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Personal financing in Acadia Parish.

County-by-county financing guides. No paperwork. No social. No ID.

5 institutions are headquartered inside the Acadia Parish line, and 1 more keep a branch here. Below, we say which is which.

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In this county6DOORS IN THIS COUNTY
5HEADQUARTERED HERE
4CDFI-CERTIFIED
2CREDIT UNIONS
1KEEP A BRANCH HERE
THE DIRECTORY

The doors in Acadia Parish.

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.

THE MAP OF DOORSLouisiana
Acadia Parish
6
DOORS HERE
5
BASED HERE
55
LA COUNTIES WITH DOORS
At a glance
Lane
Personal Financing
People
58Kresidents of Acadia Parish
Elsewhere in LA
Orleans Parish →28 doors — the biggest list of any other county in Louisiana
State
Louisiana →55 of 64 counties hold a door in this lane
LEER ESTO EN ESPAÑOL
WHO SAYS YES HERE
4of 6CDFIs

Certified by the U.S. Treasury to lend where a bank will not. Nonprofit, patient, and used to a file that is not clean.

Basile State Bank · Farmers State Bank & Trust Co.
2of 6Credit unions

Owned 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.

Meritus Credit Union · People's Credit Union
Headquartered in Acadia Parish5
  • Basile State BankBasile · CDFI bank
    Personal · Business capital
  • Farmers State Bank & Trust Co.Church Point · CDFI bank
    Personal · Business capital
  • People's Credit UnionRayne · Credit union
    Personal · Home
  • Basile Bancshares, Inc.Basile · CDFI
    Community lending
  • FSB Bancshares, Inc.Church Point · CDFI
    Community lending
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OPEN DOORS IN ACADIA PARISH
Keeps a branch in Acadia Parish1

Based elsewhere, with a member-facing office inside the Acadia Parish line. You can walk in.

  • Meritus Credit UnionLafayette · Credit union
    Personal · Home
National — works with an ITIN3
  • Mission Asset FundAccepts ITINSan Francisco · National nonprofit lender

    Zero-interest lending circles and credit building. SSN or ITIN accepted. Works through nonprofit partners across the country.

    Personal
  • Accion Opportunity FundAccepts ITINSan Jose · National nonprofit lender

    Nonprofit small-business lender. Accepts ITIN in place of SSN. Serves most states, in English and Spanish.

    Business capital
  • Grameen AmericaAccepts ITINNew York · National nonprofit lender

    Microloans for women entrepreneurs. Requires photo ID and proof of address — no SSN requirement. Branches in major metro areas.

    Business capital
THE SMALL PRINT

How to read this list.

No agenda

We do not ask for your name, your email, or your number. Nothing on this page changes based on who you are.

Based here vs. serves here

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.

Where this comes from

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.

THE GUIDE

This guide helps solo contractors, small real-estate investors, and working families in Acadia Parish, Louisiana find honest, local financing options. It covers who qualifies, what documents you typically need, which local lenders and credit unions actually serve this community, and what traps to avoid. Origen Capital is a directory — we point you toward the right doors, not collect your information or make lending decisions.

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THE LAND AROUND ITLouisiana, at last light.
WHERE TO START

The doors worth knowing.

ALL 6 DOORS, BY NAME AND BY TOWN
THE COUNTRY AROUND ITAcadia Parish
Acadia Parish
6
DOORS HERE
160
ACROSS LA
CDFICDFI-certifiedBasile State Bank

Based in Basile, Louisiana. 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.
CDFICDFI-certifiedFarmers State Bank & Trust Co.

Based in Church Point, Louisiana. 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.
CREDIT UNIONMeritus Credit Union

Based in Lafayette, Louisiana. A credit union: no shareholders to satisfy, and a habit of reading a whole story rather than a single score.

BEST FORA personal loan, or building a credit file from nothing, and buying, repairing or refinancing a home.
CREDIT UNIONPeople's Credit Union

Based in Rayne, Louisiana. 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 FORBuying, repairing or refinancing a home, and a personal loan, or building a credit file from nothing.
RIGHT HERELouisiana, and the rules that apply in Acadia Parish.
6 DOORS ABOVE

Everything below is set by Louisiana, and it reads the same in every county in it. The 6 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. Louisiana 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.

  • STATE INCOME TAX3.0% flat (2025)

    What the state takes off what you earn, before anyone works out what payment you can carry.

  • SALES TAX4.45% state · 5.1% avg local

    What you pay on top of every purchase. On a small loan for a repair or a tool, this is a real part of the total.

  • MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME$58K

    Half the households in the state earn less than this. A lot of the programs above use that number to decide who qualifies.

  • COST OF LIVING91.4

    National index, where 100 is the country's average. Under 100 means your money goes further here.

Sources: Tax Foundation 2025 · Census ACS 5-year 2023 · BEA/MERIC COLI 2024 · Zillow 2026-Q1. As of 2026-04.

THE SHORT VERSION

The short version.

  1. 01

    6 doors sit inside the Acadia Parish line. They are up the page, by name and by town — and none of them paid to be there.

  2. 02

    4 of them are certified by the U.S. Treasury as CDFIs. Lending where a bank will not is their mandate, not a favour.

  3. 03

    This page did not ask you for a name, an email, or a number, and nothing on it changes based on who you are.

  4. 04

    55 of Louisiana's 64 counties hold a door in this lane. If Acadia Parish does not have the one you need, the whole state is one click away.

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Answered in English and SpanishNo account. No name.3,143 counties · 3,477 institutions