Talk:Urban Partnership Bank

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I'd like to provide a brief evaluation of the article as it stands:

There is a lot of information that has been left uncited. For example, the definition of the Urban Partnership Bank and information about its establishment has not been cited in the first line, which is key information to understanding the topic. The author did cite well, however, when they mentioned specific numerical figures/data about the bank's assets.

It seems that maybe the author is a little bit too focused on its relation to the previously failed Shorebank and does not provide much relevant information about the bank's current structure or operations.

I noticed one framing by the author that seems slightly biased. When referencing the fact that the FDIC paid what are essentially insurance payouts to the bank, they say that this "cost taxpayers $367.7" which is a somewhat misleading/ partisan phrasing. In this way, every action of the federal government "costs taxpayers", so unless we were going to include this kind of phrasing in reference to every government expenditure, we shouldn't use it at all. It is not a particularly important point and does not add much to my understanding of the Urban Partnership Bank.

Tjalexander11 (talk) 18:02, 17 April 2017 (UTC)