Diversity Lender
Industrial Bank
Business Loans
Program overview
How Industrial Bank's diversity lending program works.
Industrial Bank is one of the oldest Black-owned banks in America, providing business financing in the Washington D.C. metro area.
Certifications accepted
Which certifications qualify a business for this program.
Industrial Bank's diversity lending program is open to businesses holding any of the certifications below. Lenders verify the certification at underwriting, so the certificate needs to be active and in good standing at the time you apply.
Underwriting requirements
Minimums Industrial Bank sets at application.
Small businesses in the Mid-Atlantic region, with focus on minority-owned enterprises.
What else this certification opens
Corporate buyers that accept the same certifications.
The certifications Industrial Bank accepts also unlock the corporate supplier diversity programs below. So the same certification that gets you working capital here can register you as a supplier with these companies.
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Adjacent diversity lending programs.
Before you borrow
Diversity lenders verify certification at underwriting.
Almost every diversity lender requires an active diverse-business certification on file before approving a loan. The quiz checks which certifications you qualify for and matches them to the lenders that recognize each one, so you can sequence the certification first and the financing second instead of getting denied at underwriting.