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NFIB Says 5% of Small Business Owners’ Access to Capital is #1 Challenge

Two percent of owners reported that all their borrowing needs were not satisfied. Twenty-three percent reported all credit needs met and 64% said they were not interested in a loan. A net 7% reported their last loan was harder to get than in previous attempts. Five percent of owners said that financing was their top…

Maine SBA 7(a) Lender Rankings for FY 2023

RANK Lender # Loans $ Amount Average Loan Size 1 Bangor Savings Bank (ME) 58 $10,524,400 $181,455 2 Maine Community Bank (ME) 25 $9,928,600 $397,144 3 Live Oak Banking Company (NC) 3 $6,650,000 $2,216,667 4 TD Bank, National Association (DE) 79 $6,543,700 $82,832 5 Customers Bank (PA) 4 $4,858,000 $1,214,500 6 Androscoggin Savings Bank (ME)…

Massachusetts SBA 7(a) Lender Rankings for FY 2023

RANK Lender # Loans $ Amount Average Loan Size 1 Eastern Bank (MA) 230 $41,602,200 $180,879 2 Live Oak Banking Company (NC) 21 $29,055,500 $1,383,595 3 TD Bank, National Association (DE) 203 $24,255,500 $119,485 4 Webster Bank National Association (CT) 44 $22,829,000 $518,841 5 Cambridge Savings Bank (MA) 27 $14,452,300 $535,270 6 Newtek Small Business…

Finalize your SBA Secondary Summit and National Rural Lenders Roundtable Travel Plans for Washington DC on December 6 & 7

by Bob ColemanPublisherNovember 16, 2023 Check out the updated agendas for both events. Still a little early to announce, but we’ll simply say you will not be disappointed with the keynote speakers. If the SBA secondary market or USDA’s B&I lending programs are important to your bottom line, now is the time to make plans…

City First and Momentus Capital form Partnership to Provide up to $100 Million in Underserved Small Business Owners

by Bob Coleman Publisher “This is a creative, flexible loan product with competitive rates that is tailored to the needs of entrepreneurs who live in or serve disinvested communities — or who otherwise have been left out due to historical lending practices,” says Ellis Carr, President and CEO of Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small…

Change Lending Settles with Treasury — Renews CDFI Certification

by Bob Coleman, Publisher Southern California based CDFI Change Lending has resolved its dispute with the Feds and is now back in business. The heart of the dispute was whether the CDFI was meeting the requirement of 60% of its lending went to underserved markets. A former Chief of Staff to the CEO, Adam Levine,…

Louisiana SBA 7(a) Rankings for FY 2023

by Bob ColemanPublisher RANK Lender # Loans $ Amount Average Loan Size 1 Live Oak Banking Company (NC) 12 $28,548,000 $2,379,000 2 American Bank (LA) 56 $22,953,300 $409,880 3 First Financial Bank (AR) 12 $18,819,000 $1,568,250 4 Newtek Small Business Finance, Inc. (NY) 21 $15,326,300 $729,824 5 b1BANK (LA) 25 $14,901,200 $596,048 6 Peoples Bank…

House Small Biz Committee Questions SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development Spending

Says Chairman Rogers Williams of Texas in yesterday’s hearing. Owning your own small business is one of the most rewarding careers in America. You get to put your time and effort into something that you are passionate about and fulfills a need in the marketplace. We all know that to be a successful small business…

Kentucky SBA 7(a) Lender Rankings for FY 2023

RANK Lender # Loans $ Amount Average Loan Size 1 Live Oak Banking Company (NC) 8 $16,700,200 $2,087,525 2 Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company (KY) 42 $16,628,800 $395,924 3 Republic Bank & Trust Company (KY) 32 $13,744,200 $429,506 4 The Huntington National Bank (OH) 63 $13,066,300 $207,402 5 Community Trust Bank, Inc. (KY) 45…

Senate Small Business Chair wants $14 Million for SBA’s OIG for COVID-19 Loan Portfolio Oversight

In one of her first actions as Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Jeanne Shaheen wants SBA’s Inspector General to continue and expand its work of identifying and collecting fraudulent PPP and EIDL loans. Shaheen writes, “Unfortunately, many unscrupulous actors viewed our collective commitment to help deserving small businesses as…