Better Banking Blog

About The Better Banking Blog

We are guided by a simple aspiration: benefit to all, harm to none. This means investing in and serving our local communities, contributing to environmental sustainability, offering inclusive, fair, and equitable more products, and nurturing our team. In the Better Banking Blog, we explore what a Beneficial Banking™ system looks like and how it can serve all of us.

Client Spotlight: AltaSea: Investing in the Blue Economy in Los Angeles A few people face away from the camera, looking at the ocean, at AltaSea's open house.

A few people face away from the camera, looking at the ocean, at AltaSea's open house.

Client Spotlight

AltaSea: Investing in the Blue Economy in Los Angeles

In the same way Silicon Valley invested in the information economy 50 years ago, AltaSea is investing in the Blue...

Aug 29, 2022

Our Impact: Banking that Nurtures the Environment Camera looks directly up into tall trees, with blue sky peaking through.

Our Impact

Banking that Nurtures the Environment

We are proud to finance clean energy systems and consciously avoid extractive and dirty energy sources like coal,...

Aug 16, 2022

Client Spotlight: A1DesignBuild, Cultivating Design Through Co-Operative Ownership A1 Design Build crew at a protest in support of BLM after George Floyd's murder

A1 Design Build crew at a protest in support of BLM after George Floyd's murder

Client Spotlight

A1DesignBuild, Cultivating Design Through Co-Operative Ownership

A1 DesignBuild is equally owned and democratically governed by the people who work there.

Aug 15, 2022

Client Spotlight: Insight Design & Print: Supporting Local Business and Nonprofits in the Central Valley Donpreyel Martin, owner of Insight Design & Print, installs graphics on a truck

Donpreyel Martin, owner of Insight Design & Print, installs graphics on a truck

Client Spotlight

Insight Design & Print: Supporting Local Business and Nonprofits in the Central Valley

Insight Design & Print produces high-quality work affordably, helping their clients convey clear and professional...

Aug 08, 2022

Client Spotlight: Q Center Builds Resilience for Queer and Trans Communities in Portland

TK stands in front the Q Center float. They are leaning backward excitedly and holding up a double peace sign. They are wearing a KN95, black pants, and the t-shirt described in the caption. The words are in black text. The float is a truck decorated with rainbow fringe, green balloon arches with a few pink, red, yellow, marble pink, white, blue, and marble blue yellow white balloons. The trailer on the back continues this decoration.

Client Spotlight

Q Center Builds Resilience for Queer and Trans Communities in Portland

Q Center provides safe spaces, community building, and empowerment for the LGBTQ2SIA+ communities and allies.

Aug 05, 2022

Client Spotlight: Equality California Advances Civil Rights and Social Justice for LGBTQ+ People Two people stand in front of a wall of flowers with signs that read "Queer to Stay" and "Queer Se Queda," smiling at the camera.

Two people stand in front of a wall of flowers with signs that read "Queer to Stay" and "Queer Se Queda," smiling at the camera.

Client Spotlight

Equality California Advances Civil Rights and Social Justice for LGBTQ+ People

Equality California works to elect pro-equality leaders, pass pro-equality legislation, and advance civil rights...

Aug 04, 2022

Client Spotlight: Street Roots, Supporting Houseless Folks in Portland with Opportunities A person turned slightly away from the camera wears a mask, holds a maroon bag, and wears a grey jacket that says

A person turned slightly away from the camera wears a mask, holds a maroon bag, and wears a grey jacket that says

Client Spotlight

Street Roots, Supporting Houseless Folks in Portland with Opportunities

Street Roots is a nonprofit media organization intertwined with the lives of people experiencing homelessness and...

Aug 04, 2022

Our Impact: Banking and Community A photo of the outside of Beneficial State Bank's Fresno branch, with the Beneficial State Bank logo displayed on the building.

Our Impact

Banking and Community

We operate with purpose. Our products and services are designed to optimize social and environmental impact first.

Aug 02, 2022

Why You Should Support Black-Owned Businesses Beneficial State Bank client Alyssa Ndombeson, owner of Good Fill in Fresno, sits on steps, smiling at the camera.

Beneficial State Bank client Alyssa Ndombeson, owner of Good Fill in Fresno, sits on steps, smiling at the camera.

Why You Should Support Black-Owned Businesses

We're celebrating the Black-owned businesses and organizations that make our communities great places to live and...

Aug 01, 2022

Choose a Bank that Invests in Tomorrow

Beneficial State Bank serves the triple-bottom-line of people, planet, and prosperity for all. That means prioritizing social justice and environmental sustainability. Our clients want to see their money put to good use – funding causes that defend our planet and build resiliency in our communities. Change your bank and help change the world.

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