- June 12, 2024Our 2023 Impact Report outlines the strategies and services we offered to meet this moment, and highlights what worked and…
- May 31, 2024The HLD effectively bridges the gap between the different eras of HMDA data collection and clarifies it for researchers, using…
- April 12, 2024A global analysis of previous research over the last three decades shows that women entrepreneurs face a higher rate of…
- April 3, 2024Earned wage advances (EWA) and cash advance products are small, short-term loans that are typically repaid on the consumer’s next…
- March 7, 2024The 2023 Small Business Credit Survey (SBCS) shows signs of a further waning of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic…
- December 29, 2023Development finance agencies (DFAs) are tasked with providing financial services to underserved communities in order to see them grow and…
- December 29, 2023The Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 sought to address the practice of redlining – the intentional exclusion by banks of…
- December 19, 2023This brief examines the financing activity, financial performance, and efficiency and operations of Opportunity Finance Network’s member CDFIs that served…
- December 19, 2023This brief highlights sector dynamics that provide important context for any analysis of individual CDFIs, and shares suggestions for both…
- November 1, 2023The State of Inclusion in the U.S. Financial System follows Aspen FSP’s report, Towards a National Strategy for Financial Inclusion, and…