Resource Category: Microlending

September 4, 2019

Better-qualified black and Hispanic testers who shopped for small business loans at Los Angeles area bank branches were treated worse…

March 8, 2019

Nonprofit research organization MDRC and Grameen America, Inc., the fastest growing nonprofit microfinance organization in the United States, today released the early…

January 22, 2019

FUND Community Institute continues to engage in dialogue and analysis around data from its landmark study, Perception versus Reality:  Women and…

January 15, 2019

Simply put, the purpose of this e-book is to help you fully understand what taking on an online loan truly…

December 12, 2018

Nonemployer firms are important to the United States’ economy, comprising 81% of all small businesses, employing 17% of the American…

November 21, 2018

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond has researched developments in the community development financial institution (CDFI) industry on a regular…

November 2, 2018

The contribution and importance of small businesses to the nation’s economy is well-researched and understood; for minority-owned small businesses, the…

October 18, 2018

This National Consumer Law Center report examines the annual percentage rate (APR), including both interest and fees, allowed in each…

September 17, 2018

Given the relationship between a small business’s access to financing and its outcomes, and given the growing share of minorities…

September 10, 2018

The growth and survival of U.S. small businesses depend on how depository lending institutions and other financial intermediaries are attending…