HOPE Named to Fast Company’s 2022 List of Most Innovative Companies

JACKSON – Today, HOPE (Hope Enterprise Corporation, Hope Credit Union and Hope Policy Institute) was named one of Fast Company’s 10 most innovative companies reflecting current events. The recognition honors companies for innovative work on the most pressing issues of the day including COVID-19 response, the climate crisis, mental health and economic inequality. HOPE’s successful efforts to raise Transformational Deposits in partnership with the nation’s most prominent companies and mission aligned individuals to expand lending in capital starved communities for entrepreneurs and homeowners of color was highlighted in the award announcement.

Through the Transformational Deposit Program, companies, organizations and individuals make very low-cost deposits in HOPE. HOPE, in turn, uses the deposits to advance small business and homeownership among people and communities of color and places facing economic distress. Join the growing movement of Transformational Depositors at www.hopecu.org/Transform.