Helping women-owned businesses thrive

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Abstract: Unfortunately, some women-owned businesses still struggle to secure access to investment capital — or to secure it at loan terms as favorable as men-owned businesses are receiving. This article offers some advice for lenders on how they can add more female entrepreneurs to their loan portfolios. It suggests that understanding the unique financing challenges women-owned businesses may face is key — and can help lenders create profitable, long-term lending relationships that benefit both their banks and women-owned businesses.