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Published on April 30th, 2024 | by Dr. Jerry Doby

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Integrality Unveils AI-Powered Loan Tool to Empower Small Business Owners

I just pulled this off of the wire and wanted to share a take on the announcement of, what I think, is a benchmark development, capable of helping reshape the financial landscape for small business owners. Cynthia Nevels, the visionary and around the corner thinker, driving Integrality, LLC, an enterprise owned by a Black woman, has introduced her latest breakthrough: an AI-powered digital loan packaging tool. This pioneering solution, engineered to streamline the loan application procedure, aims to unlock $1 million in capital for small-scale enterprises, with a specific emphasis on empowering women-owned ventures. Notably, Cynthia’s Black woman-owned accelerator, Start.Pivot.Grow., has disbursed $52,000 in minor grants and facilitated small business funding totaling $485,000 since the onset of the pandemic.

Drawing upon her extensive 22-year tenure in the technology sector, Cynthia spearheads this endeavor. Having played a pivotal role in aiding numerous small business owners in securing disaster relief funds and loan pardons during the turbulent pandemic era, Cynthia is well-versed in the obstacles encountered by minority and women-owned enterprises when seeking essential funding.

The novel digital tool, christened Prep My Loan, stands at the forefront of technology and financial services, furnishing a robust platform for entrepreneurs to meticulously prepare their loan applications and enhance their prospects of approval. This AI-driven solution is not merely geared towards expediting the loan application process but also towards bolstering the success rate of securing funding by addressing prevalent challenges that often result in loan rejections.

Prep My Loan: A Dual-Pronged Strategy for Financial Empowerment

Prep My Loan sets itself apart through its comprehensive, dual-component system, aimed at furnishing business owners with the requisite knowledge and tools for successful loan applications. The primary component entails a self-paced, 10-module certification course, guiding entrepreneurs through the intricacies of the loan process and underwriting considerations. This educational component demystifies financial terminology and lays the groundwork for understanding what lenders seek in potential borrowers.

The secondary component comprises the innovative loan packaging planner, available in both digital and fillable formats. This planner is meticulously crafted to align with the training offered in the certification course, encompassing templates and samples covering the ten pivotal sections of a loan package, thereby ensuring thorough preparedness before engaging with lenders.

Bridging the Gap for Minority and Women-Owned Enterprises

Despite the substantial economic contributions of women-owned enterprises, which amassed nearly $2 trillion in receipts nationwide in 2021, access to external capital remains a persistent challenge. This incongruity is especially pronounced in Texas, as highlighted by a study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, which disclosed that in 2022, over half of male-owned small firms received the full financing they sought, in stark contrast to just over one-third of women-owned firms.

Cynthia’s Prep My Loan endeavors to level the playing field by mitigating systemic biases and enhancing the presentation of loan applications. By equipping entrepreneurs with the requisite knowledge and tools, the digital solution not only augments their likelihood of securing capital but also cultivates their business acumen and confidence.

A Mission to Empower and Transform

Cynthia’s commitment to aiding struggling minority and women-owned enterprises in pivoting post-pandemic and rebuilding through education, technical support, and access to capital forms the crux of this initiative. With the launch of Prep My Loan, the Start.Pivot.Grow., the platform is on a mission to revolutionize the landscape of small business financing, rendering the aspiration of accessing capital a more feasible reality for the burgeoning cohort of small business owners nationwide.

For additional details regarding Prep My Loan, you can visit StartPivotGrow.com/university.

For a full overview and more detailed insight, visit IntegralityLLC.com.

About Integrality

Integrality is a U.S.-based professional services company owned by women and minorities. For over two decades, we have aided businesses, government entities, and organizations in optimizing operations, augmenting revenue growth, and accelerating progress through data analytics and technological advancements. Collaborating with top-tier providers, we select, design, configure, and install innovative technology to organize and analyze data, thereby maximizing profits. Integrality specializes in developing apps, data analysis solutions, data-driven growth strategies, and furnishing fractional operations management solutions to high-growth enterprises.

About Start.Pivot.Grow.

Start.Pivot.Grow. stands as a small business accelerator program and business assistance platform catering to women and minority-owned businesses three years and older. SBA lenders, banks, credit unions, and community development financial institutions may license the program for retail or distribution to their small business clientele in anticipation of the loan application process.


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