The Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund is announcing $23 million in funding for the fiscal year 2017 Bank Enterprise Awards, which encourage banks to increase their investments and loans in disadvantaged communities. The BEA program is the only program to which CDFI banks have had regular access in recent years. The first deadline in the application process for BEA funds is Nov. 16 and the final application deadline is Nov. 30.
Survey: Bank customer experience as important as products, services
Nearly nine in 10 people say customer experience is just as important as a bank’s products and services, according to a recent survey. Asked why they left their primary bank, concerns over security was the top reason cited.