MEDIA ADVISORY: Jessica Milano, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Small Business, Community Development, and Housing at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Speaking About Online Lending at Small Business Leadership Summit

essica Milano, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Small Business, Community Development, and Housing at the U.S. Department of the Treasury speaking about new report from the Treasury Department on online marketplace lending

WHAT: Jessica Milano, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Small Business, Community Development, and Housing, is speaking at Small Business Majority’s Small Business Leadership Summit. These remarks will provide an update on the U.S. Treasury Department’s work on online marketplace lenders and discuss a new report released today by the Department on the opportunities and challenges in online marketplace lending. The Department released this report in response to a request for information (RFI) on the online marketplace lending industry. Small Business Majority submitted comments to the Department in response to this RFI on the importance of ensuring responsible lending for small business.

WHO: Jessica Milano, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Small Business, Community Development, and Housing and more than 150 leading small business owners from 25 states and D.C.

WHEN: Tuesday, May 10 at 1:00 p.m. ET 

WHERE: Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C., USA, 20001

TO REQUEST AN INTERVIEW: Contact Cassie Mills, Communications Manager for Small Business Majority: (202) 289-0957 or [email protected].

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