Bank of Commonwealth Fraud Verdict In – 17 Years for Former EVP

September 20, 2013 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report The first sentence is in from the Bank of Commonwealth fraud trial that netted guilty verdicts of three Virginia community bankers.  And it is stiff – 17 years for 49 year-old former EVP Stephen Fields. As if it matters, he was also ordered to pay $331…

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Are you Calculating a Borrower’s Global Cash Flow Correctly?

Are you Calculating a Borrower’s Global Cash Flow Correctly? Friday, November 8, 2013 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Eastern Price: $289.00 Sponsored by PCFS 2000 Complimentary Coleman Report Live! News Show with Bob Coleman from 1:50 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Use our “email address only” order form! Positive Cash Flow. We all want it…

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Are You Ready for Your 2014 SBA Review?

Are You Ready for Your 2014 SBA Review? Tuesday, October 29, 2013 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Eastern Price: $289.00 Complimentary Coleman Report Live! News Show with Bob Coleman from 1:50 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Use our “email address only” order form! Lenders need to keep up with the changes at SBA as it…

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Thursday’s Movers and Shakers

September 19, 2013 Thursday’s Movers and Shakers By Bob Coleman Sunni Raney Joins CDC Small Business Finance Sunni Raney, a 13-year marketing veteran, has joined CDC Small Business Finance as director of marketing and sales support. Raney will use her expertise in marketing CDC’s national leadership in helping small businesses purchase commercial real estate via…

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Big Data Helps Successful Small Businesses Access Capital

September 17, 2013 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report We spoke with Terry Hicks, VP & General Manager at Quickbooks Online, at the ASBDC Annual Conference in Orlando last week about how Quickbooks Online can use their accumulated data to determine successful small businesses that need access to capital. Watch the short interview here. Bob…

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Defending the Rise in SBA 504 Interest Rates

September 17, 2013 by Tom Wallace President, IDS Lenders have recently been challenged in marketing the 504 loan program by the sudden spike in debenture rates over the past ninety days. With the beginning of the tapering of “QE3” possibly on the horizon at this week’s FOMC meeting, a further level of uncertainty has afflicted…

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Fraud Friday – Cows at the Center of a Ponzi Scheme

September 6, 2013 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Our periodic reporting of the Greely, Colorado failed New Frontier Bank keeps getting more and more bizarre. In a FDIC lawsuit against the bank’s insurer the rhetoric has ratcheted up to the p word describing a $50 million fraudulent loan scheme. Says the FDIC, “This action…

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Thursday’s Movers and Shakers

September 5, 2013 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Pacific Premier Bank Now Offers Nationwide SBA Lending Pacific Premier Bank now offers SBA loan programs on a nationwide basis through its Premier Government Guaranteed Lending business unit. Diane Heyden, Senior Vice President and Government Guaranteed Lending Manager stated, “As an SBA National Preferred Lender, we…

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SBA Bans 16 People and Companies from its Loan Program in Six Months

September 4, 2013 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Starfield & Smith’s Norman Greenspan has penned a fascinating article describing the process SBA undertakes to suspend or debar someone from its lending programs. The takeaway? If SBA wants you out of its programs, the agency has the tools at its disposal to get you out.…

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