Dec 17, 2021
Proud to Be Included in the U.S. Treasury’s Emergency Capital Investments Program and a Recipient of New Awards from the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund. Did you know that we’re a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI)? It’s a…
read moreNov 23, 2021
We are proud to announce a partnership with GreenPath that provides our customers access to their excellent financial education resources. GreenPath is a national nonprofit focused on financial wellbeing for everyone, and their mission is to empower people to lead…
read moreOct 15, 2021
We have exciting news! We are one of 31 U.S. Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) awarded a financial inclusion grant from The New York State Department of Financial Services and Empire State Development (ESD). With a multi-year $25 million…
read moreAug 10, 2021
As the first bank to headquarter in The Bronx in decades, we have one priority: our community. We are a mission-driven bank in New York City which means that we not only recognize how our financial system has extracted wealth from communities…
read moreMar 17, 2021
March 2021 marks one year of living in times of COVID-19, changing our city and our world as we knew it. It is also B Corp month—and our 5th B Corp anniversary! Certified B Corporations believe business can and should…
read moreFeb 08, 2021
A Recent Feature of Josefa Ruiz, our Branch Manager, in Independent Banker. We take great pride in being headquartered in a city built and powered by immigrants. Nearly 40 percent of New York City’s residents are foreign-born. Immigrants not only…
read moreFeb 02, 2021
As a mission-driven, community-based bank, we prioritize our neighbors and the unique financial needs of the Bronx and Harlem and communities throughout New York. Since the day we opened our doors in the Bronx over thirteen years ago, we have…
read moreJan 25, 2021
A few weeks into 2021, and as President Joe Biden reminded us in his inaugural speech, we have hard work ahead of us. With businesses shuttered, hospitals overwhelmed, and streets empty, and as we confront this winter wave of COVID-19,…
read moreJan 22, 2021
For the last fourteen years, we have worked tirelessly to provide affordable financial products that enhance economic opportunity for all people in New York City. Soon after we became the first bank headquartered in The Bronx, we obtained federal certification…
read moreDec 15, 2020
Brought to you in collaboration with the team at Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners The time for gift-giving and safe, family celebrations is here. Often, the joy and the festivities that come with this time of year can also equate…
read moreMay 19, 2020
With over 20,000 patients across the city, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center has provided outpatient health care to New York City’s LGBTQ and homeless community for over 50 years. So, when COVID-19 infections in New York City spiked in early March…
read moreSep 05, 2019
The property at 645 Barretto Street in the South Bronx was so far behind on taxes that its owners were facing foreclosure. A 48-unit building incorporated as a Housing Development Fund Corporation co-op (HDFC), the property had not been fully…
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