Fringe banking in Milwaukee: the rise of check-cashing businesses and the emergence of a two-tiered banking system

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 126-149

  Squires, Gregory D ^a   O'Connor, Sally ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; LOW INCOME POPULATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

MILWAUKEE; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0031742965     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107808749803400106     Document Type: Article

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