Operation HOPE and BancorpSouth Bank are continuing their partnership with six additional HOPE Inside locations and the bank’s investment of nearly $1.5 million over the next two years.
HOPE Inside serves adults, youth, disaster survivors, and its partners’ employees with financial dignity programming and coaching to equip them with the financial knowledge and tools to create a secure future. Headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi, BancorpSouth has a longstanding commitment to financial literacy and inclusion. Because of its shared values with Operation HOPE and its support of HOPE Inside, underserved communities will receive financial education free of charge.
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“Our partnership with BancorpSouth has grown because they are equally as passionate about changing what financial literacy looks like in this country,” said John Hope Bryant, Founder and CEO of Operation HOPE. “Together, we are empowering the next generation of Americans, making them not just financially literate, but also financially confident.”
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Operation HOPE welcomed BancorpSouth as a “HOPE Inside” partner in 2017 when BancorpSouth launched its first “HOPE Inside” location in Memphis. BancorpSouth will carry HOPE Inside into six additional communities, three of which focus on financial wellbeing, credit counseling and HUD-certified homebuyer counseling. The other four locations also offer programming for small business development and entrepreneurship.
“BancorpSouth is committed to expanding financial literacy, access and opportunities into previously underserved areas,” said BancorpSouth Chairman and CEO Dan Rollins. “Financial education helps communities and individuals prosper. We’re excited to continue our partnership with organizations like Operation HOPE.”
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