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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-016601"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PDLB"
cik: "0001874071"
company_name: "Ponce Financial Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T03:49:48.107005+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ponce Financial Group certified as CDFI by Treasury on April 28, 2023

## Summary
- U.S. Treasury certified Ponce Financial Group (PFG) as a Community Development Financial Institution on April 28, 2023.
- CDFI status grants PFG access to federal grants, programs, and funding for underserved communities, including Hispanic and African-American populations.
- CEO Carlos Naudon emphasizes PFG's role as 'systemically critical' for providing financial services to historically locked-out communities.
- Certification supports PFG's mission to serve low-income and minority communities in and around New York City and nationwide.
- PFG expects this milestone to enhance its ability to deploy capital equitably and support post-pandemic recovery in its service areas.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-016601
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PDLB
- cik: 0001874071
- company_name: Ponce Financial Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874071/000095017023016601/0000950170-23-016601-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874071/000095017023016601/pdlb-20230502.htm

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