Individuals and families
Helping individuals and families with homeownership resources and enhancing career opportunities for employees and job candidates
Access Commitment
Taking action to build wealth in diverse communities
Through U.S. Bank Access CommitmentTM, we’re changing how we serve underserved communities and providing more opportunities for employees.
Addressing the persistent racial wealth gap
What is the racial wealth gap? According to the Federal Reserve, the typical white family has eight times the wealth of the typical Black family, and five times the wealth of the typical Hispanic family. This longstanding and substantial disparity is known as the racial wealth gap.
Financial institutions played a historic role in creating wealth inequality. We’re doing our part to help close the gap by acknowledging that history and using our expertise to build wealth in communities of color. This long-term work, which we call Access Commitment, focuses our efforts to support:
Businesses and communities
Supporting businesses owned by people of color by expanding financing opportunities and increasing supplier diversity
Our employees
Providing tailored development opportunities and career support for employees at all levels of our organization
Joanna’s story
Meet one of the many business owners we’ve supported through U.S. Bank Access Fund, which over three years will impact more than 30,000 women microbusiness owners by providing capital and technical assistance.
Measuring progress
We’re careful to listen before we take action. So we ask for stakeholder input and measure outcomes. To go a step further, we’re actively working with the Urban Institute to develop a strategy to measure more of our impact on people’s day-to-day lives.
