May 23, 2025

Community banking

Banking

Patriot National gets serious about private banking

Stamford, Connecticut on Aug. 7, 2023.Adobe Stock Two months after shepherding a $58 million private placement to completion, Patriot National Bancorp CEO Steven Sugarman is remaking the Connecticut bank’s board and management team. Patriot, which has $957 million of assets, announced a number of new director and executive appointments on Monday. Most prominently, Private Bank

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Funds

Trump budget suggests eliminating some CDFI funds

WASHINGTON — The White House’s proposed budget pitches eliminating Community Development Financial Institution Fund’s discretionary awards.  In President Donald Trump’s proposed budget, the White House said that past awards have “made race a determinant of access to loan programs to ‘advance racial equity,’ funded products and services that built so-called climate resiliency,’ and framed American

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Finance

Fulcrum Lending CEO Maxwell Wu Sees the Future of Multifamily Finance as a Partnership between Community Banks, Technology and Private Credit.

Partner Insights spoke to Maxwell Wu, Co-founder and CEO at Fulcrum Lending based in New York City about his firm’s unique take on private credit, technology, and financial trends in the multifamily space. Before launching Fulcrum, Wu led the spinout of a technology group from Greystone, serving as the chief underwriter while leading the team

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Banking

N.C. credit unions seek to expand into ‘banking deserts’

The North Carolina House of Representatives this week passed a measure that would allow credit unions to expand into markets underserved by banks./nd700 – stock.adobe.com Credit unions in North Carolina are campaigning to change state law so they can increase services in so-called “banking deserts” — often rural markets where traditional financial services are sparse.

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