CDFIs: The Nonprofit Lenders Powering Main Street

Somewhere right now, a business owner is walking out of a bank after being declined for a loan. The numbers were close. The customers are real, the revenue is real, the lease payment has cleared every month for six years. But the collateral was thin, or the last two...

Independent Retailer Month: Why Local Retail Matters

Every July, Independent Retailer Month celebrates the entrepreneurs who help shape the communities where we live, work, and shop. What began as a grassroots effort to encourage consumers to support locally owned businesses has grown into an international movement...

Government Shutdown Over: SBA Lending Restarts

Government Reopens: SBA Lending Resumes and What This Means for Your Loan After 43 days of limited federal operations, the government has officially reopened and the U.S. Small Business Administration has begun restoring full functionality across its lending programs....