Cash America Exits Colorado and Mexico

In late August Cash America International Inc. announced it exited two non-strategic markets by selling 47 pawnshops in Mexico and 5 in Colorado. It’s hard to see why a country as large as Mexico, especially one that has growth in areas serving the unbanked,...

Operation Choke Point Expands to Include Casinos

Far from fading away, Operation Choke Point seems to be expanding to include casinos. “Operation Choke Point is a joint DOJ and FDIC program that allows these federal agencies to intimidate banks and payment processors into ending financial relationships with...

September – Gold’s Best Performing Month

CEO and chief investment officer for U.S. Global Investors, Frank Holems, wrote an article for business insider that shows how September has been the best performing month of the year for gold since 1969. He outlines some of the main drivers for this, one being that...