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New emissions standards in 2010 required many of California’s older big rigs to be upgraded or replaced with new, cleaner models. This law, while enormously beneficial to public and environmental health, meant that many independent truck drivers would have to cease operating if they could not afford to retrofit or replace their trucks. We launched…

We are excited to announce its first investment in Oregon, a $13 million expansion of Northwest Human Services, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center and a vital part of the social safety net in Salem, Oregon.

Accelerating Opportunity is our first-ever research piece dedicated to the impact of our truck lending. In compiling our research and data, we found that our lending efforts in the transportation sector result in a compelling triple-bottom-line impact.

September 23, 2019 marks the 25th anniversary of the CDFI Fund. Formally known as the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund, the US Treasury Department program aims to expand economic opportunity by investing in organizations, like Accion Opportunity Fund, to provide loans, technical assistance, and financial services to underserved communities.

California is on the verge of implementing the most significant financial protection bill in the nation for small business owners, something Accion Opportunity Fund has been advocating for many years.

In collaboration with the Financial Health Network [formerly the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI)], we are pleased to present the initial findings of our Small Business Financial Health Survey. Accion Opportunity Fund, including our lending arm Opportunity Fund, and FHN are committed to building a more robust financial marketplace for both consumers and small…

Income fluctuates when you’re an entrepreneur. Sales can change for a myriad of reasons, ranging from predictable seasonality to unexpected competition. With this, a business owner’s available cash and ability to re-pay debt inevitably change as well. We presented “The True Cost of Capital” – a webinar detailing just how much a typical small business…

Thank you, friends?, for joining us at Taste of Microfinance and for supporting our mission to provide small business loans to hard-working entrepreneurs.

As a founding member of the Responsible Business Lending Coalition (RBLC), Accion Opportunity Fund is elated to see that Representatives Phillips (D-MN), Timmons (R-SC), and Velazquez (D-NY) have introduced a bi-partisan resolution in support of the RBLC’s Small Business Borrowers’ Bill of Rights.

The Responsible Business Lending Coalition (RBLC), a group of non-profit and for-profit leaders and small business advocates, joined together in 2015 to protect main street from irresponsible small business lending. On May 2nd, the group was honored by the California Reinvestment Coalition in Oakland with a Community Heroes Award.