Michael Leger
Beyond Financial Inclusion, We Need Racial Economic Justice
13 August, 2020The idea of financial inclusion has gained traction in recent years, but the approach fails to account for how ethnic minorities face greater risk of financial exclusion in the UK. Public and private financial institutions must put racial economic justice at the center of their efforts to integrate underbanked and excluded communities. In the UK [...]
The Bank of England and the slave trade – why apologies are not enough
23 July, 2020The Bank of England recently issued an apology for its ties with the slave trade. But notably, while accepting that former directors and members did profit from slavery, there was an effort to maintain the innocence of the institution. This demands a deeper look into the role of the Bank in driving and benefitting from [...]