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Micro Lending Academy: Lending Life Cycle and Technology

We know that FinTech’s technology led to an explosion of online lending, much of it usurious. Across the country, CDFIs are building their own online platforms for quality community lending — including our own Robert Lopez, COO of Valley Economic Development Corporation in Los Angeles.

Microlending Academy Newsletter: CAMEO Microlenders Expand

In this Issue… 2016 MicroLenders Forum – Register Today! Working Solutions Graduates MMS Cohort MMS Success Story:  Nancy and David Ortiz, Buenaventura Travel Agency Accion San Diego Expands to Four Counties VEDC's National Loan Fund Research:  SmallBiz Perspective on Online Lenders News 2016 MicroLenders Forum January 26, 2016 9:00am – 4:00pm Federal Reserve Bank of

MLA Newsletter: Launching into the Future

In this Issue… 2016 MicroLenders Forum Recap Education Electeds on Responsible Lending MMS Update AEO’s Project CUE Research:  SmallBiz Perspective on Online Lenders News 2016 MicroLenders Forum Recap CAMEO held it’s 7th MicroLenders Forum, co-hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (thanks Lena Robinson!), on January 26, 2016.  It was sold out with

MMS Success Year Two: Doubling Loans for Small Lenders

 The MLA newsletter is chock-a-block with articles, resources, technology, success stories, interviews, and big picture ideas on all Lending Academy features. In this Issue… MMS Year 2 Sees Rapid Growth MMS Lessons Learned MMS Success Story:  Nikki Daley, HEAT Culinary Small Business Responsible Lending Coalition Excellence in Lending: Opportunity Fund, Scaling for the Mission Research: 

Taking Microlending to a New Level

by Susan Brown How did Opportunity Fund get to 2,000 deals per year? Opportunity Fund’s Director of Microlending, Devin McAlpine, walked us through the evolution of their program design in an August webinar. Download the slidedeck and listen to the webinar (67 minutes). Up until 2011, Opportunity Fund’s program looked similar to most of the

MMS: Lessons Learned

by Susan Brown In August CAMEO pulled together the growing MMS tribe in August for discussion, learning and trading ideas. First we asked everyone what they like best about MMS and got some great answers. Clearly, MMS is working to increase volume and efficiency. “We’re more efficient and have been able to double our volume

MicroLending Academy Newsletter: Opportunities to Scale

The MLA newsletter is chock-a-block with articles, resources, technology, success stories, interviews, and big picture ideas on all Lending Academy features. This edition focuses on the many opportunities CAMEO is extending to its members in order to scale. In this Issue… CAMEO in Action:  SB 197 Success Story:  Southern Girl Desserts MMS Update: Fresno CDFI

Micro Lending Academy: Excellence in Lending Discussion

CAMEO invites leaders and the big thinkers to a presentation from Opportunity Fund on their lending process. Their process — which does not use high tech algorithms nor online applications — led them to close 1,560 microloans this past year. The business model that allows such scale has elements that leaders in the CAMEO lending network need to consider.

Micro Lending Academy: Advanced Balance Sheets

Now that we all know what a balance sheet is and how it operates, what type of analysis can we do with it? In this webinar we will review some common balance sheet ratios used by lenders, but then move onto analysis that is useful for business owner management decisions.

MicroLending Academy Newsletter: Commitment to Scale

The MLA newsletter is chock-a-block with articles, resources, technology, success stories, interviews, and big picture ideas on all Lending Academy features. This edition focuses on capacity building and lists several opportunities for training, whether they be peer calls, webinars or tools you can use.In this Issue… Success Story:  Opportunity Fund, A Commitment to Scale A