PFE Releases Tool to Explain Small Business Loan Disclosure Questions
February 13, 2025
February 13, 2025 – Members of the Partnership for Financial Equity’s Small Business Lending Committee and CRA Peer Group today released a new informational flyer designed to explain new small business disclosure requirements enabled by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The document leads off with the question, “My lender is asking […]
Read More NewsPFE is hiring
January 31, 2025
Come join our team! Director of Research and Membership Engagement Full Time Boston, MA Salary Range: $100,000 To $110,000 Annually Reporting to the Executive Director, this position is responsible for leading the work with Partnership for Financial Equity (PFE) Committee members to identify and advance research ideas that focus on financial equity and inclusion. In […]
Read MoreTalented Trio Elected to Partnership for Financial Equity Board of Directors
January 29, 2025
Deb Leonczyk, Berkshire Community Action Council; Henry Noël Jr of Boston Impact Initiative Fund; and Bobbie Salgado of First Citizens Bank Join Team At meetings in December and January, the Partnership for Financial Equity added three new board members, representing community-based organizations and one the nation’s largest banks. Deb Leonczyk has served as the Executive […]
Read MoreJoin us in 2025, Register for our full schedule of Committee meetings
December 17, 2024
2025 will be a year of growth and challenges. Come join network with our members and participate in shaping our research. Sign up today and mark your calendars for our regular committee meetings on Mortgage Lending, Small Business Lending, Responsive Banking Services, CRA Peer Group (bankers only), and CRA Community Council (nonprofits only). Our 4th […]
Read More NewsPFE Releases Latest Small Business Lending Matters Report
November 25, 2024
Boston, MA – Over one-third of businesses in the Commonwealth’s Gateway Cities are in low-income tracts but receive just 22.9% of the number of loans from financial institutions, according to a report based on 2022 data released today by the Partnership for Financial Equity. Small Business Lending Matters was prepared by the Chicago-based Woodstock Institute […]
Read More NewsThe Village Bank Joins Partnership for Financial Equity
November 22, 2024
Our membership keeps growing. The Village Bank, with full-service offices located in the heart of seven unique villages in Newton and neighboring Wayland and Waltham, the Bank provides area residents and businesses with financial products and services and is the only remaining mutual community bank headquartered in the City of Newton. Kelly Johnson is Vice […]
Read More NewsTransforming Legacy: The Massachusetts Insurance Industry’s Billion Dollar Commitment to Community Development
October 24, 2024
Boston, MA – October 24, 2024 – Partnership for Financial Equity unveils its latest report, It Wasn’t So Scary, on the twenty-five year life of the Massachusetts Insurance Company Community Investment Initiative. These two initiatives, one involving life insurance companies and the other property insurers, represent a transformative effort to leverage financial capital for community […]
Read More NewsBank and Community Leaders Celebrate “Elevating Equity” Innovators
October 17, 2024
October 17, 2024 – Partnership for Financial Equity is pleased to announce the winners of our inaugural Elevating Equity awards, designed to recognize outstanding bank-community partnerships reaching low- to moderate-income households. Awards were given in three categories – small business lending, mortgage lending, and banking services. Winning partnerships were the Cape & Islands Veterans Outreach […]
Read More NewsLG Kim Driscoll and Deputy Comptroller Donna Murphy headline Financial Equity Summit 2024
October 11, 2024
If you attended our annual Financial Equity Summit this year, you heard Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll talk about centering equity and doing hard things. And Deputy Comptroller Donna Murphy challenging us to “drive positive change.” Our board chair, Brook Ames of Leader Bank, captured the spirit of the event in his opening remarks in Worcester, […]
Read More EventsOur 2024 Financial Equity Summit Is Fast Approaching!
September 18, 2024
On October 1st and 2nd, our third annual Financial Equity summit will take place, as a Zoom webinar on Tuesday the 1st and at Worcester’s Redemption Rock Brewery on Wednesday the 2nd. Registration is now open for the Summit. In Worcester on October 2nd, Lieutentant Governor Kim Driscoll will join us; OCC Deputy Comptroller for […]
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