by John Hope Bryant | May 29, 2008 | Global Dignity
Memories — former President Bill Clinton, HOPE Coalition America director Fred D. Smith and I visit the storm ravaged area little less than two years ago, announcing our plans (the Clinton Foundation, Operation HOPE and HOPE Partner H & R Block amongst...
by John Hope Bryant | May 29, 2008 | Bryant Quotes & Bryantisms
“Responsible subprime mortgage lending has done more to lift the poor out of poverty than anything else over the past 50 years. The problem has been irresponsible, predatory and greed-based subprime lending, as well as massive levels of financial illiteracy amongst...
by John Hope Bryant | May 29, 2008 | Bryant Traveling Man
Bryant Applauds Committee Decision to Explore the Future of Responsible Sub-Prime Lending; Committee moves immediately to assemble a group of experts and advisors for May, 2008 meeting Washington, D.C. – May 28, 2008 – At the inaugural meeting of the U.S. President’s...
by John Hope Bryant | May 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Too many distressed American borrowers are still reluctant to talk to their mortgage lenders about changing their loan terms because of a lack of financial education, a top U.S. Treasury official said on Wednesday. Read the entire Reuters...
by John Hope Bryant | May 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Robert Steel believes access to financial literacy tools may have helped many Americans avoid foreclosure, according to testimony he gave in front of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy...
