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Article: Wells Fargo Meets Goal To Lend $1 Billion To African American Small Business Owners Two Years Early
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 19, 2008
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Wells Fargo issued the following news release:
Recognizing the vitality of African American small business owners throughout the nation, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) said Sunday it has reached its goal, set in 1998, to lend $1 billion to African American business owners nationwide by 2010. A new multi-year lending goal will be announced later this year.
Wells Fargo is celebrating the achievement this year with a number of events, including screenings of the film, "Two Dollars and a Dream" (written and directed by Stanley Nelson and distributed by Filmmakers Library), about Madame C.J. Walker, America's first self-made millionairess. The film illustrates the history of successful ...