Category: Equality
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Celebrating Women’s History Month: 3 women-led firms changing the financial industry for good
Authored by CNote’s VP of Business Development, Danielle Burns. As we celebrate Women’s History Month here at CNote, it’s important to recognize the vital role that women have played in the financial industry. The financial industry has long been dominated by men, leading to significant gender disparities in pay and leadership positions. A 2020 report…
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Revolutionizing sustainable growth: Black-led financial institutions unleash potential with capital access and financial resources
Authored by CNote’s Director of Due Diligence, Julia Phipps In the U.S. much of how we define success can only be achieved with access to sufficient capital. Pursuing an education, providing security and food for your family, and even employment mobility is often limited by an individual’s capital. Inadequate access to capital continues to be…
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Investing In Black-owned Small Businesses To Close the Racial Wealth Gap
There is a staggering disparity between the wealth of Black communities and their white counterparts in the United States where wealth is the difference between financial and social mobility and terminal economic insecurity. In 2019, Black households, on average, had 14.5 percent of the wealth of the average white household. This disparity is reflected throughout…
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Wealth Inequality: The Secret Cost of Unequal Access to Credit
America, “the land of equal opportunity”, isn’t delivering on its promise for the 90 percent that find themselves on the wrong side of the ever-widening wealth gap. In fact, the United States has a level of wealth inequality between the rich and poor that is larger than any other major developed country. According to the…
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A great discussion on the state of income inequality, financial markets and monetary policy
When one of the world’s most successful investors says The World Has Gone Mad and the System Is Broken, you listen. That’s exactly what Ray Dalio did in a piece published on LinkedIn just a few days ago. We’ve summarized his views and shared an interview that further colors his viewpoints. Mr. Dalio’s views summarized…
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What’s the Big Deal About Inequality And What Role Does the U.S. Federal Reserve Play?
Why Does Inequality Matter? The phenomenon of increasing wealth inequality has emerged as one of the major socio-political issues of our time. Whether you turn to TV stations, newspapers, or internet blogs to keep up to date with news and current events, there’s a good chance that you have already seen the topic come up…
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Female Entrepreneurship in America: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly [Infographic]
It has been 30 years since Congress passed the Women’s Business Ownership Act which increased capital access for female entrepreneurs and ended discriminatory practices like requiring a man co-sign a woman’s business loan.