Coleman Report

August 14, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher This Just In: SBA Releases SOP 50 10 8.1, Effective October 1, 2026 SBA has released SOP 50 10 8.1, which is now available to view and becomes effective October 1, 2026, as announced this afternoon in an email from Thomas Kimsey, Associate Administrator of the Office of…

August 14, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Fraud Friday: Brant Frost IV, $140 Million Ponzi SBA Bridge Loan Schemer, Gets Sentencing Delay Edwin Brant Frost IV was supposed to be sentenced today. He will not be there. His lawyers asked Chief Judge Leigh Martin May to move the hearing to October 26. The government did…

August 13, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Movers & Shakers: Stephanie Dunn, Gregg Edwards, Whitney Bouknight & Tonya Mazurek Stephanie Castagnier Dunn Named SVP, Head of SBA Lending at Leader Bank Leader Bank has named Stephanie Castagnier Dunn Senior Vice President and Head of SBA Lending as the bank expands its SBA team. Dunn brings…

August 13, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher A Coleman Conversation: Stephanie Castagnier Dunn In this week’s episode of A Coleman Conversation, Bob Coleman sits down with Stephanie Castagnier Dunn, Head of SBA at Leader Bank, to discuss her leadership philosophy, passion for entrepreneurship, and vision for the future of SBA lending. Stephanie shares how her…

August 11, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Is SBA 7(a) Volume Really Down? Not If You Measure It Against FY2024 SBA 7(a) loan count is down sharply in FY2026. But dollar volume tells a different story. The government shutdown distorted the year-over-year comparison, and once you normalize for those lost approval days, the picture changes…

August 10, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Main Street Lending: Business as Usual Sometimes the most important number in a Federal Reserve report is the one that does not move. That is my takeaway from the Fed’s July 2026 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey. For small business lending, there was no major shift. No rush…

August 7, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Fraud Friday: The Kansas Farmer and the Empty Grain Bin Steven Porubsky pleaded guilty last week to loan fraud collateral conversion of 97,000 bushels of grain pledged to secure loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency. By the way, just what is a bushel? How big is a bushel?…

August 6, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Movers & Shakers: Kimberly Dickens, Jon Collavo & Piero Rossi Kimberly Dickens Appointed Chief Strategy & Growth Officer for Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance “Kimberly’s extensive background working across the commercial lending space enables her multi-faceted approach that will help both our CDC and CDFI…

August 5, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher A Coleman Conversation: Chris Hurn In this week’s episode of A Coleman Conversation, Bob Coleman sits down with Chris Hurn, founder and CEO of Lendesca, to discuss his nearly three decades in SBA lending and his vision for helping banks and credit unions expand their government-guaranteed lending programs.…

August 4, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Coleman Benchmark Data Shows SBA 7(a) Loans Fund in 21 Days Funding times have risen 31% in two years, and loans of every size slowed  The SBA 7(a) industry’s median funding time is 21 days from approval to first disbursement. This finding comes from an exclusive Coleman Report…