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Lendistry in the news

Lendistry To Power Grants For New Businesses Who May Have Missed Out On State And Federal COVID Relief

December 13, 2023

Lendistry is Fostering Small Business Growth in Maryland

December 12, 2023

Rent Relief Program to Offer $46.3M to Landlords

November 30, 2023

Karen Hunter and Everett Sands: Why do Black-Owned Businesses Struggle to Get Loans? Let’s Do Something About It!

November 17, 2023

Ivoox: The Tavis Smiley Podcast with Everett Sands

Everett Joins Tavis Smiley to Give His Take on Building Wealth with a 401(k)

November 16, 2023

African American-Led Fintech Rides SBA’s Minority-Lending Wave

November 9, 2023

How the Biden Administration is Doing on its Goal of Getting More Loans to Minority Small Business Owners

November 5, 2023

Wharton Cypher Podcast: Leveraging Technology for Financial Inclusion with Everett Sands

October 18, 2023

Everett K. Sands Discusses Access to Banking and Lending in Disadvantaged Communities

October 17, 2023

Being Black in Fintech: Diversity and its Importance

October 5, 2023

Treasury Guarantees $300 Million in Bond Financing for Projects in Low-Income and Distressed Communities, $100 Million in Bond Financing to Lendistry

September 28, 2023

SBA Lending to Black Businesses Doubled Since 2020 With Lendistry as the Top Black-led 7(a) Lender in 2023

September 23, 2023

Everett K. Sands at the 52nd Annual Legislative Conference with Congresswoman Maxine Waters Discussing Closing the Wealth Gap

September 21, 2023

Everett Sands, CEO of Lendistry, Joins Tavis for a Conversation to Unpack the Impact of Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Sector

September 19, 2023

SBA’s 7(a) Loan Program Continues to Empower Black-Owned Businesses with Record-Breaking Support

September 11, 2023

Lendistry’s Kerrington Eubanks Talks Access to Capital on OC Talk Radio

August 30, 2023

Tunua Thrash-Ntuk of The Center by Lendistry Sits at ‘The Power Table’ Podcast to Discuss Black Women Building Economic Wealth

August 22, 2023

Lendistry Embraces Technology to Enhance Small Business Loan Products

August 21, 2023

Everett Sands, CEO of Lendistry, Joins Tavis Smiley to Unpack the New SBA Loan Requirements

August 8, 2023

How One Bank Aims to Boost Minority-Owned Business Financing: First Independence Bank has linked up with fintech Lendistry to offer alternative financing options

August 7, 2023

Peep This List Of Financial Resources For Black Business Owners And Entrepreneurs

August 7, 2023

Everett K. Sands Gives His Take on Debt and Credit on the Tavis Smiley Show, KBLA Radio 1580

July 25, 2023

A New Take on NMTCs: Meet Lendistry’s Small Business Loan Fund

July 21, 2023

Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico gets $7M from Lendistry

July 18, 2023

CalOSBA Invests $25 Million for Launch of Nation’s First Statewide Program to Support Employment Social Enterprises

July 17, 2023

Everett Sands unpacks the latest U.S. jobs report on Tavis Smiley, KBLA Radio

July 12, 2023

Key has big ambitions for its new CDFI partnership

July 10, 2023

Governor Moore pledges $15 million to Lendistry to provide loans to socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses

June 10, 2023

Everett Sands on How To Make Your Bank Work For You, In Good Times and Bad, on Money Maker with Nely Galán

May 4, 2023

Business leaders host networking event at Greater Nexus in Jamaica for diverse group of entrepreneurs

May 3, 2023

Everett Joins Tavis Smiley at KBLA 1580 AM Talk Radio to Discuss Small Business Financing and the Challenges Entrepreneurs Face Today

April 27, 2023

Karen Hunter & Lendistry CEO, Everett K. Sands Discuss Navigating through Inflation & Interest, and Tips on Spending Below your Means

April 13, 2023

Business Anatomy Remix with Everett Sands

March 10, 2023

The California Black Media Political Playback: Black Advocates Celebrate Women’s History Month

March 8, 2023

$54 Million Economic Opportunity Grant Program Now Open to LA County’s Microbusinesses, Small Businesses, and Non-Profits

February 23, 2023

An Optimistic Lender in Orange County

February 6, 2023

County Grant Program Has $54 Million to Disburse

February 6, 2023

Phase 1 of LA County’s $54 Million Economic Opportunity Grant Program Now Open for Microbusinesses

January 27, 2023

Black-Owned Fintech Firms are Providing Black Entrepreneurs with a Litany of Financial Offerings

January 24, 2023

Black Led Fintech, Lendistry Has Dispersed $9 Billion in Funding for Small Businesses

January 20, 2023

Dawn Dai, Host of Front Page KJLH Radio, speaks with Lendistry CEO Everett Sands About Responsible Lending and Grant Administration Solutions

January 13, 2023

CalOSBA Awarding Up to $250,000 Grant for CA Live Event Venues

January 10, 2023

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Here Are Tips From Ten Top Money Experts To Help You In The New Year
December 26, 2022

MWBE Lender Takes Community-based Approach
December 21, 2022

National Bankers Association Announces Members of Innovation Council
October 26, 2022

Black Firm Lendistry to Administer $200 Million in Pandemic Recovery Grants to Small and Micro-Businesses in New York
October 20, 2022

Lendistry’s CEO, Everett K. Sands Interviewed on Bronxnet TV about the NY State Seed Funding Grant program
October 20, 2022

Amazon and Lendistry Expand Community Lending Program
October 17, 2022

Amazon and Lendistry: It takes smaller shops to finance small business
October 11, 2022

Amazon expands program to loan small sellers up to $250,000
September 30, 2022

It’s time to ‘meet the moment’ for Texas small businesses
September 30, 2022

Amazon, Lendistry Expand Small Business Lending Program
September 29, 2022

Lendistry wants to connect small business owners to capital
September 28, 2022

Black Renaissance Fund: $125M of Capital Investments in Black-Led CDFIs Brings Catalytic Resources to Black Communities
September 27, 2022

New York is Funding Seed Grants and Lendistry is Powering It
September 27, 2022

Lendistry Expands to Texas With Dallas Office, $5M Funding From Texas Capital Bank
August 9, 2022

Lendistry Opens Baltimore Office
July 21, 2022

Karen Hunter Show Featuring Everett K. Sands on Building Wealth
June 30, 2022

The Fintech Company Helping Black-Led Banks Provide Small-Business Loans
June 7, 2022

Dream Fund: Entrepreneurs Can Apply for $10,000 Grants Through $35M State Program
May 10, 2022

Nonbank jumps at rare chance to get into SBA 7(a) lending
April 27, 2022

Lendistry Becomes The Only Black-Led Group To Receive A Small Business Lending Company License
April 22, 2022

OneUnited Bank teams up with national lending firm to offer business lending
April 13, 2022

Minority-Owned Businesses Just Got One More Funding Source
April 11, 2022

Everett K. Sands Shares Advice for New Business Owners on “Diversity Be Like” Podcast
March 24, 2022

Everett K. Sands, CEO, Testifies on “Big Ideas for Small Business” Before U.S. House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth
March 16, 2022

Grants Designed To Expand Small Business Assistance
February 23, 2022

Everett K. Sands on ‘The Great Business Formation’ and how to help minority-owned businesses thrive
February 22, 2022

Lendistry CEO Everett K. Sands Testifies in front of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services: How Federal Support for MDIs and CDFIs Have Launched a New Era for Disadvantaged Communities
February 16, 2022

More Funding Supports Crenshaw Corridor Project
February 3, 2022

Lendistry Partners with Destination Crenshaw on Targeted Financial Services
January 24, 2022

Changemakers You Should Know: Everett K. Sands on Progressive Lending
January 20, 2022

Los Angeles Infrastructure Project Aims to Transform Disinvested Commercial Corridor
January 19, 2022

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Everett K. Sands Interviewed on Bronxnet TV about the NYC Resiliency Grant program
December 22, 2021

Black Women Entrepreneurs Need Funding Not Mentoring
November 22, 2021

The Root’s Annual List of Most Influential African Americans Includes Everett K. Sands
November 3, 2021

Lendistry to Provide $150 Million in Covid Relief to Live Event Venues
October 29, 2021

Building Great Credit for High Startup Costs
October 28, 2021

Amazon Looks To Provide Capital To Black Sellers With New Lending Partnership With Lendistry
October 1, 2021

CSUF Program Lends a Hand to Businesses in Difficult Times
October 1, 2021

Baltimore Fund Backs Entrepreneurs of Color During the Pandemic
August 23, 2021

Lendistry to Administer $1.5 Billion in Covid-19 Relief
August 5, 2021

OPEN Host Daren Jaime talks NY State Recovery Program with Lendistry CEO Everett Sands
June 23, 2021

Black-Owned Small Businesses Face Hurdles Even as COVID Eases and Optimism Rises
June 18, 2021

With Imagination, Small Local Businesses are Recovering
June 13, 2021

PPP Winds Down with CDFIs as Top Lenders
June 10, 2021

Everett Sands the Driving Force Behind Lendistry
June 10, 2021

Lendistry To Administer $800 Million NY State COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Program
June 7, 2021

Small Businesses Are Making a Comeback
June 3, 2021

Ethnic Businesses In The Post Pandemic: Catch The Boom Or Left Behind?
June 2, 2021

PPP’s Crazy Final Days
June 1, 2021

Lendistry CEO Everett Sands Testifies in front of the U.S. House Small Business Committee on the Role of CDFIs and Minority Depository Institutions
May 18, 2021

3 Ways Technology Can Help Minority-Owned Businesses Recover
May 12, 2021

Cal Relief Grants: How California Small Businesses can Apply for up to $25,000
April 28, 2021

State Streamlines COVID-aid Grants to Small Businesses – Simplified applications to $2 billion program due by May 4
April 27, 2021

Lendistry CEO Everett Sands on Pandemic Support for Small Businesses
March 17, 2021

Getting $1.9 Trillion in Aid out the Door? “It Just Takes Time.”
March 10, 2021

Lendistry Fills the Gap for Minority-Owned Businesses
February 8, 2021

Press Releases

LA County Rent Relief Program to Offer $46.3M in Grants to Qualified Landlords Impacted by COVID-19 Pandemic

November 20, 2023 | Newswire

Lendistry to Power Grants for New Illinois Businesses That May Have Missed Out on State and Federal COVID Relief

November 16, 2023 | Newswire

Lendistry Introduces New Technology & Automation to Make SBA Loans Faster and Available in Smaller Amounts for Underserved Communities

October 3, 2023 | Newswire

Lendistry is Powering Grants to Small Agricultural Businesses Affected by Drought and Flood

September 5, 2023 | Newswire

Lendistry and First Independence Bank Partner to Fill Gaps in Access to Capital

August 1, 2023 | Newswire

International Trade Administration Partners with Lendistry to Expand Access to Capital for Minority-Owned Businesses

July 24, 2023 | International Trade Administration

The Center by Lendistry Launches BeltLine Business Ventures for Small Businesses in Atlanta

July 19, 2023 | Newswire

Lendistry Collaborates With U.S. Bank to Finance Small Business and Job Training Programs for Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico

July 17, 2023 | Newswire

Lendistry, the Only African American-Led Non-Bank SBA Lender, Achieves Preferred Lender Status

July 11, 2023 | Newswire

Lendistry and SHOPPE BLACK Partner to Help Black-Owned Businesses Access Capital

June 26, 2023 | Newswire

Todd Hollander Joins Lendistry Leadership as Chief Lending and Revenue Officer

June 5, 2023 | Newswire

KeyBank Provides $20 Million Line of Credit for the Advancement of Small Business With Lendistry

June 2, 2023 | ACCESSWIRE

Lendistry to Deploy Grants Reimbursing California Small Businesses That Offered Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

June 1, 2023 | Newswire

Maryland’s Governor Moore Announces $15 Million Available for Small Business Relief

May 15, 2023 | Maryland Dept. of Housing & Community Development

CDFA Announces 2023 CDFA Equitable Lending Learning Series (Created in Partnership with Lendistry)

April 26, 2023 | CDFA

The Center by Lendistry Launches Digital Accelerator for California Entrepreneurs to Succeed Online

February 8, 2023 | Newswire

Lendistry Announces Grand Opening of Its New Tustin Office, Powered by Local Small Businesses

February 1, 2023 | Lendistry

The Center by Lendistry Launches Accelerator to Prepare Southern California Diverse Entrepreneurs to Win Millions in Public Contracts

January 17, 2023 | Newswire

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Lendistry to Administer a New Round of Grants for California’s Live Venues
December 20, 2022 | Newswire

Lendistry Closes $85 Million Senior Debt Offering in One of the Largest Institutionally-Led Capital Raises by a CDFI in 2022
October 24, 2022 | Newswire

Amazon and Lendistry Fuel Small Business Growth with Expansion of Amazon Community Lending Program
September 29, 2022 | Amazon

Lendistry to Deploy $200 Million in Seed Grants to New York Small Businesses
September 19, 2022 | Newswire

Impact Investment Leader, Laura Simão, to Spearhead New Investment Platform at Lendistry
September 7, 2022 | Newswire

Lendistry Supporting New Colorado Businesses as a Startup Loan Fund Lender
September 1, 2022 | Newswire

Lendistry Expands to the Lone Star State With Funding of $5 Million Provided by Texas Capital Bank
August 9, 2022 | Newswire

Lendistry to Power $49.5M California Nonprofit Performing Arts Grant Program
May 17, 2022 | Newswire

Lendistry Champions Progressive Financing for New York’s Underserved Small Businesses
May 17, 2022 | Newswire

Lendistry to Administer the $35 Million Dream Fund, Powering Entrepreneurship in California
May 3, 2022 | Newswire

Lendistry SBLC, LLC Becomes Nation’s Only African American-Led SBA Small Business Lending Company
April 19, 2022 | Newswire

OneUnited Bank Joins with Lendistry to Offer Small Business Loans Nationwide
April 11, 2022 | PR Newswire

Los Angeles Trail Blazer, Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, Steps in to Lead the Center by Lendistry
March 31, 2022 | Newswire

Lendistry Supports Colorado’s Small Business Recovery as a CLIMBER Loan Fund Lender
March 14, 2022 | Newswire

Lendistry Collaborates with Mission-Focused Organizations to Revitalize a Los Angeles Black Business District
January 11, 2022 | Newswire

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Lendistry to Administer $100 Million in COVID-19 Resilience Grants to Small Businesses in New York City
December 9, 2021 | Newswire

Lendistry to Administer $150 Million in Grants for California’s Live Venues
October 25, 2021 | Newswire

Lendistry Announces an Innovative Plan for Its New Markets Tax Credit Allocation of $35MM
September 29, 2021 | Newswire

Amazon and Lendistry Launch Amazon Community Lending Pilot Program to Fuel Growth for Small and Medium-sized Businesses
September 21, 2021 | Businesswire

Lendistry to Administer an Additional $1.5 Billion in Assistance to California Small Businesses and Non-Profits
August 3, 2021 | Newswire

Lendistry Chosen to Administer New $800 Million New York State COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Program
June 7, 2021 | Newswire

Minority Lender Selected by Small Business Administration as Exclusive Community Partner to Aid in Deployment of $28.6 Billion Federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund
April 30, 2021 | PR Newswire

Lendistry to Administer Additional $2 Billion in California COVID-19 Relief Grants to Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Cultural Institutions
March 5, 2021 | Global Newswire

California’s $500 Million Small Business and Nonprofit Grant Program Second Round Application Window is Open, Lendistry Announces
February 2, 2021 | Global Newswire

B.S.D. Capital, Inc. dba Lendistry (lendistry.com) is a minority-led fintech that provides innovative lending products and access to grant programs for small businesses nationwide. Headquartered in a Los Angeles Opportunity Zone, Lendistry uses technology and community partnerships to overcome systemic gaps that inhibit access to capital, and to empower its customers with responsible financing options. Based on its reputation for deploying funds efficiently and equitably, Lendistry’s leadership is often called upon to share their expertise with both government and private organizations. Lendistry has both Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and Community Development Entity (CDE) certifications and is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. Lendistry SBLC, LLC is an SBA Preferred Lender and the nation’s only African American-led SBA designated Small Business Lending Company. In collaboration with The Center by Lendistry, a nonprofit business education organization, Lendistry dedicates itself to providing economic opportunities and progressive growth for underserved urban and rural small business borrowers and their communities.

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