Business financing in Lauderdale County.
County-by-county financing guides. No paperwork. No social. No ID.
6 institutions are headquartered inside the Lauderdale County line, Meridian included, and 1 more keep a branch here. Below, we say which is which.
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The doors in Lauderdale County.
The CDFIs, credit unions, and microlenders that actually say yes — county by county, in two languages. We are not a lender. Nobody paid to be listed. And where a county has no good doors, we say so.
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- 73Kresidents of Lauderdale County
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- Meridian
- Elsewhere in MS
- Hinds County →17 doors — the biggest list of any other county in Mississippi
- State
- Mississippi →54 of 82 counties hold a door in this lane
Certified by the U.S. Treasury to lend where a bank will not. Nonprofit, patient, and used to a file that is not clean.
1st Mississippi Credit Union · Citizens National Bank of MeridianOwned by their members, not by shareholders. They look at your whole story rather than a score, and that is the difference when a bank says no.
1st Mississippi Credit Union · Singing River Credit Union- 1st Mississippi Credit UnionCDFI-certifiedPersonal · Home · Business capital
- Citizens National Bank of MeridianPersonal · Business capital
- Great Southern BankPersonal · Business capital
- Citizens National Banc Corp.Community lending
- Meridian Mississippi Ang Credit UnionPersonal · Home
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4 of the 7 doors inside the county line are CDFI-certified.
The U.S. Treasury certifies them to lend to the people banks pass over. It is a loan, not a favour.
- Meridian Mutual Credit UnionPersonal · Home
Based elsewhere, with a member-facing office inside the Lauderdale County line. You can walk in.
- Singing River Credit UnionPersonal · Home · Business capital
- Accion Opportunity FundAccepts ITIN
Nonprofit small-business lender. Accepts ITIN in place of SSN. Serves most states, in English and Spanish.
Business capital - Grameen AmericaAccepts ITIN
Microloans for women entrepreneurs. Requires photo ID and proof of address — no SSN requirement. Branches in major metro areas.
Business capital - Mission Asset FundAccepts ITIN
Zero-interest lending circles and credit building. SSN or ITIN accepted. Works through nonprofit partners across the country.
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How to read this list.
We do not ask for your name, your email, or your number. Nothing on this page changes based on who you are.
A door is headquartered here when its head office sits inside the county line. The rest are based elsewhere and keep a branch you can walk into. We list both, and we label which is which.
Every institution on this page comes from public federal data — the CDFI Fund certified list (Aug 2026), NCUA credit union data (Jun 2026), and the SBA microloan intermediary list (Sep 2026) — plus a short national tier we verified by hand. We refresh each list as its agency publishes. No listing is paid.
This guide helps solo contractors, small business owners, and real-estate investors in Lauderdale County, Mississippi understand their financing options in plain language. It focuses on the local lenders, credit unions, CDFIs, and community organizations that actually serve this area — not just national programs. Whether you have a Social Security Number or an ITIN, there are real pathways available to you. Take your time, compare your options, and lean on local advisors before signing anything.
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Based in Meridian, Mississippi. A community development financial institution, certified by the U.S. Treasury to lend where a bank will not, and used to a file that is not clean.
BEST FORA personal loan, or building a credit file from nothing, and working capital, equipment and payroll for a small business.Based in Meridian, Mississippi. Treasury-certified as a CDFI, which is a mandate rather than a courtesy: reaching borrowers the mainstream market passes over is the job.
BEST FORWorking capital, equipment and payroll for a small business, and a personal loan, or building a credit file from nothing.Based in Meridian, Mississippi. A credit union: no shareholders to satisfy, and a habit of reading a whole story rather than a single score. It is CDFI-certified.
BEST FORWorking capital, equipment and payroll for a small business, and a personal loan, or building a credit file from nothing.Based in Moss Point, Mississippi. A credit union — owned by its members rather than by shareholders, which is exactly what changes the conversation after a bank has said no.
BEST FORA personal loan, or building a credit file from nothing, and buying, repairing or refinancing a home.Everything below is set by Mississippi, and it reads the same in every county in it. The 7 marks above are this county's own doors — who opens one is decided by them, not by the state.
The rules where you are.
None of this is set by a lender. Mississippi sets it, and it applies the same in every county in the state — which is why it is worth knowing before you knock on any of the doors above.
- BUSINESS TAX5.0%
What Mississippi charges on top of federal. It is the first thing a lender reconciles when your numbers do not match your tax return.
- CORPORATE INCOME TAX5.0%
It depends on how the business is registered. A sole proprietor almost never pays it — worth knowing which side of that line you are on before you apply.
- SALES TAX7.0% state · 0.07% avg local
What you collect on a job, and what your materials cost. It is the gap between a bid that holds and one that does not.
- WHERE THE MONEY IS HEREAgriculture & Catfish · Shipbuilding & Defense · Automotive Manufacturing
Mississippi's three biggest sectors. A local lender reads your file against them — a trade that serves these is a trade they already understand.
Sources: Tax Foundation 2025 · Census ACS 5-year 2023 · BEA/MERIC COLI 2024 · Zillow 2026-Q1. As of 2026-04.
The short version.
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7 doors sit inside the Lauderdale County line. They are up the page, by name and by town — and none of them paid to be there.
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4 of them are certified by the U.S. Treasury as CDFIs. Lending where a bank will not is their mandate, not a favour.
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This page did not ask you for a name, an email, or a number, and nothing on it changes based on who you are.
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54 of Mississippi's 82 counties hold a door in this lane. If Lauderdale County does not have the one you need, the whole state is one click away.
Same county, another question.
Home FinancingPurchase, renovation, HELOC, and bridge loans for homeowners and investorsSEE IT IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY →
Personal FinancingPersonal loans, credit building, and ITIN-friendly financing optionsSEE IT IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY →54MS COUNTIES WITH DOORSThe whole stateEvery county in Mississippi, in this same lane.67 institutions fund small businesses inside Mississippi county lines.OPEN THE STATE →Still don't see your situation?
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