August 21, 2019 By Caity Witucki Contributing Editor, C-Suite Tips Wednesday SBA C-Suite Tips Wednesday — Demonstrate That Borrowed Funds are Not Used for the Equity Injection On August 14, 2019, the SBA OIG High Risk 7(a) Loan Review Program released an evaluation of two SBA 7(a) loans. According...
Read More →August 20, 2019 By Caity Witucki Editor, SBA Hot Topic Tuesday SBA Hot Topic Tuesday – SBA Inspector General Denys Two 7(a) Loan Guarantees A recent OIG review of two “high risk” SBA 7(a) loans has resulted in the recommendation that the Director for the Office of Financial Program Operat...
Read More →August 19, 2019 By Mary Miller Contributing Editor, Main Street Monday Main Street Monday – Federal Survey Reports Loan Standards Ease for Small Businesses According to a Reuters report published on August 5, a survey comprised of bank officers indicated loan standards on commercial and industrial...
Read More →August 16, 2019 By Caity Witucki Contributing Editor, Fraud Friday Fraud Friday — UPDATE: What happened to Nik Patel? Nikesh “Nik” Patel, is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence in a Federal Corrections Institution in Williamsburg, South Carolina. According to court records, Patel organ...
Read More →August 15, 2019 By Caity Witucki Contributing Editor, Coleman Movers & Shakers Coleman Movers & Shakers — Tammy Youst, Ana Saginian, and Brad Cantrell Tammy Youst Promoted to President of the SBA and USDA Department of Centennial Bank “Tammy has done a great job assembling and managing a...
Read More →August 13, 2019 By Caity Witucki Contributing Editor, SBA Hot Topic Tuesday SBA Hot Topic Tuesday— Reauthorization Bill Causes Deadlock in the Senate Efforts to approve a reauthorization bill in the Senate’s Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship has been delayed due to disagreeme...
Read More →August 12, 2019 By Mary Miller Contributing Editor, Main Street Monday Main Street Monday – Survey Reports More Difficulty for Small Business Owners to Get Bank Loans According to the recently released Pepperdine Private Capital Access Index, many small business owners reported increased difficult...
Read More →August 9, 2019 By Caity Witucki Contributing Editor, Fraud Friday Fraud Friday — French National Indicted For $6 Million Fraud Scheme Giles Casse, a French national, is facing indictment for a $6 million bank fraud scheme in which he made false statements to obtain government-issued loans and ent...
Read More →August 8, 2019 By Caity Witucki Contributing Editor, Coleman Movers & Shakers Coleman Movers & Shakers — Scott Cisneros, Brad Bunt, Elisabeth Williams, Ken Martin, Erik Rajek Union Bank Announces the Hiring of Scott Cisneros Scott Cisneros joins Union Bank with 15 years of experience...
Read More →NEW COLEMAN WEBINAR FOR SBA LENDERS The 5 Critical C’s of SBA Lending Home Speakers Agenda Registration A 75-minute webinar that allows your staff to earn e-certification. A Coleman Webinar Date: Wednesday, September 4, 2019 Time: 2:00 p.m. Eastern Go to Registration and Payment | Download a...
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