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Financing a Small Business: Ryla Teleservices Community Development Investments Spring 2007

Small Business Administration Programs Community Developments Fact Sheet

A Tale of Two Cities: How a Bank Helps Communities in Transition Community Developments Winter 2003

Business Assistance Partnerships Help Minority Entrepreneurs-and Boost Bank Profits Community Developments Winter 2003

Compliance Corner: Small Business Lending and the Community Reinvestment Act Community Developments Winter 2003

Concepts of Commercial Credit Scoring-A Decade Later Community Developments Winter 2003

Effective Strategies for Community Development Finance (2000)
This OCC publication presents strategies that have helped banks engage effectively in community development (CD) finance. Small business financing strategies are described on pages 32-44.

Empowering Entrepreneurs Through the SBA Community Developments Winter 2003

How Wells Fargo's Targeted Business Services Help Minority Small Business Entrepreneurs Community Developments Winter 2003

A Microenterprise Loan Fund Opens Doors in Utah Community Developments Winter 2003

Microlending: How ACCION Partners with Commercial Banks Community Developments Summer 2001

Multibank Small Business Mezzanine Funds Community Developments Winter 2000/2001

Partnering: A Way to Help Overcome Small Rural Business Challenges Community Developments Winter 2003

SBA 504 Certified Development Companies: The Nation's Leading Economic Development Lenders Community Developments Winter 2003

SBA 504 Loan Program: Small Businesses' Window to Wall Street Community Developments Insights February 2006

Small Business Banking Issues: Summary from a 1998 OCC Forum

OCC's Small Business Resource Directory

Special Purpose Credit Programs Can Help Level the Playing Field Community Developments Winter 2003

Strengthening America: The Small Business Advantage Community Developments Winter 2003

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