Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are invaluable resources to local economies across the U.S. These mission-driven organizations, certified by the U.S. Treasury, provide alternative ...

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating several community lenders backed by a federal program the Trump ...

The future of the federal Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund remains embroiled in politics and uncertainty that’s trickling down to the community lenders that rely on it as a ...

The Treasury Department Friday issued a long-awaited revision to its community development financial institution certification process, a move that CDFI advocates say provides much-needed updates to ...

At a time when diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are under assault, there is an opportunity to find common ground with community development financial institutions (CDFIs). These ...

Changes are coming for the more than 1,300 federally-certified Community Development Financial Institutions, or CDFIs. Those comprise mission-driven banks, loan funds and credit unions that aim to ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regions Bank on Thursday announced a collaborative agreement with seven Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and Minority Depository Institutions ...

In a shifting and uncertain world, community-based organizations are hard put to secure funding for their initiatives. Urban centers like New York City see that challenge expressed in growing ...

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A construction worker carries a sawhorse in front of a building being renovated in the Colonial Village public housing complex in Norwalk. Credit: Ryan Caron King / Connecticut Public It’s no secret ...