HOPE Inside on the move: First Tennessee partners with Operation HOPE and opens a location in the Orange Mound community.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpePrvobVN0&w=560&h=315] Hear from John Hope Bryant  and First Horizon Bank/First Tennessee Bank CEO Bryan Jordan about our partnership with Operation HOPE in Memphis community, featuring HOPE Inside. This is silver...

Financial literacy stories that break my heart….

Ryan Mack, one of my trusted lieutenants of Operation HOPE, told me recently of someone he spoke with who, after being approved for a $85,000 home equity loan, took the check — to a check casher (because crazy enough, she did not have a bank account). The check...
Project 5117: 260+ Pledges, Committed and Opened Locations

Project 5117: 260+ Pledges, Committed and Opened Locations

People may have not had a clue what I was talking about in November, 2013, when I first unveiled my plans for and around Project 5117.   To some, I am sure I sounded completely crazy, with my vision for a nation of underserved communities empowered. Today, as of this...
American Bankers Associations features HOPE Inside model, and partner Regions Bank

American Bankers Associations features HOPE Inside model, and partner Regions Bank

I keep saying that the new HOPE Inside model from Operation HOPE, and our growing Project 5117 portfolio, is going to fundamentally change banking, and empower communities — and it appears that opinion makers are beginning to take notice. The ABA Banking Journal...
Bryant to speak at opening of home of a future HOPE Inside. St. Louis City Hall.

Bryant to speak at opening of home of a future HOPE Inside. St. Louis City Hall.

I was honored to ‘show up’ in St. Louis, MO today for the official unveiling of the City of St. Louis Office of Financial Empowerment, which was the vision of my friend and fellow HOPE board member Hon. Tishaura Jones, the City Treasurer in St. Louis....