Community development financial institutions have a long history of providing vital economic lifelines to communities across the country. Credit unions have always been an important part of that story ...

Feb. 26—The Chester County Economic Development Council has been certified by the US Treasury Department as a Community Development Financial Institution — or CDFI. The certification follows a ...

Accessibility doesn't fail because people don't care. It fails because financial systems were never designed to serve everyone. People with disabilities are too often denied loans by traditional ...

I underwrite small-business loans at Impact Loan Fund, a Community Development Financial Institution in Philadelphia. Like other CDFIs, we help businesses access capital when traditional banks and ...

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 ...

Without the federal support of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Ohio’s nonprofit Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI) and other CDFIs like it simply wouldn’t have ...

Inclusive Action for the City is increasing its lending and expanding into real estate through its community ownership initiative. Nicole Anand, left, and Andrea Avila from Inclusive Action For the ...

The White House said in the proposal that past awards have "made race a determinant of access to loan programs to 'advance racial equity,' funded products and services that built so-called climate ...

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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is urging the Trump administration to release $324 million in funding that was already approved to help small businesses and communities in poor and rural areas.