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MYM Month Recap

Local Return celebrated Move Your Money Month this April with many calls to learn, consider, and act. We are all economic actors, and our financial

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Local Banking Options

If you want to find a financial institution that keeps your money close to home and puts it to work for your community, we’ve got

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Visa is raising credit card fees…again

Exorbitant credit card swipe fees are already hurting Rhode Island’s businesses. When you use your credit or debit card to pay for a service or

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Play *Local Returns for Rhode Island* Bingo

In a recent post, we talked about local returns from our financial choices — the greatest benefits and the least harms for our community. Consider

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Move Your Money

Let those local returns multiply

We are Local Return. We chose that name deliberately. We work to achieve the highest local returns — the greatest benefits and the least harms

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Choose this, rather than that

If you’re considering how you might shift some of your spending from big chains to independently-owned local businesses, our intern Mackenzie Raimond has some recommendations

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Independents Month inspiration

Our youngest entrepreneurs like Kaydence give us hope for the future: a strong, self-reliant local economy with shared prosperity!