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Microlending Essentials: San Francisco 2020
A 2-day comprehensive training on how to underwrite microloans including hands on case studies and loan analysis.
When and where
Date and time
January 22, 2020 · 9am - January 23, 2020 · 5pm PST
Location
333 Market St 333 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94103
Refund Policy
About this event
CAMEO members often ask us where they can send staff for microloan underwriting training. When we looked around, we didn't find any that had evolved with current underwriting practices. So we designed a training ourselves.
For business coaching organizations: Is one of your goals to help business owners access capital? Are too many of your referrals to lenders denied? Does your staff know how to talk to a lender in lenders' terms? This training will help your staff think like a lender so that your referrals experience a higher rate of success. In turn, you will be able to train your business clients in the key components most likely to get them qualified for financing.
Susan Brown, CAMEO's microlending specialist, developed an introductory training for microlending credit analysis, with input from some of the strongest lenders in the field today.
The training consists of two days on microlending credit analysis including discussion and application to several case studies.
What makes this training unique and valuable?
The participants apply all the analyses they learned to three actual microloan applications.
We provide a structured credit memo form that walks participants through each step of the underwriting process and compares each deal’s particulars to sample underwriting criteria.
We introduce all the elements of a loan program, outlining all the infrastructure, capacities and policy elements needed to run a quality loan program.
We explore various for roles a loan committee in the microlending approval process.
We delve into the differences in ‘point of view’ and role between a business coach and loan underwriters.
We consider how an organization’s target market impact loan product design and underwriting criteria.
We discuss mission, scale, impact and technology – prompting participants to consider their future direction and choices.
Topics
Microlending Underwriting: Microlending Goals, Underwriting Criteria, Support documents, Global Cash Analysis, Bank Statement Analysis, Credit History Analysis, Profit and Loss Statements, Projections, Underwriting Analysis, Writing Credit Memos
Case Studies: Participants will be given applications and supporting documents for three case studies and then be asked to write up the credit memo and recommendation for each.
Agenda
Day One
Introductions
Microlending Overview
Underwriting Criteria and Credit Memo Introduction
Application, Eligibility, Assessment
Required Documents
Amortization
Credit Report: Credit History and Current Debt
Global Cash Analysis
Day Two
Bank Statements
Profit and Loss Statement
Debt to Income Ratio
Projections
Collateral, Character, Character
Case Studies: Write up Credit Memos and Make Recommendations
Present Credit Memos and Group Discussion
Other Elements of a Loan Program
Testimonials
As a business coach, this training helped me understand how the loan process works. I have more knowledge to prepare clients before they apply for a loan. – Edwin Rodriguez, MEDA
I believe that you taught us a golden rule that is often missed: As a lender (and more generally as a businessperson), we are actively trying to reach a ‘yes’ without compromising our standards. -- Mohammed Al Ani, International Rescue Committee
I started this session with minimal understanding of the underwriting process and am walking away feeling well-equipped to help my organization with our loan program. This course shed light on the importance of a structured process and has encouraged us to review how to scale our growth and impact. – Alejandra Garcia, Leadership for Urban Renewal Network
Susan was fantastic. All the materials were digestible. She helped us understand the very differing roles of TA provider and lender. –Azusena Favela, Inclusive Action for the City
We suggest the hotels listed below:
Days Inn by Wyndham San Francisco Downtown/Civic Center Area
Kimpton Sir Francis Drake Hotel
Courtyard by Marriott Oakland Emeryville - Free shuttle to MacArthur BART station
Courtyard by Marriott Oakland Downtown - Next to 12th Street BART station
AirBnB - Financial District
AirBnB - Union Square
The class will be held at 333 Market Street which is easily accessible by BART on the Embarcadero stop in San Francisco.
No refunds after January 2, 2020.
For any questions, please email Heidi Pickman, hpickman@CAMEOnetwork.org
About the organizer
CAMEO's mission is to grow a healthy, vibrant, thriving environment for all entrepreneurs and start-up businesses by advancing the work of our statewide member network. Our vision is to create economic opportunity for all entrepreneurs, to build wealth and strong California communities. Our member organizations provide entrepreneurs with small and micro-business financing such as loans and credit, technical assistance and business management training. CAMEO members annually serve 15,000 very small businesses with training, business and credit assistance and loans. These firms – largely start-ups with less than five employees – support or create 35,000 new jobs in California. These very small businesses create a total of $1billion in economic activity. Federal taxes paid increased 35% over a five-year period. Local small businesses have a multiplier effect on their local economies that is twice that of big national chains.