Thursday 29 April 2009. The cdfa is a founding member of the Better Banking Campaign. This is our message to the party leaders ahead of the general election. Continue reading
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The cdfa’s response to the Budget
The Community Development Finance Association (cdfa) has welcomed a proposal to ensure that banks help to provide more services to people on low incomes, contained in the Budget report. Continue reading
Welcome for government report’s “ringing endorsement” of UK CDFIs
The cdfa has welcomed a new government report that calls for continued public sector support for the UK’s community development finance institutions Continue reading
Coalition calls for more help for the financially excluded
The Better Banking campaign, of which cdfa is a founding member, has today called on banks to offer their services to millions of people who are excluded from using them Continue reading
New credit crunch figures: Government must act to help small businesses in deprived areas
As new figures suggest that nearly 60% of small businesses were refused credit by their bank in the last year, the cdfa is calling on the Government to increase its investment in CDFIs to help businesses in the most disadvantaged communities. Continue reading
CDFIs filling in for market failure
I’m delighted to say that we feature on the Guardian’s Comment is Free website today with an article responding to the New Economics Foundation’s new report, I.O.U.K Continue reading