The $2 million equity equivalent investment that Old National Bank has made in the Brightpoint Development Fund isn’t just a financial transaction. It’s a bet on northeast Indiana’s working people — entrepreneurs, families and employees — who too often find themselves left behind by traditional lenders.

In a time when predatory lenders remain the default option for too many Hoosiers, Brightpoint’s model is a quiet revolution. With this new EQ2 funding, Brightpoint can expand affordable consumer loans through the Community Loan Center of Northeast Indiana, offer more microloans to small business owners and scale its financial education programming.

And all of this revolves capital back into the community.

But money is only part of the equation. As CEO Steve Hoffman noted in a Journal Gaz

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