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February 7, 2023
With falling housing prices and rising interest rates, it's not an easy time to be a new homeowner in America.…
Tulsa Race Massacre
January 17, 2021
Black entrepreneurs say they have been reduced to renters in the Greenwood district, an area of Tulsa once known as…
October 18, 2020
There has been an 84% national decline in lending money to Black-owned businesses since 2007 under the SBA lending program.
March 13, 2014
theGRIO VIDEO - When it comes to relationships, many of us give as much as we possibly can to making…
December 27, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — PNC Financial Services Group is paying $35 million to resolve government claims of discrimination in residential loans…
October 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Many small businesses are also government contractors; therefore, they will feel the impact from delayed loans and…
July 31, 2013
NBC NEWS - The House approved a measure Wednesday to link interest rates on student loans to financial markets, sending…
November 29, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The mother of a Michigan college student has launched an online petition to have her deceased son's…
June 14, 2012
Small minority and women owned businesses will soon receive more loans in Cook County...
December 22, 2011
OPINION - Bank of America, who purchased Countrywide Financial Corporation in 2008, recently agreed to pay $355 million to settle…
December 21, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Bank of America has agreed to pay $335 million to resolve allegations that its Countrywide unit…
September 9, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Gone are the days when a faith-based institution or church could simply walk into a bank and…
August 6, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Ethics Committee has dismissed an allegation that Rep. Gregory Meeks received an improper home equity…
August 3, 2011
OPINION - According to new analysis of census data, the most successful blacks and Latinos are more likely to have…
June 10, 2011
OPINION - Unfortunately, for many blacks, the American dream of homeownership is quickly fading...
February 16, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Regardless of 'why' lending is down 62 percent collectively to blacks and Latinos, the fact is: this…
December 20, 2010
VIDEO - The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate-- which affects mortgage, credit card, and student loan rates unchanged…
December 13, 2010
VIDEO - President Obama and Republicans have a tentative deal to extend tax cuts for all Americans for two years…
November 22, 2010
OPINION - Since the 19th Century, African-American-owned banks have played a vital role in the economic development of our communities...
October 27, 2010
OPINION - Your F.I.C.O. score is used by most lenders to determine whether or not you can obtain credit so…