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Redemption Bnak, Bernice King and Ashley D. Bell
July 1, 2025
 Bernice A. King will serve as Redemption Bank’s senior vice president for corporate strategy and on the company’s advisory board.
Companies fail at diversity
March 18, 2022
White applicants fared better at all of the major banks, but only Wells Fargo denied more Black applicants than it…
Dr. Lisa DeNell Cook
February 3, 2022
Lisa Cook is the first Black woman to receive a nom to the Fed, but will be among the many…
October 13, 2020
Only 33.5% of Black households owned stocks in 2019, according to data released recently by the Federal Reserve.
Banking Black thegrio.com
July 7, 2020
OneUnited Bank says its the nation’s biggest Black-owned bank. Since protests roiled the nation after George Floyd and Breonna Taylor
Sauntore Thomas theGrio.com
January 23, 2020
Detroit man recently wins a racial discrimination settlement and when he went to the bank, they refused to cash it…
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December 12, 2019
The largest Black owned bank in America [a Boston-based trust company] exists with a very clear goal in mind: to…
Paul McCowns says Huntington Bank employees called the police on him for trying to cash his paycheck. thegrio.com
December 19, 2018
Paul McCowns was ready to get his weekend started on Saturday Dec. 1 and tried to cash his paycheck from…
January 29, 2018
The FBI is still looking for a female bank robber responsible for hitting nine banks in the Atlanta area in
April 27, 2017
Former President Barack Obama is back in the public life, and he's already getting criticism for accepting a speaking engagement…
June 8, 2013
OPINION - Wells Fargo’s willingness to resolve this problem is laudable. They recognized a problem and worked with advocates to…
November 27, 2012
Besides the recession, other experts say minority banks are failing because they aren’t needed.
September 26, 2012
Bank of America is being accused of bias in managing foreclosed homes based on race...
September 12, 2012
WASHINGTON - A government survey shows about 821,000 U.S. households lost access to basic banking services between January 2009 and…
July 13, 2012
(AP) - Wells Fargo's net income and revenue rose in the second quarter, driven by a pickup in lending and…
June 28, 2012
PHILADELPHIA - Police hope surveillance pictures will help find the woman accused of robbing two NJ banks Tuesday morning...
June 22, 2012
CHiCAGO - Two men were charged Friday with the beating and robbery of an 86-year-old man in the lobby of…
May 16, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A minority-owned bank, which has helped thousands of businesses across Georgia, has been given a lifeline to…
April 6, 2012
MSNBC - Banks are doing a much better job maintaining homes seized in foreclosures in predominantly white neighborhoods than in…
February 28, 2012
(AP) - The Dow Jones industrial average on Tuesday finally reclaimed the ground it held before the carnage of the…