Welcome new members and mark your calendar!

We have a big year ahead and some new partners joining us. Welcome Reading Cooperative Bank, South Shore Bank, Merrimack Valley Credit Union, LendingClub, and Preservation of Affordable Housing as new members already this year.

Partnership for Financial Equity has a busy agenda with quarterly meetings of four major working groups – mortgage lending, small business lending, banking services, and CRA peer group. We invite you to become a member and join our efforts to advance financial equity throughout the Commonwealth.

And save October 3rd and 4th for our second annual Financial Equity Summit with a great line-up of speakers and panelists to be announced. This year, we will host an in-person panel discussion and reception on October 4th at Roundhead Brewing in Hyde Park, the state’s first Latino brewery! Stay tuned for more details.

Connections, Best Practices, Thought Leaders

Partnership for Financial Equity helps financial institutions to stay current on Community Reinvestment Act requirements and engage in important research and timely conversations about investments in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods . Membership donations to Partnership for Financial Equity are a qualified investment under the State’s CRA statute.

 

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