Back To School Discounts:
Live CREDIT AS AN ASSET™ Training

Two Weeks Away:

Unlock the Power of Rent Reporting at NYC Event

With support from Wells Fargo, this FREE event features insights from civic leaders, housing providers, residents, and financial partners as we share success stories, lessons learned, and the next steps for expanding rent reporting in New York. 

📍 Where: The Knickerbocker Hotel – Times Square, NYC

📅 When: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 @ 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

👥 Who Should Attend: The audience for this event includes affordable housing providers & property managers, policymakers, funders & community development leaders, resident service providers, and financial wellness practitioners

Unlocking Credit Access with Open Banking

Credit Builders Alliance has officially opened the Open Banking Service, now live and available to CBA lender members following a successful pilot with VantageScore. Results showed that up to 33% of subprime and 41% of near-prime consumers moved into higher credit tiers when open banking data was included.

• Up to $1,000 VantageScore scholarship (to cover the difference to upgrade your CBA membership)
• 50% off one registration to our 2026 Summit

Reach out to our Member Relations team to start your free trial using the link below.

Expanding Credit Building

CBA is launching the Expanding Credit Building Program with support from the Wells Fargo Foundation. This program has two strategies:

1) Supporting a Minneapolis area organization to lead a city-wide initiative to help residents build stronger credit. The selected nonprofit will receive a $20,000 subgrant and support to launch an in-person community builds credit event.

2) Increasing financial opportunities for nonprofit lenders to expand their low-cost credit building loans for credit invisible and low credit individuals. Selected nonprofit lenders will receive: 

• $80,000 of 0% interest lending capital to provide secured credit builder loans
• A $10,000 grant to support staff, technology, and cover interest/origination costs so loans remain fee-free for consumers
  
• Access to CBA’s Consumer Lending Boot Camp training
• Individualized technical assistance
• 2026 Credit Building Summit Scholarship and Travel Stipend
  

*Must be located in the following locations to apply: California (Bay Area and Los Angeles), Florida, Iowa (Des Moines), Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul), New York (New York City), North Carolina (Charlotte), Texas (Dallas), Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Idaho, Montana, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah.

Note to CBA Reporters:
New Block Notifications by Email

Calling Housing Providers in Michigan & Ohio

With support from the Rocket Community Fund, CBA is launching a cohort for housing providers to set up or grow a positive-only rent reporting for credit building program in greater Detroit, Flint, or Pontiac (MI) and Cincinnati, Cleveland, or Toledo (OH). The cohort will run January–August 2026 and feature the following benefits:

• A $10,000 grant
• Rent reporting program training
• Individualized technical assistance
• A peer learning network of housing providers
• Two scholarships to CREDIT AS AN ASSET™ training

Want to learn more? RSVP to an information session for either Tuesday, October 7 @ 11:00 AM EST or Thursday, October 9 @ 3:30 PM EST by emailing rentreporting@creditbuildersalliance.org.

Welcome to our Newest Members of the
CBA Credit Building Community!

We're excited that the CBA Credit Building Community has grown to over 600+ members! This month, we warmly welcome the following organizations to our network:  

Entre Capital LLC
HIAS Economic Advancement Fund, Inc.
Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County
Partner Community Capital Inc.
Small Business Empowerment Center
Worcester Community Action Council

We're thrilled you've joined the team and look forward to collaborating to create stronger credit opportunities for everyone!

CBA In Demand, On Demand

CBA Community Webinar Series:
Financial Preparedness for Unexpected Crisis

📅 Thursday, October 16, 2025

🕑 2:00–3:00 PM ET

Unexpected events—such as natural disasters, health emergencies, personal financial crises, or immigration-related challenges—can disrupt financial stability in profound ways.

Join us for a webinar exploring how organizations can help clients prepare for these situations and build stronger financial resiliency.

We’ll cover:
✅ Key financial considerations
✅ Planning effective emergency responses
✅ Supporting clients during and after crises