alexis siroc, Author at Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners

Designing Tech Solutions for Financial Health

How can providers leverage technology to improve financial health programs? Programs designed to help people become financially healthy often face challenges in engaging clients and scaling their efforts. Increasingly, many are turning to technology to overcome these challenges and increase [...]

Designing Tech Solutions for Financial Healthalexis siroc2019-05-21T14:01:46-04:00

Choices, Not Sacrifices, Learned at UNHP Personal Finance Class

Susan Mohan of Bedford Park admits to having teetered toward overspending. Her take-home pay, which never seemed to go far enough, had somehow slipped into a deep abyss wrapped in mystery. For her sake she realized that taking control of [...]

Choices, Not Sacrifices, Learned at UNHP Personal Finance Classalexis siroc2019-05-21T13:57:44-04:00

The Economist Features Neighborhood Trust Federal Credit Union on Its Service to Immigrant Community

MOST banks wouldn’t lend to Roberta. She arrived in New York from Mexico with papers but no credit history. But Neighborhood Trust Federal Credit Union, which specialises in lending to immigrants, gave her advice and a $2,000 loan. She started [...]

The Economist Features Neighborhood Trust Federal Credit Union on Its Service to Immigrant Communityalexis siroc2019-05-21T14:06:56-04:00

Banks Reject New York City IDs, Leaving ‘Unbanked’ on Sidelines

Nearly a year ago, Mayor Bill de Blasio proclaimed that a new municipal identification card would help thousands of New Yorkers “lead fuller lives, better lives, lives full of respect and recognition.” More than 670,000 people have obtained the identification [...]

Banks Reject New York City IDs, Leaving ‘Unbanked’ on Sidelinesalexis siroc2019-05-21T14:07:03-04:00

Broad Effort Aims to Expand Financial Services to Low-Income Consumers

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, teaming with private partners including the Gates Foundation and JPMorgan Chase, announced initiatives on Tuesday to expand banking services to millions of Americans and others worldwide who lack essentials like checking or savings accounts and [...]

Broad Effort Aims to Expand Financial Services to Low-Income Consumersalexis siroc2019-05-21T14:07:10-04:00

Neighborhood Trust Secures $650,000 Grant from JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Neighborhood Trust is thrilled to announce a two-year, $650,000 grant from JPMorgan Chase, through its Foundation. The grant supports our direct service work with low-income clients in New York City and efforts to scale The Employer Solution, including the build [...]

Neighborhood Trust Secures $650,000 Grant from JPMorgan Chase Foundationalexis siroc2019-05-21T13:52:26-04:00

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