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Main Street Alliance Partners with Biz2Credit to Expand Small Business Financing

Main Street Alliance, a non-profit organization that works with small businesses across the U.S. to build an equitable economy, recently announced that it has entered into a partnership with a leading online financing resource, Biz2Credit, to provide working capital and other commercial finances to its business owner members across the country.

The partnership between Main Street Alliance and Biz2Credit is evidence of MSA's efforts to support small company owners in their numerous hardships. Having equal access to capital can transform the outlook of a community as a whole.

Chanda Causer, Executive Director of Main Street Alliance, said, "We are excited about partnering with Biz2Credit to support our members nationwide to help small businesses access capital." She further mentioned, "Biz2Credit is one of the best known, longest established firms in the digital lending space and has been particularly successful in expanding access to capital for small businesses owned by people of color and women."

(Source – Globe Newswire)

"Biz2Credit will be an important strategic partner for Main Street Alliance as we pursue our efforts to shift the public perception of the economy and local businesses' role in it," Causer added. A pioneer in the fintech industry, Biz2Credit uses the latest technology and its award-winning digital funding platform to connect small business owners with financing options based on each potential customer's unique business profile. All transactions are conducted in a secure, efficient, and price-transparent environment that's fully online.

(Source – Globe Newswire)

About Biz2Credit

Headquarters in New York City, Biz2Credit is dedicated to helping more small businesses obtain financing and assisting business owners in finding the best funding options for each individual project or capital requirement. Biz2Credit uses technology to make business financing simple to understand and simple to access. Within 24 hours of filing an online application, business owners can become eligible.Since its establishment in 2007, Biz2Credit has provided more than $7 billion in funding for small businesses. The organization is expanding its market-leading technology in order to give banks and other financial institutions, investors, and service providers with tailored digital platform solutions.

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