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 ...

Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) provide responsible and affordable credit to underserved communities. Congress provided support for community-based lenders during the COVID-19 ...

Rashidah Billups’ has a unique relationship with Open Access. “With a background in finance and technology, I kind of grew up in the fintech industry as it was emerging,” she told NJBIZ, “and I’ve ...

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 ...

MaineStream Finance is celebrating 25 years of helping Mainers pursue homeownership, grow businesses and strengthen their financial future ...

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 ...

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 ...

The deal to reopen the federal government earlier this month reversed the mass firings of thousands of federal workers. Among those who got their jobs back are the entire staff at the Community ...

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 ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) today announced that it has made deposits with three mission-driven minority depository institutions (MDIs) including Carver State Bank, ...

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 ...

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 ...