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Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, announced...
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 barriers to economic equity, including Hope Credit Union, OneUnited Bank, Self-Help Federal Cred...
Women of Color - The Investment Opportunity of this Century by Catherine Berman, CEO and Co-founder of CNote Many of us have come to realize that racial equity requires much more than intentional conversations and thoughtful grants. These are important efforts and should not be discounted, but they are not panaceas. There is a moral imperative to address the disparities experienced by Black and Brown men and especially women in the US with action and systems change. I want to suggest a new tool for your toolkit – and one that does not start from the place of “helping them.” It starts...
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 are deployed with these frontline lenders to fund women- and BIPOC-owned small businesses, affordabl...
2020 Innovators: Catherine Berman Fixed income hasn’t received as much attention or innovation over the years as public equity, said Catherine Berman, CEO and co— founder of CNote, an investment platform that not only focuses on fixed income and cash, but also on social impact. “I realized there was a huge opportunity here. Let’s unlock this whole asset class,” she said. “We are challenging the assumption that impact investing is not an investible opportunity.” CNote products include a fixed-income fund that returns 4% and invests in entrepreneurs who are women of color, and a c...