Coleman Report

August 18, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher SBA Hot Topic Tuesday: New SOP 5010 8.1 Impacts Biz-Aq Loans, Small Loans SBA released SOP 5010 8.1, effective October 1, 2026, for loans receiving an SBA loan number on or after that date. Until September 30, lenders continue to use SOP 50 10 8. There is a…

August 17, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Main Street Monday: SBA 7(a) Expands 90% Guaranty to Energy Sector While the new SBA SOP 5010 8.1 was released Friday there is one change effective immediately — 90% guaranties for the following NAICS codes under the International Trade Loan 7(a) loan program. Since May, the SBA has approved…

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…