Coleman Report

July 13, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Main Street Monday: SBA 7(a) Lending Falls 21% –The New SOP, the BayFirst Exit, and the Vanishing Small Loan SBA approved $21.8 billion in 7(a) loans through the first nine months of FY 2026 — down 21% from the same period last year. Loan count fell even harder:…

July 10, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Fraud Friday: Every Piece of Paper Was Fake — How One Fraudster Convinced Seven Banks to Lend $39 Million  Today’s fraudster was so good at the con that he convinced seven banks to loan him $39 million for large, industrial earth-moving construction equipment and working capital over the…

July 9, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Movers & Shakers: Edgar Escobar, Dan McLean & Peter Rahrig Escobar Named Vice President of Government Guaranteed Loans at Stone Bank Edgar Escobar has been named vice president of government guaranteed loans at Stone Bank. Escobar joins Stone Bank from Veritex Bank in Dallas, Texas, where he served…

July 8, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher SBA and USDA Launch New Regulatory Complaint Process for Farmers and Small Businesses SBA and USDA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing a formal process for farmers, ranchers, rural businesses, and other small businesses to report what the agencies describe as burdensome federal regulations and enforcement…

July 7, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Waiting for Financial Statements Is Not an SBA Loan Servicing Strategy One of the most common servicing mistakes occurs during the annual review. The lender requests year-end financial statements and tax returns. The borrower promises to send them. Weeks pass. The documents never arrive. The annual review sits…

July 21, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher SBA Hot Topic Tuesday: Proposed $10 Million SBA 7(a) and 504 Loan Cap Models at Zero Subsidy — What Loeffler Told Congress Last Week SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler spent 90 minutes in front of House appropriators last Tuesday, and if you’re a 7(a) lender, this was the most…

July 6, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Main Street Monday: One in Four SBA 7(a) Lending Dollars Finances Business Acquisitions  Business acquisition lending remains one of the largest opportunities in SBA 7(a), but the market is far more concentrated than many lenders realize. The Coleman Report’s latest analysis of SBA 7(a) lending for the first…

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July 2, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Movers & Shakers: Cary Crego, Tom Kelley & Andrea Hall Cary Crego Promoted to Head of Sales, Healthcare & SBA at Fifth Third Bank Fifth Third Bank has promoted Cary Crego to Senior Vice President, Head of Sales, Healthcare & SBA, where he will lead the bank’s Healthcare…

July 1, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher A Coleman Conversation: Braddock Road Insurance In this week’s episode of A Coleman Conversation, Bob Coleman sits down with Brendan Burdette and Ryan Conner, co-founders of Braddock Road Insurance, to discuss their groundbreaking Personal Guarantee Insurance product designed specifically for SBA borrowers. The duo explains how the first-of-its-kind…