June 23, 2023 Delaney SextonContributing Editor Fraud Friday – SBA Express Loan Scheme Leads to Guilty Pleas from 2 Loan Brokers Two loan brokers pled guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud after defrauding the SBA and a Massachusetts bank. The SBA Express loan scheme they carried out earned the fraudsters $270,000 while the bank…

June 22, 2023 Delaney SextonContributing Editor Coleman Movers & Shakers – Suria El Bietar, Seth Hallock, and Jason Torres Ameritrust CDC Introduces Suria El Bietar, Vice President of Business Development Suria has been a licensed commercial real estate broker in Washington State and has worked in commercial real estate for the last 25 years. Suria has…

June 21, 2023 Delaney SextonContributing Editor C-Suite Wednesday – Small Businesses are Spending More Money in 2023 In 2023, the NFIB found that small business spending has been higher compared to their average spending in 2022. When small businesses made capital outlays in the last few months, they have also been spending a greater amount…

June 20, 2023 Delaney SextonContributing Editor SBA Hot Topic Tuesday – Bankers are Reporting Tightening Credit Standards and Less Demand Recently published by the SBA Office of Advocacy, the June 2023 Small Business Economic Bulletin informs that most small business indicators are looking positive. “However, instability in the banking sector and increasing interest rates could…

June 16, 2023 Delaney SextonContributing Editor Fraud Friday – The Success of Pandemic Relief Outweighs the Fraud “To state the obvious, it is bad to defraud the government, and it is good that the money is being recovered. But this is simply less notable than the millions of people whose lives were saved and improved…

June 15, 2023 Delaney SextonContributing Editor Coleman Movers & Shakers – Lee Golden, Paul Jastrzebski, and Five Star Bancorp Sanibel Captive Community Bank Adds an SBA Lending Unit Led By Lee Golden “For many small business owners, finding the right source of funding can be difficult,” SanCap President and CEO Kyle DeCicco says in the…

SOP 50 57 37(a) Loan Servicing and LiquidationEffective August 1, 2023 Coleman WebinarNew SOP 50 57 37(a) Loan Servicing and LiquidationDate: Thursday, June 22, 2023 The new SBA SOP 5057 challenges lenders to new requirements and responsibilities in the first revision to 7(a) servicing and liquidation rules since 2015. Effective August 1, 2023, the SBA…

June 14, 2023 Delaney SextonContributing Editor C-Suite Wednesday – How SBA Lenders Can Determine Franchise Eligibility SBA lenders must obtain the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) which contains information about the franchisor and the franchisee system. This includes the franchisor’s background, the costs and fees associated with the franchise, the obligations of the franchisor and franchisee,…

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June 13, 2023 Delaney SextonContributing Editor Hot Topic Tuesday – Average Interest Rate for Short-Term Loans Drop in May “For small businesses, it is the availability of credit, and not its cost, that is important to owners. Since April 2020, the average loan rate paid by owners has risen from 4% to over 8%, but…