Diversity Lender
Lendistry
Small Business Loans
Loan Amount
$5K - $5M
Rate
Competitive CDFI rates
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Program overview
How Lendistry's diversity lending program works.
Fintech CDFI playing a bigger role in SBA financing. Focuses on underserved small businesses with community development mission.
Certifications accepted
Which certifications qualify a business for this program.
Lendistry'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 Lendistry sets at application.
Small businesses in underserved communities
What else this certification opens
Corporate buyers that accept the same certifications.
The certifications Lendistry 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.
Compare other lenders
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.