Retail Financial Services Initiative - Lessons Learnt

In 2002, NCIF launched a 3-year project with the objective of documenting and supporting the community development banking industry's offering of retail financial services. This project was spearheaded by NCIF through the generous support of the Annie E. Casey Foundation to help bring mainstream financial services to the unbanked and underserved sector. In this Retail Financial Services Initiative (RFSI), NCIF invested in 12 banks and credit unions, helping them test and develop products and services to reach the unbanked and underserved sector. The resulting publication, an RFSI Strategy Guide, is available by clicking here.

In 2006, NCIF continued the project by launching and Analysis of Lessons Learnt from the implementation of the various initiatives. This project attempted to quantify the financial and market success of three of the initial participating institutions. The final report, Lessons Learnt from Implementation by NCIF Retail Financial Service Participants, is available by clicking here.

Leveraging Capital for Change - NCIF Brochure

NCIF is proud to announce the release of Leveraging Capital for Change, a detailed brochure highlighting the work and impact of NCIF, our investees and the Community Development Banking Industry (CDBI). Within this publication, NCIF provides information on our mission and on our two lines of business; "Equities with Exits" Investments and the CDBI Exchange Network.

2006 Development Impact of NCIF Investees Report

NCIF is proud to release the 2006 Development Impact of NCIF Investees Report. Each year, NCIF conducts an analysis of the lending activities of the institutions within its portfolio in an attempt to measure the level of lending being directed towards low income areas and borrowers. Since NCIF began tracking the activities of its portfolio institutions in 1998, they have generated over $3.0 billion in over 74,000 loans that are geo-coded and tracked to low income communities or low income borrowers.

Social Performance Measurement for CDFI Banks
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