JACKSON, Miss —Hope Credit Union, which describes itself as the nation’s leading Black- and women-owned community development financial institution, said it plans to provide $1 billion in financing to improve lives and close the racial and gender opportunity gaps in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
HOPE CU said it is projecting the investment will benefit more than 150,000 people over the next 10 years.
According to the credit union, the “commitment was catalyzed” by a recent $92.6 million investment in HOPE through the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Emergency Capital Investment Program.
“Structured as regulatory capital, each dollar of federal funds allows HOPE to attract up to $10 in deposits,” HOPE CU stated.
‘Incredibly Resilient’
HOPE said it will use the ECIP funds to import deposits into places that lack local resources needed to finance businesses, homebuyers, affordable rental housing, healthcare facilities, schools, nonprofit service providers and other assets needed for families and communities to prosper.
“People in the Deep South are incredibly resilient and can do anything if they have the tools,” said HOPE CEO Bill Bynum. “With this historic investment by the Treasury, HOPE will ensure that for families, entrepreneurs and communities in the Delta, in the Black Belt and in rural areas and inner cities throughout the Deep South, access to affordable financial tools will no longer be a barrier to their success.”
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