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EBA Fund Welcomes New Funding and Commitments

Funding will advance an emerging secondary market for community-based microlending for small businesses, filling a vital role in creating opportunity and equity in low-income communities.

BY Business Ownership Initiative

Of Interest

12.02.2021
Small Business

San Francisco Entrepreneurs of Color Fund

SFEOCF seeks to create a more accessible and seamless continuum of capital and services for entrepreneurs of color in San Francisco.

BY Joyce Klein & 1 more

Publication

12.01.2021
Small Business

Building Wealth Inclusively Through Business Ownership

Although business ownership may not be the primary way that most individuals and families build wealth in the United States, in any capitalist economy it’s a route that cannot be ignored.

BY Joyce Klein

Publication

10.18.2021
Small Business

Addressing the Capitalization and Financial Constraints of CDFI Microlenders

Microlending fills a vital role in creating opportunity and equity in low-income communities, and in meeting demand for loans among entrepreneurs who have face barriers accessing credit: people of color and women.

BY Joyce Klein & 2 more

Publication

05.19.2021
Small Business

EBA Fund on FINTECH+

How can the financial system convert the value and promise of entrepreneurship into an asset?

BY Joyce Klein & 3 more

Video

03.27.2021
Small Business

Opportunities for an Inclusive Recovery

On February 25, Business Ownership Initiative Director Joyce Klein participated in a webinar hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, “Small Busine ...

BY Business Ownership Initiative

Video

02.25.2021
Small Business

Building an Inclusive Economy Through Community-Based Financial Institutions: A Conversation with Joyce Klein and Janie Barrera

The Aspen Institute and the Microfinance Impact Collaborative recently announced the creation of the Entrepreneur Backed Assets (EBA) Fund, which will strengthen the capacity of community-based financial institutions to lend to small businesses in low-income communities and those owned by people of color.

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Of Interest

02.03.2021
Small Business

Inclusion and Equity through Entrepreneurship

This episode of the CRA Podcast looks at the Entrepreneur Backed Assets Fund, which has created a secondary market for small business loans.

BY Joyce Klein & 1 more

Podcast

01.30.2021
Small Business

Women Entrepreneurs Need Access to Capital

While the Paycheck Protection Program was intended to help small businesses hit hardest by COVID-19, it failed to deliver on its promise.

BY Geri Stengel, Forbes

Blog Post

01.06.2021
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