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 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 ...

Community development financial institutions around the country have been roiled by the Trump administration’s March 14 executive order targeting the CDFI Fund for elimination “to the maximum extent ...

Revitalizing American communities and industries has been a core priority for the Trump administration. Congress and federal agencies are pursuing policies aimed at increasing financial resilience and ...

The Fund’s potential dissolution could dismantle a 30-year infrastructure of capital access for small businesses and community finance institutions across the country. For more than three decades, the ...

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 ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Momentus Securities, LLC, and Mesirow Financial, Inc., have structured and managed one of the largest bond offerings ever by a community development financial institution, ...

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 ...

Community Development Financial Institutions grew rapidly in recent years. Now, though, they face a slowdown. All CDFIs will have to get leaner and more efficient. For many, mergers might be the best ...