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254 Black-Owned + Black-Led Banks and Credit Unions in the United States
Updated for Black Business Month 2026 Every August, Black Business Month gives us an opportunity to celebrate Black entrepreneurship. To pay homage, we are making it clear where entrepreneurs, business owners, and families can find Black-owned and Black-led banks and credit unions across the United States. Banks and credit unions are crucial to communities. They hold our deposits, process our payments, extend credit, finance homes and businesses, and help capital circulate in
Admin
Aug 109 min read
Alabama A&M Students Reflect on Week 1 of the Dollarcraft Challenge
Something meaningful is taking shape at Alabama A&M University — and it begins with students reflecting deeply on their relationship to money, access, and the systems that shape both. As part of the Dollarcraft Challenge , students are engaging in a 12-week learning arc powered by the Blaze Institute methodology , designed to do more than teach fintech theory. This experience is about building . Specifically, students are learning how to develop and prototype a fintech minimu
Admin
Jan 202 min read
Kabbage Post-Mortem: When “Fast” Becomes a Fragile
Kabbage is a modern example of what can happen when fintech design is brilliant, but fintech risk management is brittle. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, I was still working in corporate as a Vice President in Global Corporate & Investment Banking. By March 2020, we were mandated to shelter in place, yet we had a slate of clients in desperate need of liquidity as international supply chains broke down and sales ground to a screeching halt. By June, I was tapped to work
Casey Ariel Diké
Jan 87 min read
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