OneUnited Bank, the largest Black owned bank in the country, is proud to announce that it has achieved a milestone of over 100,000 customers. The Bank credits its social justice activism and its technology platform for its rapid growth. In 2016 due to the spate of murders of Black men,Read More →
Recently Greenwood secured $3 million in seed funding from private investors as the first digital banking platform for Black and Latinx people and business owners. Greenwood features best-in-class online banking services and innovative ways of giving back to Black and Latinx causes and businesses. Greenwood’s founders include: Andrew J. Young,Read More →
CBS All Access is developing a series with Tip “T.I.” Harris attached to star and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson onboard as an executive producer according to Variety The project is based on the book “Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations from NYPD’s FirstRead More →
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), the nation’s largest independent distributor of life and health insurance products, today announced it has acquired Tri-State Financial (“Tri-State”), headquartered in New Jersey. Tri-State is an independently owned affiliate of Integrity platform partner Family First Life (“FFL”) and has been one of the largest marketing partnersRead More →
The nation’s leading premium quality cannabis brand rooted in purpose and founded by NBA veteran Al Harrington, Viola, announced today the launch of its fashion collaboration with rapper T.I.’s apparel line, AKOO Clothing. The “420 capsule collection” commemorates the nationwide cultural cannabis moment, 4/20, while giving back to those who have beenRead More →
Jay King, the CEO and President of the California Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC), has announced the launch of a special Covid-19 “Everybody Pitch In” GoFundMe campaign, to assist and save California-based small Black businesses. Even with the recent passage of the CARES Act, a $2 trillion-dollar Covid-19 stimulus bill, King is concerned that small Black enterprisesRead More →
kweliTV, an ad-free subscription video on demand service that celebrates independent black stories from across the globe, is now available on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex. X1 and Flex customers can subscribe to and access kweliTV’s award-winning indie films, documentaries and kids programming over the Internet by saying “kwelitv”Read More →
One City Ent., a multimedia entertainment arts company, has released an interactive online platform for musicians to compete to win thousands of dollars in prizes and global exposure. With the rise of independent artists and content it’s harder to discover new music. In addition to hosting competitions sponsored by majorRead More →
