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SSBCI and the Seventh Federal Reserve District: an account of the second annual SSBCI conference and jurisdictional state profiles
In October 2012, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago hosted a U.S. Department of the Treasury?s State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) conference, which brought together over 150 representatives from states, territories and the District of Columbia, to discuss best practices in the rollout of the SSBCI state programs. This article describes the SSBCI and how financial institutions and small businesses can benefit by expanding access to capital. ; To support and improve access to credit for small businesses, Congress passed and the president signed the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, ...