Personal financing in St James Parish.
County-by-county financing guides. No paperwork. No social. No ID.
2 institutions are headquartered inside the St James Parish line, and 2 more keep a branch here. Below, we say which is which.
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The doors in St James 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.
- River Region Credit UnionPersonal · Home
- Great Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.Community lending
Based elsewhere, with a member-facing office inside the St James Parish line. You can walk in.
- Onpath Credit UnionCDFI-certifiedMinority depositoryPersonal · Home · Business capital
- The New Orleans Firemen's Credit UnionPersonal · Home · Business capital
- Mission Asset FundAccepts ITIN
Zero-interest lending circles and credit building. SSN or ITIN accepted. Works through nonprofit partners across the country.
Personal - 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
2 of the 7 are CDFI-certified.
The U.S. Treasury certifies them to lend to the people banks pass over. It is a loan, not a favour.
3 of these doors accept an ITIN.
They will open an application with an ITIN instead of a social security number. They are marked ACCEPTS ITIN below.
This guide helps solo contractors, small real-estate investors, and working families in St. James Parish, Louisiana find honest, affordable personal financing. It walks you through who qualifies, what documents you typically need, and which local lenders and community organizations actually serve this area. Federal programs are mentioned as background — the real focus is on the local credit unions, CDFIs, and ITIN-friendly lenders that can meet you where you are.
Certified by the U.S. Treasury to lend where a bank will not. Nonprofit, patient, and used to a file that is not clean.
Onpath Credit Union · Great Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.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.
Onpath Credit Union · River Region Credit UnionSame county, another question.
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