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Contrary to recent claims, the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) has announced that it is not planning to send two female astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) within two years. More in #TCDaily.

Clafiya raised $610,000 in an oversubscribed pre-seed round. It offers end-to-end healthcare solutions to Nigerians.

Montgomery County Community Foundation gathered Wednesday to award grant checks to 10 grant recipients in the first grant cycle of 2023. MCCF Chief Executive Officer, Kelly Taylor welcomed …

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Nonprofit research organization the Croatan Institute group brought fixed income pros together to talk about the power of investing to support systemic change.

A few changes to underwriting rules could result in a huge opportunity for both lenders and minority women who own businesses.

PayPal Deposits $135 Million in Financial Institutions Serving Black and Underserved Communities as Part of $535 Million Commitment to Advance Racial Equity News provided by Share this article Share this article SAN JOSE, Calif., June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced it will deposit $135 million of its capital into mission-driven financial institutions and management funds that help underserved communities of color to fight barrie...

Lenders Should Be Clamoring to Lend to Women Entrepreneurs. Why Aren’t They? May 05, 2021 Who are the lowest risks for banks? Women entrepreneurs, new research reveals. If only we were getting credit for it. (And yes, I mean that in both senses of the word.) Knowing that women receive less than 5 percent of small business loans, CNote partnered with ICA Fund Good Jobs, an Oakland, California–based community development financial institution that invests in high-potential businesses, to fin...

Share this article Share this article OAKLAND, Calif., April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CNote, a women-led community investment platform with a mission of closing the wealth gap, today celebrates its fifth year in operation. CNote partners with Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and mission-driven deposit institutions, which are high-impact local lenders dedicated to delivering financial resources to underserved communities. Dollars invested and deposited on the CNote platform ...