Mi gente, the first season of Moneda Moves is ready for launch! Thank you for joining us in the new year and our 180th installment of our Moneda Moves notitas. This season, we’re focusing on 2025 economic trends, how they affect our entrepreneurial community, and our community will move the American economy. You can expect to hear from some incredible experts this season, including investors and national journalists—starting with this week’s guest. It is more important than ever to pay mind to how Latinos are contributing to the economy—especially Latinos in the growing gig economy. Did you kn ..read more

Can you believe it? We have arrived at the last installment of 2024 with Moneda Moves, and thank you for joining us this year! Throughout this season, we continued to cover top Latino entrepreneurs and leaders in the space looking to close capital gaps in our ecosystem, starting with my hometown, Chicago, the wider Midwest, and beyond. This week, we’re coming back to our roots and talking about how Latino culture is influencing purchasing power. Little Village, a neighborhood in the southwest side of Chicago, is named the "Mexico of the Midwest" and generates over $900 million annually throug ..read more

What’s up, Moneda Moves community? No one should be left behind in our mission to achieve equal pay, even for Latinas. Yet, in 2024, the Latina pay gap widened for the first time in 20 years. That's impacting Latinas across the board and in most disparate ways our caregivers, mothers, farmworkers, and people working in hospitality. My time reporting out of NYC reminds me of a time when I covered farmworkers and activists marching 200 miles to Albany to demand basic workers' rights, including collective bargaining, workers’ compensation, and unemployment benefits. This was finally granted in 20 ..read more

As we emerge post-pandemic, we've entered a new era, mi gente. An era that's transferred to a new generation we call Generation G, for global. These are often hard-working young adults, hungry to effect change and contribute to economic growth. They also more often have a good amount of cash versus good credit history. It's this audience that Kristy Kim, founder credit building startup TomoCredit is tapping into. Picture this: You're an immigrant student attending one of the most prestigious schools in the US, with a good track record otherwise, but getting rejected from auto rate, insurance l ..read more

Today we’re going back to our roots in journalism. We spoke with Kori Hale, who is CEO and co-founder of CultureBanx, redefining tech and business news for underrepresented communities using music. Once an investment banker, Kori quickly developed an eye for news. She became the first Black woman to anchor a daily news show from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, covering the intersection of business and culture. Yet, she knew there was a need for business news that covered Black and people of color specifically. Enter CultureBanx, a website covering business daily and redefining covera ..read more

Meet Latina entrepreneur, Beatriz Acevedo. You may know her as the Co-Founder of mitú, the digital media brand for young Latinos. Her career started in media at a young age, first on radio and later on television in Mexico. She later went on to co-found and chair LA Collab, a Hollywood initiative aimed at doubling Latino representation in Hollywood. Acevedo’s latest co-founded startup is set on closing the Latino wealth gap. SUMA Wealth is making financial education accessible and relatable via in-culture content, fintech tools and digital experiences. Last October, SUMA has raised more than ..read more

Hi, Moneda Moves listeners! When we think of the holidays, we think about sharing some laughs, drinks, maybe a good game or two with our loved ones. That’s the kind of feeling founder Carolina Acosta set to elicit when she created Tragos — a card and drinking game that celebrates Latino tradition and cultural-isms. It’s got quite an impressive history too. Latino run and self-funded, the game has made more than $1 million since its founding two years ago. And earlier this year, Carolina earned a spot Forbes 30 Under 30 list. On this special episode of the podcast before closing out the year, w ..read more

This is the end of what will be the longest week for many, though this is really what our black communities have faced for years on-end. Across the country, there are uprisings happening in the name of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Lorenzo Dean, Eric Reason, Pamela Turner and so many others. As former President Obama explained in his Medium post, the call-out is explicit for the “reform of police practices and the broader criminal justice system in the United States.” The rate at which black Americans are killed by police is more than twice as high as the rate for white Americans. I do ..read more

I’ve been thinking a lot about food in my kitchen lately. Why, you ask? Here’s one reason: US grocery costs have jumped the most in 46 years. So while our spending may not go to purchasing air travel, experiences or that new bar in town, I knew I couldn’t be the only one watching my spending at the grocery market. To learn a bit more about how we can manage our food spend, I reached to Dannielle Romoleroux. She’s the founder of First Gen Money, a financial literacy company that focuses on the first-gen folks, those who are first to graduate from college or build wealth in the U.S. She’s the da ..read more

It’s no secret that that federal aid put forth by the Small Business Administration has been met with its fair share of critique. The two big programs you’ve heard about are the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Take the $660 billion Paycheck Protection Program, which was meant to extend help to small businesses battered by the pandemic, allowing them to keep employees on the payroll. While some businesses have received a much needed infusion to help pay staff, others never heard back. It’s unsure whether they will at all. Meanwhile, experts ..read more