Policy News, June 25, 2019

The Small Business Administration has proposed a rule amending and updating regulations for the 7(a) Loan Program. This proposed rule will implement the Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018 and update the SBA’s regulations pertaining to supervision...

Industry News, June 25, 2019

Credit Unions Find Friendly Ground With FinTech Firms For all the disruption that fintech firms have brought to financial services, they aren’t an adversarial force for credit unions. Rather, they are potential partners in filling the gaps in the service offerings....

DreamSpring Announced as New Name

Accion Serving Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas will become DreamSpringSM   Albuquerque, NM (June 17, 2019) – A name change from Accion to DreamSpringSMis in the works for a highly respected and award-winning, non-profit organization that has helped...

Cohorts: Wielding the Power of Collaboration

Recently, AEO launched the Innovation Hub, a model designed to solve market challenges, spur innovation, and drive system-level change that is transformational for underserved entrepreneurs. Its purpose is to be the central point for the introduction of impactful new...