MRC | Merchant Risk Council

The MRC is the leading global non-profit membership association for eCommerce payments and fraud prevention professionals to learn, collaborate, and share information. Established in 2000, the MRC currently supports a membership of over 750 merchant, vendor, and law enforcement companies across the globe. The MRC provides year-round support and education to members by offering access to proprietary benchmarking reports, whitepapers, presentations, and webinars. The MRC hosts in-person annual conferences and regional networking meetings, as well as virtual summits for industry professionals to expand their knowledge, build better business connections, exchange best practices, and share emerging trends.

CrowdFunding Bank

CrowdFunding Bank provides support to organizations or individuals through enlisting the cooperation, and funding from large number of angel investors or just anyone willing to support the initiative with small amount of money and/or advice. Crowdfunding bank has enabled people and businesses to accomplish things that they may not have been able to accomplish otherwise. Crowdfunding allows people and organizations the financial freedom to act on good ideas, and without this freedom there’s no telling how much the world may have missed out on in terms of business innovations.

Monetari Trading

Experienced and Aspiring Traders - If your profits are inconsistent and you're spending hours analyzing charts or staring at your phone, here’s what you need to know: Our company, Monetari, is a Financial Publishing and Professional Coaching Company that will guarantee you three key results - 1: We will immerse you in a network of successful traders. 2: We will allow you access to our 7-Figure Trade Rolodex. 3: We will help you grow exponentially as a trader by keeping you accountable through tracking and support. if our trades aren’t consistently profitable, you don't pay. Best of all, we help coach you along this journey so you internalize success.

100 Women In Finance

100 Women in Finance strengthens the global finance industry by empowering women to achieve their professional potential at each career stage. Its members inspire, equip and advocate for a new generation of industry leadership, in which women and men serve as investment professionals and executives, equal in achievement and impact. Through Education, Peer Engagement and Impact, the organization furthers the progress of women who have chosen finance as a career, and enables their positive influence over pre-career young women.

somercor

Catalysts for the Entrepreneurial Dream SomerCor is one of the largest non-profit SBA lenders in the Midwest and consistently ranks in the top 15 of CDCs nationwide. We are a mission-based, nonprofit corporation certified by the Small Business Administration. Our mission is accomplished through SBA loans in partnership with lenders, and through the administration of grant funds through economic development organizations. Since 1992, SomerCor has deployed $1.65 billion in SBA loans to 3,696 businesses in 1,649 communities, leading to the creation of 45,774 jobs throughout Illinois. SomerCor also administers small business grants on behalf of the City of Chicago to promote new economic development in underserved neighborhoods. Between the Small Business Improvement Fund (SBIF) and Neighborhood Opportunity Fund (NOF), more than $123 million has been invested back into the community. What we Offer: SBA 504- We help you obtain the SBA 504 loan which provides financing or refinancing for up to $5.5 million, as much as 90% of the total project cost. Use the 504 loan program to finance the purchase, or refinance, of owner occupied commercial real estate and heavy equipment. SBA 7(a) Community Advantage (CA) loans are used for working capital, debt refinance, tenant improvements, and significant purchases that are part of the day-to-day necessities of running your business. Loans range from $50,000 to $350,000, a range that often falls in a financing gap between microloans and the loan sizes that conventional lenders provide. City of Chicago Grant-Small Business Improvement Fund (SBIF) grants reimburses you for the pre-approved repair or rehab of your business facilities or adjacent land acquisition. You must be located within a specific TIF district. The maximum grant assistance is $250K. City of Chicago Grant- Neighborhood Opportunity Fund (NOF) was created by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to strengthen commercial corridors on Chicago’s South,