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Statement by Luz Urrutia, CEO of Accion Opportunity Fund, the nation’s leading nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution small business lender, on introduction of the Small Business Lending Disclosure Act in Congress

As small businesses struggle to access affordable capital, the nation’s leading nonprofit lender and tech-driven payroll and HR provider, Gusto, join forces to keep capital flowing to Main Street businesses.

Berde brings 25 years of human resources and financial services experience to Accion Opportunity Fund

Accion Opportunity Fund responded to the Department of Treasury’s request for comment regarding implementation of the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)

Nurturing, patient, empathetic, driven, commanding, responsible, and experienced at juggling a million things at once: All the qualities that make a successful parent also make a successful entrepreneurial mindset. Unfortunately, the pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated the problems parents who are entrepreneurs face. With childcare unavailable or uncertain, their family’s income threatened, and the health…

As we mark the mid-year point of a turbulent 2020, we want to recognize that we have accomplished amazing things with the help of some wonderful people! Opportunity Fund’s Southern California Regional Board has played a vital role in expanding the organization’s reach into a new market since June 2015 and making this region the…

For those of us fortunate enough to be able to work from home, everyday life is complicated, difficult, and worrisome. However, we still get to mobile order our favorite pizza or Chinese food for dinner. We still get to stop by and grab coffee at a drive-through on the way home from picking up groceries.…

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.

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Yesterday, Accion Opportunity Fund, alongside fellow members of the Responsible Business Lending Coalition (RBLC) and nearly 60 other organizations, submitted a comment letter outlining how California’s Department of Business Oversight (DBO) should bring true cost transparency to the small business lending market.