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For the first time in the six-year history of the Wisconsin Indian Business Alliance, the coalition of four Native community development financial institutions will have a new chair.
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WASHINGTON — A new equity program originated by the FDIC could be a game-changer for Native American-owned banks, but the devil is in the details whether the investment will be a good deal for those financial institutions.
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With some tribes getting millions and even hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of recent pandemic-related funding, the matter of direct per capita payments to tribal members and how tribes are managing them have emerged as major issues.
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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — A Tennessee venture capital firm wants to begin doing deals in Indian Country and provide early-stage funding to Native American founders behind startup companies.
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WASHINGTON — A new federal initiative aims to invest $100 million to help Indigenous communities economically recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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WASHINGTON — Native community development financial institutions received a $54.6 million funding boost yesterday as part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s CDFI Rapid Response Program.
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- By Jenna Kunze
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LONGMONT, Colo. — Last summer, Oweesta Corp., the longest standing Native funder of Native-run community development financial institutions in the nation, split from First Nations Development Institute, its parent company for 20 years.
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The new Small Dollar Loan program under the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund could provide some new opportunities for Native CDFIs to serve their clients.
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SHAWNEE, Okla. — The Citizen Potawatomi Nation-owned First National Bank & Trust has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a larger state-chartered bank headquartered in Oklahoma City.
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Cryptocurrency company NativeCoin hopes to use blockchain technology to build an economy for Native Americans, by Native Americans.