BE Banks – Black Enterprise

Black History Month 2023 Entrepreneurship

Celebrating Maggie L Walker: The First Woman Bank Owner Who Transformed Black Business Practices

Atiya JordanFebruary 15, 2023February 15, 2023

by Atiya JordanFebruary 15, 2023February 15, 20231280

28 Days: Celebrating Black Business Icons Past and Present: Honoring the legacy of Maggie Lena Walker, who remains a catalyst for economic advancement in the Black...

Money

Looking Back at the History of America’s Black Banks, Even as They Strive For Vitality

Jeffrey McKinneyAugust 30, 2019

by Jeffrey McKinneyAugust 30, 201913585

In their prime, black banks across the country were a financial shelter for their customers but today the number of black banks is collapsing...

Entrepreneurship

Surviving the Meltdown

Alan HughesJanuary 1, 2012September 29, 2017

by Alan HughesJanuary 1, 2012September 29, 20172086

Mitchell, president and CEO of Washington, D.C.-based Industrial Bank (No. 8 on the BE banks list with $382 million in assets), knew that while the...

Entrepreneurship

BE 100s Report: Seaway Takes Over Legacy Bank

Derek T. DingleApril 1, 2011October 11, 2017

by Derek T. DingleApril 1, 2011October 11, 2017458

Failure of leading financial institution continues trend of black bank closures...