Resource Category: Microlending

March 5, 2020

The San Francisco District office has released new data on SBA guaranteed lending programs, accompanied with a user-friendly interface for…

January 29, 2020

U.S. banks play an integral role as credit suppliers to small businesses. Small businesses comprise of nearly all employer firms…

October 23, 2019

The Richmond Fed’s recent report, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) by the Numbers, provides findings from the 2019 Federal Reserve CDFI…

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…