for the poor.
  • NovemberWhiskey 6y ago
    Banks are required to offer such accounts by law in NY: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/consumers/banking_money/basic_bank_accounts https://www.dfs.ny.gov/consumers/banking_money/basic_bank_ac... Do you mean even cheaper and less frills than that?
• missedthecue 6y ago
  It's not for lack of banking locations.