A Message from NCN CEO Pete Upton in Response to New Federal Reserve Bank Report Detailing Banking Deserts’ Disproportionate Impact on Native Communities

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia released a comprehensive new report titled “U.S. Bank Branch Closures and Banking Deserts,” which finds that banking deserts – defined as neighborhoods with no bank branches nearby.

Native CDFI Network Signs on to Joint Letter Protecting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund from Congressional Attack

Today, the Native CDFI Network (NCN) signed on to a joint letter along with several hundred other stakeholder organizations from across the lender community calling on Congress to protect the EPA Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) from forthcoming legislation by House Republicans to gut the GGRF and divert its funding to subsidize fees charged on pollution generate by the oil and gas industry.

NCN Invites Native CDFIs and Partners to Sign on to Joint Letter Supporting the Scaling Community Lenders Act of 2023 and The Community Development Investment Tax Credit Act of 2023

The Native CDFI Network (NCN) invites your organization to join its letter to Congressional leadership and the U.S. Senate Community Development Finance Caucus. The intent of this letter to Congress is to show support for the Scaling Community Lenders Act of 2023 (S. 1442) and the Community Development Investment Tax Credit Act of 2023 (S. 2963).