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David Bank

David Bank, a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter and author, is editor and CEO of Impact IQ. Most recently, Bank was vice president of Encore.org (formerly Civic Ventures) and an architect of the encore careers movement.

Posts by David Bank

Put Your Data Where Your Mouth Is: Closing the Deal (Part 2)

David Bank continues his call for open deal data with a look at the recent history of movements in the impact investing space and, further, at the various players and initiatives who are pointing ways forward. …

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Put Your Data Where Your Mouth Is: Open Data to Fuel Impact Investing (Part I)

Today, the social sector (and Markets For Good, in particular) is not only asking critical questions about data, but also dealing with them head-on… Which data? Who pays for it? Where’s the accountability? and others. In this post, David Bank of Impact IQ, a firm that is seeking to track and publish the actual  transactions […]

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