Pacific Community Ventures 2023 Impact Report
June 12, 2024Our 2023 Impact Report outlines the strategies and services we offered to meet this moment, and highlights what worked and…
Historic Redlining and Mortgage Lending Since 1981
May 31, 2024The HLD effectively bridges the gap between the different eras of HMDA data collection and clarifies it for researchers, using…
Closing the Gender Gap in Startup Financing
April 12, 2024A global analysis of previous research over the last three decades shows that women entrepreneurs face a higher rate of…
Hidden Costs of Small Dollar Loans
April 3, 2024Earned wage advances (EWA) and cash advance products are small, short-term loans that are typically repaid on the consumer’s next…
2024 Report on Employer Firms
March 7, 2024The 2023 Small Business Credit Survey (SBCS) shows signs of a further waning of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Best Practices for Equitable Lending
December 29, 2023Development finance agencies (DFAs) are tasked with providing financial services to underserved communities in order to see them grow and…
Redlining the Reservation
December 29, 2023The Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 sought to address the practice of redlining – the intentional exclusion by banks of…
A View of PPP from the Inside
December 19, 2023This brief examines the financing activity, financial performance, and efficiency and operations of Opportunity Finance Network’s member CDFIs that served…
Understanding CDFI Financial Data
December 19, 2023This brief highlights sector dynamics that provide important context for any analysis of individual CDFIs, and shares suggestions for both…
State of Inclusion in Financial System
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…
