Stories tagged Banks

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A Tale of Two Community Reinvestment Act Proposals

New York State Sen. James Sanders Jr. (center, in all white) at Carnival in the Rockaways in August 2019.

Who’s Afraid of Public Banking in New York?

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Community Advocates Break Down Proposed Changes to Community Reinvestment Act Regs

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Small Loan Funds for Underserved Businesses Join Forces

Economics in Brief: Google Gets Into Banking

The Weirdest Bank You’ve Never Heard Of

New Credit Union Fund to Boost Outreach in the South’s Historically Redlined Neighborhoods

California’s More Than Dreamin’ about Public Banks

Economics in Brief: Pot Entrepreneurs Launch Racial Equity Coalition

Economics in Brief: Puerto Rico Left Out of Billions in Disaster Aid

The Battle for the Future of Community Reinvestment Regulations Comes to Queens

Minneapolis’ Somali-American Community Can Soon Bypass the Bank to Buy Homes

Economics in Brief: Credit Unions Can Get Into the Pot Game

Supporting Black-Owned Banks Isn’t as Simple as Moving Money

Economics in Brief: How Land Contracts Stole $4 Billion in Wealth from Black Chicagoans

Putting Community Groups and Bankers in the Same Room