Expanding access to capital and economic opportunities for underserved businesses

Underserved businesses — including those owned by minorities, women and veterans — are important to the economy already, but they could contribute even more with greater access to capital.

According to the U.S. Senate on Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship Issue on Minority Entrepreneurs, minority businesses alone have created 4.7 billion jobs. For women-owned and veteran-owned businesses, they are continuing to see similar growth and face the same challenges when it comes to disparity in…