Credit unions serving low-income populations are increasingly letting their CDFI certification lapse. But they’re not retreating from their mission.

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 ...

Hundreds of millions of dollars in tax credits for businesses and grants for community lenders — and the small-business loans ...

A housing development that never breaks ground leaves no trace. If you have spent any time trying to finance affordable housing in a rural market, you already know why: CDFI ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Karlene Sinclair-Robinson, finance director of Northern Virginia-based CDFI Community Business Partnership, poses for a portrait ...

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.

Hawai‘i Community Lending’s (HCL) new executive team (from left to right) David Doyon, chief financial officer; Chanel Josiah, chief operating officer; Joyce Nobriga, deputy chief financial officer; ...

WASHINGTON — Funding for a key program that helps banks do community-focused lending is idling, and shows little sign of being deployed, as the Trump administration continues to eye the community ...

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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 ...