A Relationship Worth Investing In

Lendistry is a national, minority-led, non-bank, CDFI with a focus on financing disadvantaged small business owners, seeking strategic partnerships with banks who share the same mission.

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CEO, Everett Sands Speaks at a Hearing on Big Ideas for Small Businesses

“You can’t support entrepreneurship without supporting capital access to underserved and underbanked communities, because it is these very communities that are producing entrepreneurs at a higher rate than any others”

Everett K. Sands, CEO of Lendistry, testifying before the U.S. House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth

Access to Capital Partnership Platform

Banks leverage our unique technology platform to reach small businesses in their communities.

  • Lendistry can build a scalable and digitized portal that is accessible by small business customers to gain access to capital beyond what the bank offers.
  • A partnered solution for traditional bank lenders to introduce new lending products, redirect loans for which they do not have the credit appetite or capacity to originate, and more.
  • Designed to keep bank deposit and cash management relationships intact by sending loan referrals to a non-depository partner.

Loan Sales and Participations

Reach beyond your commercial lending limits and credit appetite with loans originated by Lendistry.

  • One-time or forward-flow arrangements available for loan purchases.
  • Mitigate risk in lending to small businesses with loan participations.

Other Partnership Opportunities

Contact us today to customize a strategic partnership.

For recipients of ECIP* capital, we can be an impactful partner in your strategy to reach more small businesses and maximize scale before the first dividend is due.

Lendistry has over 50 bank and credit union partnerships in place, including through loan referral and Community Development lending arrangements.

* Emergency Capital Investment Program

Please answer a few quick questions about which of the above areas might be of interest to you, and we’ll set up a meeting.