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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.

Accion Opportunity Fund is committed to serving entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds, businesses, and needs. That’s why we were particularly interested in a recent report released by the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Cleveland focusing on ethnic minority small business owners.

We know that a small business loan can be the difference between a dream and an opportunity—but too many small business owners face barriers when it comes to accessing traditional financing. That’s why we were particularly interested in a recent report released by the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Cleveland focusing on ethnic minority 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.

The policy team has been busy this spring, with visits to Washington, D.C. and Sacramento, educating policymakers (and even educating ourselves) on a bevy of economic and community development issues.

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.

Opportunity Fund CEO, Luz Urrutia, has been appointed to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Consumer Advisory Board (CAB).

Woman-led businesses are on the rise. Right now, there are more women-owned enterprises than ever before. But unfortunately—it looks like women are doing more with less.

In collaboration with the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI), Accion Opportunity Fund is pleased to present the initial findings of our Small Business Financial Health Survey.