Latest Community Development Financial Institution News, Insights & Analysis

Exelon invests $5m in Lendistry to back small businesses

September 4, 2025

Lendistry, a nationwide small business lender and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), has secured a $5m investment from Exelon, one of the largest energy delivery companies in the United States.

NY Green Bank is proud to support Carver, whose commitment to serving diverse middle-income neighborhoods is well aligned with the energy benefit goals of the Community Decarbonization Fund," remarked David Davenport, Managing Director at NY Green Bank. "By providing mission-driven lenders like Carver with low-cost capital that supports sustainable infrastructure, we aim to advance New York State's greenhouse gas reduction goals."

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Carver Bancorp secures $25m loan facility for NYC decarbonisation projects

May 29, 2024

Carver Bancorp, Inc., a certified Community Development Financial Institution and a designated Minority Depository Institution, has announced the closing of a $25m revolving senior unsecured term loan with NY Green Bank.