News Latest Round of Grow with Google Small Business Loans and Google.org Grants Announced OFN is proud to announce the latest recipients of Grow with Google Small Business Fund loans and Google.org grants. Launched earlier this year… November 20, 2020
Voices A Conversation with Finance Pioneer Inez Long At the OFN Annual Conference, OFN awarded financial crusader Inez Long with the 2020 Ned Gramlich Lifetime Achievement Award for Responsible Finance. Presented annually, the Gramlich… November 20, 2020
News OFN President and CEO Lisa Mensah Amplifies the CDFI Message OFN’s President and CEO Lisa Mensah continues to amplify the CDFI voice boldly and broadly as CDFIs work deeply in rural, urban… October 30, 2020
News Inez Long Receives Ned Gramlich Award for Advocacy of Black-owned Businesses Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) announced that respected financial crusader Inez Long has been named recipient of the 2020 Ned Gramlich Lifetime Achievement Award… October 22, 2020
News Policies to Require Transparency in Small Business Lending Gain Momentum In recent months, policymakers at the federal and state level have made strides to provide greater transparency and oversight of the small… October 14, 2020
News CFPB Moves Forward on Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule More than a decade after the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is moving towards a rulemaking… October 14, 2020
Voices DreamSpring Offers Affordable Alternative to Predatory Loans with Wells Fargo Grant This post was written by OFN Blog guest author Mary Perkins, Director of Philanthropy, DreamSpring. DreamSpring is a recipient of a Wells… September 28, 2020
Voices Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History (Part 2) Originally posted 9/1/2020 by OFN member IFF A blog by IFF CEO Joe NeriOn April 15th, IFF CEO Joe Neri published a… September 15, 2020
News OFN President Addresses CDFI Fund Community Advisory Board On August 27, the CDFI Fund’s Community Advisory Board held a virtual meeting where OFN President and CEO Lisa Mensah spoke to the group, joining leaders… September 1, 2020