Financial Empowerment

Economy & Business

East St. Louis Native Wants Black Communities To Have More Access To Financial Services

DeAsia Paige

Alex Fennoy plans to bring a bank to East St. Louis.
Economy & Business

Lots of questions plus some answers about nature of credit scores, financial literacy, disparities

Evie Hemphill

The median credit score in St. Louis is 665, a few points beneath the national median. But a closer look at ZIP-code-level data shows a median score of…
Economy & Business

Regions Bank and Operation Hope expand free financial education service to metro east

Regions Bank and Operation HOPE on Thursday opened a HOPE Inside financial empowerment office in Belleville.The office staffed by an Operation Hope…