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Minority-Owned Banks and Their Primary Local Market Areas
In this article, we analyze the experience and performance of MDIs in their primary local service areas in recent periods, including before, during, and after the 2008 financial crisis. We provide a review of the sector, highlighting key policies and initiatives pertaining to and affecting these institutions, and provide a brief review of previous research. We document trends in the sector, including: 1) the characteristics of the locations where MDIs tend to do business; 2) the changing landscape of MDIs in terms of openings, closings, and mergers by ethnic ownership; and 3) the performance ...
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Capital-raising among minority-owned banks before and after the financial crisis
The financial crisis and recession of 2008-2010 made the availability of capital a significant area of concern for community banks, and led many of these institutions to seek out sources to rebuild their equity.1 The need for capital may have been even greater for some minority-owned financial institutions. Minority-owned depositories are a small subset of financial institutions, most of which are also community banks, reflecting either black, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American ownership, or majority minority board members and a mission to serve minority populations. Regulators have long ...
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Minority-owned banks: history and trends
A review of the current status of the U.S. minority banking industry, with particular emphasis on how minority-owned banks compare with nonminority peer banks on specific balance-sheet items.
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Federal Reserve develops training program for minority-owned banks
The Federal Reserve is developing a comprehensive training program for minority-owned banks that will be introduced in 2008, an undertaking that reflects the Fed's experience in helping minority-owned institutions.
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Fed program to assist minority, young banks
The Federal Reserve System has launched Partnership for Progress, an outreach program designed to help minority-owned and de novo financial institutions confront their unique challenges, cultivate safe and sound practices, and compete more effectively.
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Management efficiency in minority- and women-owned banks
In this article, we conduct an analysis of the operating performance of minority- and women-owned banks from the perspective of production efficiency.