This is part of a series of profiles showcasing the talented entrepreneurs of NCRC’s DC Women’s Business Center. GoPursue is a women-owned business started by Kathryn Breisch that helps students discover careers. What kind of product or service do you sell? We’re a Software-as-a-Service company that helps high school and college students figure out what […]
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While many economic indicators are better than they have been in years, leading to recently published reports asserting that income inequality is not as bad as we have been told, many people are working multiple jobs just to get by.
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Congress Tackles the Benefits Cliff Senator John Husted (R-OH) recently introduced the Upward Mobility Act, which proposes pilot projects that would allow five states to combine funding streams for anti-poverty programs to help eliminate benefits cliffs. The legislation takes aim at a major flaw in the current design of the social safety net that disincentivizes
In its comment filed Monday, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) urged the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to reject World Liberty Holdings, LLC ‘s application for a national trust bank charter due to potential conflicts of interest.
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Complete the form to download the pdf: Yes, send me updates by email about NCRC research, events and news. Download Now Complete the form to download the pdf: Download February 9, 2026 Jonathan V. GouldComptroller of the CurrencyOffice of the Comptroller of the Currency400 7th St., SWWashington, DC 20219 Via electronic mail: LicensingPublicComments@occ.treas.gov RE: Public
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The Real Deal, February 10, 2026, FHFA scraps Biden-era fair housing oversight for Fannie and Freddie Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada joined a chorus of objections during the public comment period, alongside the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. Industry groups took the opposite view. Trade organizations representing mortgage
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Gadget Review, February 9, 2026, Over 60? The Financial Bank Interface Settings You Should Never Ignore Account alerts deliver instant text or email notifications for every withdrawal, charge, new device login, or contact change. Think of them as your money’s security system—the moment something moves, you know about it. The National Community Reinvestment Coalition recommends notifications for:
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The anti-redlining movement took shape in the 1970s as a response to long-standing obstacles that made it difficult for all communities to prosper. Financial companies engaged in redlining by mapping out neighborhoods they refused to serve. Loans to people of color were denied at higher rates, or originated at higher costs, to the borrower. Blind
On February 3, President Trump signed H.R.7148 Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 into law, which will fund most of the federal government until September 30. The package included five of the six remaining appropriations bills and corresponding earmarks that Congress had not yet passed: Financial Services and General Government State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Defense Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Transportation,
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Bloomberg Law, November 25, Senate Moves to Restore Trump-Targeted Community Lending Fund “The real test is whether the money actually gets out the door and reaches urban, rural, and Native communities in 2026,” Jesse Van Tol, the president and CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, said in a statement to Bloomberg Law. “We have
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PYMNTS, November 24, 2025, Bank Policy Institute Leads Opposition to Stripe Banking Charter The OCC’s page of public comments on the application includes letters from the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), the Bank Policy Institute (BPI), the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) and Fair Finance Watch (FFW). Each organization said in its letter that it opposes Bridge’s application to organize Bridge National Trust Bank.
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Book Post, November 30, 2025, Meet Our Winter 2025–26 Partner Bookstore! Baldwin & Co An Essence story on Baldwin & Co observed that a report from The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) had recently found New Orleans to be “gentrifying at an abnormally rapid rate” compared to other cities in its Gentrification and Disinvestment 2020 report. Baldwin & Co’s Marigny neighborhood
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Wolters Kluwer, December 9, 2025, NCRC opposes Crypto.com’s ‘National Trust Charter’ application The National Community Reinvestment Council (NCRC) has submitted a comment letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency expressing its strong opposition to a National Trust Charter application submitted by Crypto.com under the name Foris DAX National Trust Bank. According to the NCRC, granting a
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Payments Dive, November 24, 2025, Stripe faces bank charter pushback The National Community Reinvestment Coalition also said in the letterthat the charter would give Stripe legitimacy that it does not deserve, pointing to the fintech’s history of legal trouble. Stripe, which acquired a stablecoin infrastructure company called Bridge earlier this year, proposes to name the bank Bridge National
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Memesita, December 27, 2026, New Harlem Museum to Spotlight Northern Civil Rights History This isn’t merely academic history. The legacy of Northern segregation continues to manifest in wealth gaps, housing segregation, and disproportionate rates of incarceration. A 2023 report by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition found that despite decades of fair housing laws, lending discrimination
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Community Newspaper Group, November 19, 2025, Big housing info comes in small crate A museum display states: “People of color, [of] Jew[ish descent], and immigrants were deemed ‘undesirable,’ reducing property values and limiting opportunities.” “Redlining” is the term for denying borrowers access to credit, or good credit, based on the location of properties in minority
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