“For the average consumer, the biggest thing that has changed is it’s a lot clearer at the closing table what kind of loan you’re getting and what you can expect to pay over the life of the loan, and that’s a very good thing,” said Jesse Van Tol, CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.
The Detroit News: Home mortgages harder to get but safer Read More »
When John Taylor starts remembering the years leading up to the financial crisis, his fury wells up all over again.
CNNMoney: 10 years after the financial crisis, have we learned anything? Read More »
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On Wednesday, Planned Parenthood announced its next president: Dr. Leana Wen, the Baltimore health commissioner and an outspoken critic of the Trump administration’s cuts to public health programs.
Mother Jones: The new head of Planned Parenthood is a 35 year old immigrant doctor Read More »
Reforms have strengthened the financial system. Banks have bolstered their balance sheets. Regulators now examine financial institutions once a year to make sure they can weather a downturn.
John Taylor, the CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, credited Sloan with launching a stakeholder advisory council last year but conceded he’s worried about “another shoe to drop” at Wells Fargo and can’t say for sure if Sloan is the right person for the job.
CNNMoney: The two-year Wells Fargo horror story just won’t end Read More »
“Landlords have the right to say no, and that is of great concern because we consider it a form of discrimination.”
DC is whiter than than it was nearly 40 years ago. But it’s more Hispanic, and more Asian, too.
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Homeownership is the foundation of wealth building in America. Without it, the racial wealth gap is growing” says Jesse Van Tol, CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition
A study released earlier this year by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition showed 75 percent of “redlined” neighborhoods continue to struggle and still are much more likely to include lower-income, minority residents.
The Gazette: In Iowa: A violent past shapes our future, if we let it Read More »
An exhibit about the civil rights movement in Nashville proves Faulkner was right: The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past.
The New York Times: Looking our racist history in the eye Read More »
Options are drying up for small businesses in areas of high money laundering risk.
Bloomberg Businessweek: The U.S.-Mexico border is becoming a banking desert Read More »
Secretary Betsy DeVos started to scale back protections for student loan borrowers last year.
Yale Law grad, and entrepreneur, Stacey Abrams, had to confront what could be her Achilles’ heel: debt
OZY: Contending with debt – 244 midterm candidates are in the red Read More »
Many Chinese have been left battered and baffled by the recent collapse of China’s peer-to-peer lending industry
The Washington Post: Chinese anger grows as ‘get rich quick’ investment schemes go bust Read More »
