ALBANY, NY – October 26, 2021 – In 2007, New York passed into law a State Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund...

During the pandemic, the NYS CDFI Coalition board got into a cadence of meeting by Zoom once a week at lunchtime. These Friday Noon Zooms...

In these fraught times, the National Credit Union Administration has lately lamented the difficulty of starting new credit unions of any...

Back in 1989, Congress instructed regulators to “preserve the number of minority depository institutions; preserve the minority character...

ALBANY, NY – December 24, 2020 – Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation that protects the interests of New York’s small businesses...

"As COVID-19 cases continue to rise and fall in and around Ithaca, small businesses are wondering what the future holds. If they were...

According to Anthony Gaddy, President of the Upstate New York Black Chamber of Commerce, "A little-known problem has exacerbated...

The Albany Business Review’s Achievers Awards for 2020 honor the outstanding businesses and business leaders who have been Changemakers...

NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Business Center for New Americans (BCNA), a leading New York City CDFI and Small Business...

"Nonprofit housing organizations in the states hardest hit by the pandemic could soon face the same dilemma as New York-based...

NYS CDFI Coalition Treasurer Kim Jacobs has a "Contributing Writers" piece in the Westchester County Business Journal this week. Here's...

Albany Business Review, 10/15/20 In this time of immense uncertainty for small businesses, at least one thing is clear: Additional...

Here in Rochester, small businesses are doing all they can to stay afloat during the pandemic, changing their product offerings and...

To the Editor: When the National Community Reinvestment Coalition sent “mystery shoppers” to banks in the Washington area, they found...

PANELISTS Moderator – Citizens Bank – Lisa Giordano Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region – Linda MacFarlane Albany Community Land...

CDFIs like Westminster Economic Development Initiative (WEDI) in Buffalo often help businesses get out from under crushing debt traps set...

The Washington Post and Bloomberg News both published editorials urging Congress to pass the new federal bill based on New York’s Small...

On East 167th Street in the Bronx, there’s a commercial corridor anchored by stops on two subway lines. Along the stretch are fresh fruit...

Small businesses seeking loans to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic will soon have the information they need to make better borrowing...

The board of the NYS CDFI Coalition voted on July 21 to support the Homeowner Assistance Fund. This is part of the HEROES Act which...