Killer Mike Launches Digital Bank For Minorites

A group of Black Atlanta businessmen, politicians and entertainers — including former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young,  the entertainer Michael Render (better known as Killer Mike) and Bounce TV founder Ryan Glover — have launched a new digital bank focused on developing and promoting local communities and cultivating Black and Latinx entrepreneurs and small businesses.

Named Greenwood in an homage to the thriving Tulsa, Oklahoma, business community known as “Black Wall Street” that was destroyed by white rioters in 1921, the digital bank has several features designed to promote social causes and organizations for the Black and Latinx community.

For every sign-up to the bank, Greenwood will donate the equivalent of five free meals to an organization addressing food insecurity. And every time a customer uses a Greenwood debit card, the bank will make a donation to either the United Negro College Fund, Goodr (an organization that addresses food insecurity) or the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

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Love and Respect! I gotta Thank Ryan Glover, Paul Judge, Andy & Bo Young and the black men and women that put in the work and never get the shout too! I ain’t here alone! It’s US!!! https://t.co/eqlHLS9yNf

— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) October 8, 2020