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On June 30, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo hosted a group of…

The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) awarded $1.25 billion in emergency financial assistance to 863 CDFIs, the largest single funding…

The application window for PPP loans closed on May 31 and the final numbers are in. Community Financial Institutions (CFIs) — a…

Several recent hearings on Capitol Hill have highlighted the work of CDFIs and their ability to reach underserved markets. These hearings are…

Op-ed first published in The Hill on June 6, 2021. Contributed to The Hill by Ellis Carr, president and CEO of Capital…

On May 27, President Biden released his long anticipated full Fiscal Year 2022 (FY 2022) budget request. Although the top line request…

As of May 5, the only lenders still authorized to process Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) applications until the May 31 deadline are CDFIs,…

With the release of President Biden’s initial budget proposal last month and the expected release of the full budget document next week,…

On May 18, the House Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access held a hearing entitled, “Examining the Role…