News & EventsLast update: July 26, 2010

Latest News

July 14, 2010 — Banks, Credit Unions Clash on Lending (American Banker)
July 13, 2010 — Bernanke Puts Burden on Banks to Help Small Business Lending (American Banker)
July 7, 2010 — Minority-Owned Investment Banks Rise up the Ranks (FINS)
July 2010 — Ethics as a Building Block of Economic Growth: Global Insights and Indian Country Models (Federal Reserve of Minneapolis)
June 2, 2010 — Black-owned Investment Bank to Underwrite Major Bond Issuance (Black Enterprise)
June 1, 2010 — Agencies Release List of Distressed or Underserved Nonmetropolitan Middle-Income Geographies (Board of Governors)
May 13, 2010 — SDG&E Issues $250 Million in Bonds Jointly Led by Minority-owned Investment Bank

Regulatory Updates

February 12, 2010 (Board of Governors) — Interagency Statement on Meeting the Needs of Creditworthy Small Businesses
January 29, 2010 (U.S. Government Accountability Office) — New Markets Tax Credit: The Credit Helps Fund a Variety of Projects in Low-Income Communities But Could Be Simplified. GAO-10-334.
June 1, 2009 (U.S. Government Accountability Office) — GAO Report on New Market Tax Credits and Minority Entities

Upcoming Events

CDFI Fund to Hold Informational Conference Calls on CDFI Certification

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) will be conducting a series of conference calls regarding CDFI certification. These calls will serve as a forum for potential certification applicants to ask questions of CDFI Fund staff about becoming a certified CDFI. The schedule and instructions for accessing the conference calls are outlined on the CDFI website.

FDIC Minority Depository Institutions Program

Periodically, the FDIC hosts events and facilitated group discussions. See the FDIC website.