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Hope Credit Union Pledges $1 Billion to Improve Lives in Underserved Deep South Communities

Groundbreaking investment to support 150,000 homebuyers, businesses and families

Today, Hope Credit Union (HOPE), the nation's leading Black- and women-owned community development financial institution, announced plans to provide $1 billion financing to improve lives and close the racial and gender opportunity gaps in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. HOPE projects that the investment will benefit more than 150,000 people over the next 10 years.