Coleman Report

December 15, 2025 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Main Street Monday: USDA $50 Billion Guaranteed Lending Availability for Rural Health Care The National Rural Lenders Roundtable was held in Washington DC last week to examine the expanding role of federal rural health funding and the opportunities for lenders in this niche with USDA’s Community Facilities program.…

December 12, 2025 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Blueacorn Co-Founder Stephanie Hockridge Receives 10-Year Sentence for PPP Fraud, Owes $65 Million Stephanie Hockridge, co-founder of Blueacorn, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for her role in one of the largest PPP loan fraud schemes uncovered during the pandemic. A federal jury convicted Hockridge in…

December 11, 2025 by Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Movers & Shakers: Daniel Wallace, Evans Attwell, & James Stolt Daniel Wallace Announced as New CEO of Appalachian Community Capital Appalachian Community Capital, a Christiansburg-based financial institution that supports small-business and community development across the Appalachian region, has named Daniel Wallace its next president and CEO. He…

December 10, 2025 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher A Coleman Conversation: Burke Purcell In this week’s episode of A Coleman Conversation, Bob Coleman sits down with Burke Purcell, CEO of LoanBud and SBA Marketplace, to discuss how fintech and thoughtful structuring are reshaping SBA business acquisition lending. Burke explains how LoanBud connects entrepreneurs to SBA capital…

December 9, 2025 by Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher SBA Hot Topic Tuesday: SBA and the $10 Million Loan Increase for Manufacturers The following remarks have been edited and formatted by Bob Coleman from Dianna Seaborn’s presentation at the 18th Annual Secondary Market Summit on December 4, 2025 in Washington D.C. The question I am hearing…

December 8, 2025 by Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Congressman Roger Williams, chair of the House Small Business Committee, delivered the keynote at last week’s 18th Annual SBA Secondary Market Summit in Washington, D.C. He entertained the room with his folksy Texas drawl and reminded everyone that he’s proud to be in a position to help…

December 5, 2025 by Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Kris Roglieri Pleads Guilty in Multi-Million Dollar Prime Capital Fraud; Faces Up to 10 Years Kris Roglieri, once a major figure in the loan broker industry, has pled guilty to one count of wire fraud tied to his company, Prime Capital. Roglieri spent years running popular broker…

December 4, 2025 by Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Movers & Shakers: Karen McHugh, Val DeCola, & Daniel Godfrey Karen McHugh Announces Retirement from the SBA Lending Industry After Four Decades After more than 40 years of dedication to the SBA lending community, Karen McHugh has announced her retirement from the SBA lending industry. A respected…

December 3, 2025 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher A Coleman Conversation: Mary Kropp In this week’s episode of A Coleman Conversation, Bob Coleman sits down with long-time SBA 504 expert and industry consultant Mary Kropp to discuss her remarkable journey across banking, CDC leadership, entrepreneurship, and national SBA advocacy. Mary reflects on her transition from Michigan…

December 2, 2025 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Underneath the Hood — What’s Happening with Newtek, The Nation’s #2 SBA 7(a) Lender Newtek’s story begins in the late 1990s, when Barry Sloane founded the company as a non-bank lender focused on serving America’s small businesses. Long before it held deposits or called itself a bank, Newtek…