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How CDFIs and SBA loans work

A short lesson, in plain words. Community Development Financial Institutions, or CDFIs, are specialized organizations that provide financial services in low-income communities and to people who lack access to financing.

They include community development banks and credit unions. A 7(a) loan is the Small Business Administration's main loan program for small businesses.

Lenders make the loans and the SBA provides a loan guarantee to them; it does not lend to borrowers directly.

Where this comes from

www.cdfifund.gov/programs-training/certification/cdfi
www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/7a-loans

Last aired Friday, October 23, 2026. Each point repeats the page it is drawn from; that page governs.

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