The Atlanta Hawks Become First Sports Franchise to Secure Financing From Black-Owned Banks
The Atlanta Hawks announced that they have agreed to refinance the construction loan for the Emory Sports Medicine Complex with several Black-owned banks...
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President and COO of OneUnited Bank, Teri Williams, Talks COVID-19 Relief For Black-Owned Businesses
President and COO of OneUnited Bank, Teri Williams, talks with Black Enterprise about working with black-owned businesses to offer COVID-19 relief....
Congress Reviews Solutions to Solve the Black Bank Crisis
The House Financial Services Committee, which oversees the nation's massive financial services industry, is now working to save America's last black banks....
Looking Back at the History of America’s Black Banks, Even as They Strive For Vitality
In their prime, black banks across the country were a financial shelter for their customers but today the number of black banks is collapsing...
Activists to NFL: ‘Deposit Funds Into Black-Owned Banks’
The Seattle Medium is reporting that activists in Seattle are calling for the NFL and Seatte Seahawks owner Paul Allen, to deposit 10 percent of...
Why ISF Bank, the Last Black-Owned Bank in Illinois, Is Changing Its Name
In efforts to expand across the United States and beyond, the owners of Illinois Service Federal Savings & Loan Association (ISF Bank) will change its...
President of Largest Black-Owned Bank: Boomers Can Learn Economic Optimism from Millennials
As president and owner of OneUnited Bank, the largest black-owned bank in America, I have the opportunity to speak about financial literacy with many black...
How Black Lives Matter Powered The #BankBlack Movement
Texas' only black-owned bank just opened its first out-of-state branch in Atlanta. A few years ago, many of these banks were in the dangers of...
Two Millennials Help Modernize a Historic Black-Owned Bank
Twenty-six is typically not the age when someone is appointed to a bank’s advisory board. However, black-owned Mechanics and Farmers (M&F) Bank bucked tradition and appointed...
Why the Bank Black Movement Is Essential to Small Businesses
At the 2017 Entrepreneurs Summit, a panel of bank owners and professionals discussed the #BankBlack wave and how black banks support entrepreneurs of color...