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You’re Invited!  Attend this FREE Community Wealth and Health EXPO. Explore the relationship between health and wealth and how you can improve both.  Access to quality  services and solutions.  ... read more / view event »

Besides deep debt incurred to gain a college education, another sphere of concern presents yet another financial hurdle: student loan defaults. ... read more »

Hollywood movies like “The Wolf of Wall Street” give a theatrical glimpse into the what it is like to be a part of New York City’s Wall Street. It’s portrayed as busy, loud, and a bit of a boy’s club.  ... read more »

SCE’s CARE and FERA programs assist qualified customers in lowering their energy bills. ... read more »

From Nairobi, Kenya to a self-made American business woman, Dr. Abagail “Aby” Lilian Mamboleo’s career journey has been life changing! Today, the entrepreneur is living her motto, “I’m a B.I.T. (billionaire in training), and encouraging others to follow suit.   ... read more »

Blocking families from accessing certain types of loans would be particularly damaging for African American families. According to a study by the Center for the New Middle Class, even when African Americans have credit scores of 700 or above – generally considered to be a “good” score on a scale of 300 to 850 – their financial wellness resembles those with much lower credit scores. In fact, 80 percent of these families were likely to say that they live paycheck-to-paycheck, they were two and a half times more likely to overdraft on a bank account and they 28 percent less likely to have $1,200 set aside for a financial emergency. ... read more »

According to a press release from Gov. Jerry Brown, Lumpkin previously worked for Southern California Edison in several senior positions. After leaving Edison, she worked as a consultant who represented "major corporations and diverse communities." ... read more »

The press release said that, “The OCC took these actions given the severity of the deficiencies and violations of law, the financial harm to consumers, and the bank’s failure to correct the deficiencies and violations in a timely manner.” ... read more »

One of More than 150 Events Nationwide in AARP’s Annual “Operation: Stop Scams” ... read more »

In 2017, Wells Fargo announced a commitment to create 250,000 African American homeowners by 2027. In addition to lending $60 billion for home purchases over that 10-year period, the banking giant has committed to increase the diversity of its sales team, particularly African American home mortgage consultants. ... read more »

Mayor Garcetti touches upon the most salient and pressing issues facing Los Angeles in his State of the City Address. ... read more / watch video »

According to the review, at the start of fiscal year 2007-08, Compton had a general fund surplus of $22.4 million. ... read more »

In 1865, Freedman’s Bank began the history of African-American banking in America and its principle of keeping money among its patrons continues to be relevant to financial health in the Black community today.  ... read more »