National community development leader brings more than 25 years of experience in community, business and economic development, advancing access to capital and economic opportunity for underserved communities.
October 27, 2026, American Banker, Trump’s bank regulators are trying to gut fair lending laws These Trump-controlled regulators are trying to debase the CRA. Their proposal sets a woefully low threshold for community reinvestment funding, calls for community investments totaling a small fraction of total assets, and would generate funding that is 85% less than
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October 27, 2026, Dodd Frank Update, Bankers, consumer advocates divided on proposed CRA revisions Numerous banking trade organizations urged federal agencies to reconsider certain proposed revisions to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) framework, which governs banks’ obligations to meet the credit needs of the communities they serve. Consumer advocates, on the other hand, presented a
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October 27, 2026, citybiz, $21 Million Investment Fund Launches to Help Local News Outlets Grow Smaller publishers also have access to the Media Resilience Fund, which offers low-interest, flexible loans. Operated by URL Media, Rebuild Local News and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, the fund received $1.25 million from Press Forward. Earlier this year, MasTV/El
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October 26, 2026, modelD, CRA proposed rollbacks could mean roadblocks for community development The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) is a network of almost 800 organizations across the country working to champion for a Just Economy. They work with community leaders, policymakers, and institutions to strengthen low-wealth communities, train and represent community organizations, advancing equitable
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The nation’s bank branch network lost ground in the third quarter of 2026 with 313 openings and 446 closings, a net loss of 133 branches. That ends a three-quarter run of net gains, the first such run since 2009, which we reported in our second-quarter article. Even though openings were the highest in any quarter
October 23, 2026, Legis1, Bitcoin Association Lobbying Holds Steady Amid Crypto DebateThe Crypto Council for Innovation, Blockchain Association and Digital Chamber supported a draft of the CLARITY Act in a July 24 letter, citing research estimating that nearly 67 million Americans own digital assets. The letter reflects broader industry support for legislation that clarifies how
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“Communities know their own credit and investment needs better than any bank does,” said NCRC’s President and CEO Jesse Van Tol. “Fifth Third’s commitment to listen to residents and local organizations, and to let those conversations shape how and where it reinvests, is the right approach. It strengthens communities, and it’s also smart business. Banks thrive when the neighborhoods they serve grow and thrive.”
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October 20, 2026, Dailyhunt, Zerohash Launches AUTH Crypto Transfer Service Amid Pending US Bank Charter ApplicationZerohash submitted its first national trust bank application in March. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency returned that filing in July without deciding whether the company qualified for a charter. Zerohash called the move an administrative step and
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What would YOU like to see at The 2027 Just Economy Conference? We’ve opened up a selection of conference session ideas for public voting. Please vote and encourage your colleagues to do the same! Voting will take place over the next two weeks, opening today, October 20, and closing on November 2. The final program
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“We are all victimized by a system that puts money before everything else,” said Amos Favorite, a long-time resident of Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.” “That’s the way it is today when we got stuff in the water and air [that] we can’t even see that can kill us deader than we ever thought we could die.”
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October 15, 2026, Capitol Account, No Fed, No Deal: CRA Plan Gets Cool Reception From Banks The National Community Reinvestment Coalition, which sued to stop a CRA rule during the first Trump administration, projected that the current proposal could reduce banks’ local lending and community development work by tens of billions of dollars. The group
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October 15, 2026, Taylor & Francis, Regrounding solutions: Building community land trusts under constraint through participatory action research In partnership with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), we organized two days of CLT peer-learning exchanges together with the NCRC Just Economy Conference in Washington, DC. Co-designed and facilitated by CLT organizers, these exchanges focused on
October 16, 2026, Bank Director, Regulators Raise Definitions of Small Bank Amid Push to Ease Burdens The biggest headline-grabbing change is the Community Reinvestment Act, which the OCC and FDIC proposed overhauling in July. The Fed has not signed onto the proposal. It would raise the “small bank” threshold that subjects lenders to fewer requirements
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October 16, 2026, Credit Union Daily, Coalition of Consumer Groups Warns Against Revisions to CRA Rules The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) and a coalition of national consumer, civil Rights, housing and community development organizations are calling on federal banking regulators to withdraw proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), warning the revisions would reduce lending and investment in underserved communities. In an Oct. 13 statement,
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