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CDFI lenders in Bolivar County, MS

1 certified CDFI names Bolivar County or a town in it as part of their service area on their own website. 3 more are headquartered here. 10 more have a bank or credit-union branch here. 4 more say they serve all of Mississippi. Sources: lender websites (29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026), the CDFI Fund list (21 Oct 2026) and FDIC/NCUA branch records.

Name this county
1
Based here
3
Branch here
10
Serve all of MS
4

A lender naming Bolivar County on its website is a good sign, not an offer. Lenders based elsewhere may lend here too. Search your exact ZIP code in the finder to include lenders based nearby. Towns in this county: Alligator, Benoit, Beulah, Boyle, Cleveland, Duncan, Gunnison, Merigold, Mound Bayou, Pace, Rosedale, Scott….

Lenders compared for Bolivar County

15 with local records
LenderLocal recordsLoan sizesHead office
1. The Cleveland State Bank
Bank or thrift, Cleveland MS
website names Bolivar County; headquarters here; 3 offices hereask8 mi
2. Planters Bank & Trust Company
Bank or thrift, Indianola MS
2 offices here; 53 home loans here, 2025ask27 mi
3. Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Bank or thrift, Belzoni MS
1 office here; 20 home loans here, 2025ask48 mi
4. Southern Bancorp Bank
Bank or thrift, Arkadelphia AR
2 offices here; 9 home loans here, 2025ask130 mi
5. BANKPLUS
Bank or thrift, Belzoni MS
1 office here; 9 home loans here, 2025ask48 mi
6. Cleveland State Bancorp, Inc.
Bank holding company, Cleveland MS
headquarters here; 3 offices hereask8 mi
7. Genesis Bancorp, Inc.
Bank holding company, Benoit MS
headquarters here; 1 office hereask16 mi
8. Genesis Bank
Bank or thrift, Benoit MS
headquarters here; 1 office hereask16 mi
9. Community Bank of Mississippi
Bank or thrift, Flowood MS
3 home loans here, 2025ask111 mi
10. Planters Holding Company
Bank holding company, Indianola MS
2 offices hereask27 mi
11. SOUTHERN BANCORP INC
Bank holding company, Arkadelphia AR
2 offices hereask130 mi
12. The Jefferson Bank
Bank or thrift, Greenville MS
1 office hereask39 mi
13. Southeast Arkansas Bank Corporation
Bank holding company, Lake Village AR
1 office hereask42 mi
14. Guaranty Capital Corporation
Bank holding company, Belzoni MS
1 office hereask48 mi
15. BancPlus Corporation
Bank holding company, Ridgeland MS
1 office hereask105 mi

14 of these 15 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $112.3M in fiscal years 1996–2024 (CDFI Fund award database; each lender page lists its awards). An award funds the lender, not a particular borrower.

Order: how many kinds of local record we hold (its website names the county or a town in it, headquarters, a branch, SBA loans or HMDA home loans for borrowers here), then the number of those records, then the head office's distance from the county centre. Loan sizes are the range the lender's website states. It is not a rating and nobody pays for a place. SBA loans: SBA 7(a)/504 data (FY2020–FY2026, 3 or more shown); home loans: HMDA 2025 originations (3 or more shown); branches: FDIC/NCUA; distances are straight lines from the average position of the county's ZIP codes.

Where these lenders have offices

15 lenders

7 head offices and 64 branches or offices of 15 lenders on this page, within 35 miles of the centre of Bolivar County. Lenders with no office nearby may still lend here; many work by phone and online.

Loan types confirmed on these lenders' websites

  • Home mortgages (1 lender)
  • Agriculture / farm loans (1 lender)
  • Auto / vehicle loans (1 lender)
  • Commercial real estate loans (1 lender)
  • Equipment loans (1 lender)
  • Small-business loans (1 lender)

Banks and credit unions with a branch in this county

14 certified CDFIs have at least one office in Bolivar County (FDIC office data as of 30 Oct 2026). A branch shows presence, not a stated service area; credit unions also require membership.

CDFI mortgage lenders active here

Certified CDFIs reported 99 originated home loans for properties in Bolivar County in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 36% of the 274 home loans that all HMDA lenders reported here.

Plus 3 more certified CDFIs with fewer than 3 loans here each (not listed).

A lender headquartered far away can appear here: HMDA counts the county of the property, not of the lender. Banks and credit unions below the HMDA reporting thresholds and most loan funds do not report, so other CDFIs may also lend here.

Source: FFIEC Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data for 2025, snapshot frozen 2 Jun 2026, loan-level records read through the CFPB HMDA Data Browser API on 3 Nov 2026. Originated loans only; applications that were denied, withdrawn or not accepted are not counted. HMDA publishes each loan amount as the middle of a $10,000 band, so totals and medians are approximate. Counts under 3 are not shown. How we match lenders.

Small business and SBA lending in Bolivar County

Official statistics

Median household income in Bolivar County is $39,585, 30% below the Mississippi figure of $56,447 (ACS 2020–2024).

Businesses here took 11.3 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: fewer than the median Mississippi county (19.1), rank 58 of 82.

MeasureBolivar CountyMississippi
Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023)709
(1.2% of the state)
60,465
…of which under 20 employees89%85%
Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023)2,408253,350
Median household income (ACS 2020–2024)$39,585
(30% below the state)
$56,447
SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY20268
(8 7(a), 0 504)
2,067
…per 1,000 businesses with employees11.3
(rank 58 of 82 Mississippi counties)
19.1
(median county)
…with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender5
(62%)
1,086
(53%)

For comparison, not an offer. SBA figures count approvals by every SBA lender for borrowers whose ZIP code lies in the county, not only CDFIs; approval is not disbursement. Rate over prime = the SBA's recorded initial rate minus the prime rate on the approval day; SBA caps it at 3 to 6.5 points depending on loan size (current prime rate and caps: methodology).

Sources: Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 and American Community Survey 2020–2024 (table B19013); SBA 7(a) & 504 FOIA data as of 30 Sep 2026; prime rate: FRED DPRIME; SBA maximums: SBA 7(a) terms. Downloaded 15 Nov 2026. How we compute these.

SBA loans made here by CDFIs

SBA data as of 30 Sep 2026

Certified CDFIs were the lender, the CDC or the third-party lender on 5 SBA approvals (5 7(a) loans) for borrowers in Bolivar County in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 5 CDFIs. The 7(a) loans total $2.1M approved.

No single CDFI made 3 or more of them, so we do not name the lenders.

Counted by the county of the borrower's ZIP code. Approval is not disbursement. These are only the SBA loans of certified CDFIs; most SBA lenders here are not CDFIs, and CDFIs also lend outside SBA programs.

Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) & 504 FOIA loan data, files as of 30 Sep 2026, downloaded 3 Nov 2026. Our counts, cancelled approvals left out. How we match lenders.

CDFI lending recorded here (FY2022)

CDFI Fund data, released Dec 2024

457 loans and investments totaling $122.2M (median $90,000) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in Bolivar County in fiscal year 2022, by 22 reporting CDFIs.

Purpose (CDFI Fund category)CountTotalMedian
Non-real estate business151$76.2M$232,817
Home purchase84$13.4M$125,312
Non-real estate microenterprise82$1.8M$20,250
Real estate: commercial construction, permanent or acquisition51$11.3M$83,702
Home improvement39$2.1M$35,000
Real estate: single-family housing rehabilitation25$7.6M$125,500
Other purposes25$9.8M

CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 1,184 consumer loans in Bolivar County totaling $14.3M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 0% of them as serving low-income borrowers.

Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 172 · FY2019 443 · FY2020 628 · FY2021 857.

Only CDFIs that hold an active CDFI Fund award (CDFI Program, Native American CDFI Assistance or the CDFI Rapid Response Program) report these transactions, so this is not all lending by the certified CDFIs on this page. The Fund masks which CDFI made each loan, so we cannot say which lender listed here made them.

Source: CDFI Fund, CDFI/NACA/CDFI RRP Program Award Recipient Data Release, Transaction Level Report and Consumer Loan Report public files for fiscal year 2022 (released Dec 2024; downloaded 3 Nov 2026). Amounts are original loan or investment amounts as reported. Place = the 2010 census tract of each record. How we count.

Lenders whose website names Bolivar County or a town in it

Headquartered in Bolivar County

The official list gives a headquarters address here. Check each lender's page for where it lends.

Say they serve all of Mississippi

Free help before you apply

These offices give free or low-cost advice: a Small Business Development Center or SCORE mentor can help with the business plan, cash-flow projections and paperwork most business lenders ask for, and a HUD-approved housing counselor can help with a homebuyer course, a budget or a missed mortgage payment. Some counseling agencies also lend; using their advice does not commit you to their loans. Call ahead to check hours and what they cover.

Business advice

Housing counseling

Sources: SBA local assistance listings, read 6 Nov 2026; HUD's list of approved housing counseling agencies (open-data version last updated 9 Apr 2025). For the current list and the services each agency offers, use the CFPB's housing counselor search (it uses HUD's list) or call HUD at 800-569-4287. Offices are placed by ZIP code, so distances are approximate.

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