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Maxine Waters: “Minority Depository Institutions play a vital role in serving low- to moderate-income and underbanked communities.”

On the recordNovember 19, 2019
Minority Depository Institutions play a vital role in serving low- to moderate-income and underbanked communities.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters highlights the importance of MDIs in supporting underserved communities amid a crisis of bank closures.

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