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App State TailGate, February 6, 2024, Banking Trade Groups File Lawsuit Against Federal Regulators Over Redlining Reversal Efforts In response to the lawsuit, Jesse Van Tol, president of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, expressed disappointment with the banking industry’s actions, stating, “The banking industry is showing its true colors. Nobody should believe them when they […]

Axios, February 7, 2024, Banks Sue Their Regulators Over New Fair Lending Rules “This is a short-sighted move by a relatively small but well-resourced group of banks,” said Jesse Van Tol, the president of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, in a statement.

TIME, February 1, 2024, How We Chose The Closer “Oftentimes the frame is, ‘Oh, we’re not where we want to be, but we’re getting there,’” Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, vice president of racial economic equity, research, and workforce development at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, told TIME. “And for 20 years I have been trying to highlight, ‘No,

Nature, February 5, 2024, Gentrification Increases Risk Of Tick-Borne Disease For Communities Of Colour Gentrification consists of neighbourhood developments that usually result in economic and, in most cases, demographic changes that mainly displace socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals and people of colour who reside in historically disinvested areas3. According to a study conducted from 2000 to 2013,

POLITICO, February 6, 2024, ‘Higher But Healthy’ “The banking industry is showing its true colors,” National Community Reinvestment Coalition President and CEO Jesse Van Tol said in response to Monday’s lawsuit. “Out of one side of their mouth they say higher capital requirements will hurt people of color and low-income people, but then out of the other

The New York Times, February 5, 2024, Banks Sue Regulators Over Anti-Redlining Rule Jesse Van Tol, president of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, which works with banks to help them meet their Community Reinvestment Act requirements, said in an email that he was “saddened and angered” by the lawsuit. “The banking industry is showing its

Black Enterprise, February 2, 2024, Issa Rae, Angelica Ross, Cory Booker, And More Make Time’s Inaugural ‘Closers’ List Also included on the list are Adriana Barbosa, president and CEO of PretaHub; Arian Simone and Ayana Parsons, leaders at the Fearless Fund; Aurora James, designer and founder of the Fifteen Percent Pledge; Brian Flores, Vikings defensive

Diaro AS, February 3, 2024, Which Banks Have Closed A Total Of More Than 40 Branches in A Week In The US And How Can It Affect You? With less bank branches operating in the US, there are fewer opportunities for customers to do their banking in a physical location. A report by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition indicates

Winston-Salem Journal, February 4, 2024, Top Federal Banking Regulator Explores More Merger Transparency Jesse Van Tol, president and chief executive of National Community Reinvestment Coalition, applauded the proposals, saying that “generations of misguided policy choices have left us with an inappropriately lax approach to merger review, where proposed deals were often cleared as though by

RESPA News: February 1, 2024, First Financial Bank, NCRC Enter Into Community Benefits Agreement The National Community Reinvestment Coalition has entered into a community benefits agreement with First Financial Bank. The agreement establishes an investment of $2.4 billion over the next five years to facilitate loans and other support for low- and moderate- income clients

AP, February 1, 2024, TIME Reveals Inaugural ‘The Closers’ List Of Extraordinary Leaders Working To Close The Racial Wealth Gap Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, chief of membership, policy and equity at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition

Time, February 1, 2024, Dedrick Asante-Muhammad Won’t Sugarcoat Wealth Disparity “Oftentimes the frame is, ‘Oh, we’re not where we want to be, but we’re getting there,’” says Asante-Muhammad, 50, vice president of racial economic equity, research, and workforce development at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, a nonprofit network trying to solve America’s persistent wealth, income,

The Citizen, January 15, 2024, CNY In The House: Tenney, Williams Cast First Votes of 2024 Conservatives have complained about certain settlements that directed funds to what they consider “political allies” of Democratic presidential administrations. This includes, among other groups, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. 

Bankrate, January 12, 2024, Digital Banking Trends In 2024 Traditional banks — those that have a physical presence — are still the predominant financial institution where people keep their primary bank accounts. However, their reach is declining. Between 2017 and 2021, 9 percent of all branch locations closed, a loss of around 7,500 branches, according

Good Men Project, January 12, 2024, How Redlining’s Legacies Demand New Policy Action To further put the wealth divide into perspective, the recent Still A Dream: Over 500 Years to Black Economic Equality report from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition and the Institute for Policy Studies states that, in 2021, African Americans had 62 cents to the white