Category: Lending Circles

Fred Waller of Waller Tax & Financial Services describes himself first and foremost as a teacher. From an outside perspective, this may seem like an unusual job description for the […]

Petros Pappalas’ path to entrepreneurship in the environmental market wasn’t borne out of a passion for the earth, but the desire to impress a girl. Three years later, having built […]

Written by Alex Vazquez, Credit Analyst & Financial Coach at ASSETS For many of us, our credit score doesn’t begin to cross our minds until we become adults. Then, we […]

By the time she arrived for her interview for this story, LaShonda Whitaker had already been in not one, but two fender benders—neither of which were her fault. LaShonda’s car […]

Written by Alex Vazquez, Credit Analyst & Financial Coach at ASSETS Finance isn’t a “sexy” subject. Even if we put finance in a fancy box, decorate it with nice wrapping […]

Written by Alex Vazquez, ASSETS’ Credit Analyst and Financial Coach As a child, I remember asking my parents every time we went to the store if they could buy me […]

Yvette Maldonado is a professional in every sense of the word. That isn’t to say she’s all business. In fact, as soon as she starts talking about her work, her […]

Picture a group of 10 Lancaster entrepreneurs starting or growing their businesses. They are a more diverse group than you often see in Lancaster—4 are African American, 3 are white, […]

ASSETS Program Director Jonathan Coleman recently published an article in the Lancaster Newspaper titled “Business-based solutions can address violence, poverty”. In this article Jonathan gives some advice on how he […]

Lancaster, PA.  ASSETS Lancaster is proud to announce the official launch and loan disbursement of its first Lending Circle, as part of the newly developed PRECAPS Microloan Program. The PRECAPS program […]