October 15, 2019 By Caity Witucki Contributing Editor, SBA Hot Topic Tuesday SBA Hot Topic Tuesday — SBA Small Business Lending Reflects Strong Economic Trends During a connect call presentation last Tuesday, the SBA announced the number of loans approved in the 2019 fiscal year. According to the ...
Read More →Main Street Monday – Small Business Optimism Levels Dip Slightly, Remain Near Historically High Levels Says NFIB October 14, 2019 By Caity Witucki Contributing Editor According to the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index, small business optimism levels remain high despite dipping 1.3 p...
Read More →October 11, 2019 By Caity Witucki Contributing Editor, Fraud Friday Fraud Friday — What You Can Learn from the Rockford Bank & Trust Fraud Case Jim Graber, 57, Senior Vice President at Rockford Bank and Trust Company Kristin King, 45, Vice President and Government Lending Manager at Rockford ...
Read More →October 10, 2019 By Caity Witucki Contributing Editor, Coleman Movers & Shakers Coleman Movers & Shakers — Mark Davis, Jack Lucas, Cesar Jimenez, and NADCO Mark Davis Joins SBA Team at First Business Bank Mark Davis joins First Business Bank as an SBA Business Development Officer with near...
Read More →October 9, 2019 By Caity Witucki Contributing Editor, C-Suite Tips Wednesday SBA C-Suite Tips Wednesday — Learn from Small Business Loan Fraud Last weekend at a National Alliance of Commercial Loan Brokers (NACLB) conference in Las Vegas, the Coleman Report’s very own, Bob Coleman addressed wha...
Read More →October 8, 2019 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Nominations Open in Coleman’s 2019 SBA Lender Professional Awards Nominations are now open for outstanding SBA lending professionals in the following categories: Main Street Lender of the Year SBA 7(a) Lender of the Year SBA 504 Lender of th...
Read More →October 7, 2019 By Mary Miller Contributing Editor, Main Street Monday Main Street Monday – Growth of Women-Owned Businesses Up 21% in Last Five Years According to a recent study conducted by American Express, women-owned businesses have experienced more growth over the last five years (21%) than...
Read More →4 October 2019 By Caity Witucki Contributing Editor, Fraud Friday Fraud Friday— Former Jacksonville City Council Members Found Guilty of Fraud On October 2, 2019, a federal jury convicted former Jacksonville city council members Katrina Brown and Reginald Brown of dozens of fraud charges tied to ...
Read More →October 3, 2019 By Caity Witucki Contributing Editor, Coleman Movers & Shakers Coleman Movers & Shakers — Beth Hallock, Andrew Adams, and Kendall Garrison Beth Hallock Named President SBA at United Community Bank United Community Bank has announced the promotion of Beth Hallock to Preside...
Read More →October 2, 2019 By Caity Witucki Contributing Editor, C-Suite Tips Wednesday SBA C-Suite Tips Wednesday — Review SAM to Determine if a Borrower is Ineligible for SBA Funding Participating lenders enter into an agreement with the SBA to make loans to small businesses in accordance with the rules, ...
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