{"id":280536,"date":"2026-02-05T12:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/?p=280536"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:01:22","slug":"lifeline-for-millions-of-americans-becomes-hot-potato-for-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/lifeline-for-millions-of-americans-becomes-hot-potato-for-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifeline for Millions of Americans Becomes Hot Potato for Banks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bloomberg, October 9, 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-10-09\/lifeline-for-millions-of-americans-becomes-hot-potato-for-banks?embedded-checkout=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lifeline for Millions of Americans Becomes Hot Potato for Banks <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesse Van Tol, president of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/quote\/0528559D:US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Community Reinvestment Coalition<\/a>, a nonprofit that pressures banks to do more business in underserved communities, often by fighting bank mergers, praised Fifth Third\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTim Spence&nbsp;has an interest in financial inclusion that is uncommon for a bank CEO,\u201d Van Tol said in an interview. \u201cI would hope that the bank brings that perspective strongly to bear on how they run the Direct Express program.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bloomberg, October 9, 2025, Lifeline for Millions of Americans Becomes Hot Potato for Banks Jesse Van Tol, president of the&nbsp;National Community Reinvestment Coalition, a nonprofit that pressures banks to do more business in underserved communities, often by fighting bank mergers, praised Fifth Third\u2019s CEO. \u201cTim Spence&nbsp;has an interest in financial inclusion that is uncommon for 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