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…
December 13, 2023A new national survey of 1,015 small business owners including responses from Michigan, North Carolina, Texas and Washington has unveiled…
November 30, 2023Reimagine Main Street, in partnership with 14 other national business organizations, surveyed businesses about their experiences with corporate and government…
November 14, 2023This report presents an analysis of employee benefits provision among Hispanic, Black, and White business owners. Leveraging data from the…
November 2, 2023Many states have adopted Community Reinvestment Acts (CRAs) similar in purpose and structure to the federal Community Reinvestment Act of…
November 1, 2023The case studies contained in this report are the result of a year-long process, during which the SBAN team worked…
