Tag : economic empowerment

PayPal Announces Investments to Advance Economic Empowerment for Women and Girls
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PayPal Announces Investments to Advance Economic Empowerment for Women and Girls

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PayPal Holdings, announced that it has invested in Sweef Capital’s Southeast Asia Women’s Economic Empowerment Fund (SWEEF) and Quona Opportunity Fund to support their shared mission to advance women’s inclusion in the global economic and financial system. The investments are part of PayPal’s 2021 $108 million commitment under the UN Generation Equality Forum to advance......
Washington Trust Selected by Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston Bank to Offer Homeownership Assistance Through FHLB Grants
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Washington Trust Selected by Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston Bank to Offer Homeownership Assistance Through FHLB Grants

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Washington Trust has been selected to participate in Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston’s homeownership assistance programs, Equity Builder Program and Housing Our Workforce. Equity Builder Program (EBP) provides grants to financial institutions to assist local income-eligible homebuyers with down-payment and closing costs as well as homebuyer counseling and rehabilitation assistance. Borrowers earning up to 80% of......
Ready Life, Black-Owned Fintech Aimed at Economic Empowerment, Celebrates Launch
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Ready Life, Black-Owned Fintech Aimed at Economic Empowerment, Celebrates Launch

Fintech News Desk
Fintech will make it possible for disadvantaged consumers to qualify for mortgages after paying rent on mobile banking platform Ready Life, a new digital banking and payment processing platform designed to make first-time home purchases and small business growth possible for Black consumers, announced Tuesday it would be the presenting......
FinDev Canada, US DFC, Proparco and AXA XL Partner with MFX Currency Risk Solutions
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FinDev Canada, US DFC, Proparco and AXA XL Partner with MFX Currency Risk Solutions

Fintech News Desk
FinDev Canada, US DFC, Proparco and AXA XL announced they are providing an innovative financing solution to MFX Currency Risk Solutions (MFX) to enhance its liquidity and help position it for its next phase of growth. MFX is a socially-oriented company that supports impact investing in emerging and developing countries......
Square Register launched in the UK
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Square, Inc. to Invest $100 Million in Minority and Underserved Communities

Fintech News Desk
Square, announced that it intends to invest $100 million in support of minority and underserved communities, driven by the company’s purpose of economic empowerment and its ongoing commitment to racial equity. The investment constitutes three percent of Square’s cash and marketable securities as of the end of the second quarter......
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