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Focus on Financial Services: Additional resources

Our Racism and the Economy: Focus on Financial Services event examines structural racism in our financial services system and its impact on the economy. We have developed a list of additional resources from Federal Reserve Banks that examine race across several financial services contexts.

Jump to: Session proposals & Policy Brief | Banking and Banking Products | Payments | Credit Access | Fintech and Innovation

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Session proposals & Policy Brief

Racism and the Economy: Focus on Financial Services Policy Brief

Policy Brief PDF | 12 District Reserve Banks

These papers go into greater detail on the proposals presented by the authors during the Racism and the Economy: Focus on Financial Services event.

Lending Circles: A Community-Centered Approach to Financial Security and Social Justice

Proposal PDF | José Quiñonez, Mission Asset Fund

Disrupting Financial Services’ Structural Barriers to Credit Access Via a First Generation Homebuyer Special Purpose Credit Program

Proposal PDF | Lisa Rice, National Fair Housing Alliance

Bridging the Racial Wealth Gap Through Credit Building

Proposal PDF | Abbey Wemimo, Esusu Financial

Banking and Banking Products

Banking Culture: The Path Ahead

Speech | Federal Reserve Bank Of New York

Banking the Unbanked: The Past and Future of the Free Checking Account

Blog Post | Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Driver of Choice? The Cost of Financial Products for Unbanked Consumers

Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Minority Banks During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Publication | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Who Pays the Price? Overdraft Fee Ceilings and the Unbanked

Publication | Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Payments

Digital Payments and the Path to Financial Inclusion

Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

The Future of Retail Payments in the United States

Speech | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Low-Income Consumers and Payment Choice

Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Pondering Payments: Challenges of Reaching All Americans

Publication | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Credit Access

Credit, Income, and Inequality

Blog Post | Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Racial Differences in Mortgage Refinancing, Distress, and Housing Wealth Accumulation During COVID-19

Discussion Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Serving the Underserved: Microcredit as a Pathway to Commercial Banks

Working Paper | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Survey: Black small business owners’ credit concerns didn’t fade during pandemic

Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Fintech and Innovation

Fintech & Racial Equity: Featuring Our Recent Collaboration on the Community Development Innovation Review

Podcast | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Fintech, Racial Equity, and an Inclusive Financial System

Publication | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Inclusion by Design: Crafting a Central Bank Digital Currency to Reach All Americans

Publication | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Who Received PPP Loans by Fintech Lenders

Blog Post | Federal Reserve Bank of New York