Tag: Minority-Owned Businesses

A look at tailored financial solutions for growing small business strength as black women continue to close the gender gap in the U.S. As the country recognizes National Small Business...

The Story: According to data released by the White House in their recent Economic Opportunity Coalition briefing, 5.4 million new businesses were started in 2021 – a figure that’s 20%...

Public, private and social sector partnership includes 24 organizations prioritizing historic financial investments in underserved communities Last week, the White House announced the formation of a new Economic Opportunity Coalition...

Investments in Black-owned financial institutions help reduce racial disparities and improve prospects of underbanked communities In a recent bylined article in Independent Banker magazine, the president of the country’s second-oldest...

Investments and initiatives to reach the underbanked and underserved communities in financial services Diversity continues to top the headlines in financial services, and with good reason. The sector still has...

With one in every four women considering exiting the workforce and the pandemic expanding the economic gender divide, there is little doubt about the global pandemic’s outsize impact on women’s...

As banking mergers and acquisitions activity heats up, and financial institutions seek to meet consumers’ post-pandemic, values-driven expectations for brands, the question arises: How will M&A play a role in...

The federal government restarts the small business lending program with a focus on minority-owned businesses, while cities and companies begin their own targeted loan programs to fill in the gaps...