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Podcast: Church Lending and Other Ways to Renew Urban Neighborhoods

July 24, 2019
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Podcast: Church Lending and Other Ways to Renew Urban Neighborhoods

Pedro Bryant speaks at the ABA Annual Convention in 2016. Photo by Erika Chambers.

As urban areas across the country grow and change, community development financial institutions like Metro Bank in Louisville, Ky., are meeting the unique needs of these evolving neighborhoods. On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, Pedro Bryant — president and CEO of Metro Bank, Kentucky’s only bank designated as a CDFI — discusses:

  • How Metro Bank employs New Markets Tax Credits to finance significant projects in its target Louisville and Jefferson County neighborhoods.
  • Metro Bank’s customized loans to churches, which provide critical funds to grow facilities and programs at organizations uniquely situated to support community revitalization.
  • Key underwriting factors bankers should consider when lending to houses of worship.
  • The need for bankers to participate in the policymaking process to encourage growth and economic development, especially in rural areas and small towns.

If you can’t see the audio player above, click here to listen to this episode.

In this episode:

Pedro Bryant
President and CEO
Metro Bank
Shaun Kern
Senior Counsel
ABA
Evan Sparks
Editor-in-Chief
ABA Banking Journal

 

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