Posts Tagged ‘sme lending’
504 Refinance Support Gains Momentum in House and Senate
February 21, 2014 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Bob Coleman: The refinance is in the House, tell us where you see that process. Beth Solomon: We continue to build support for it. It’s a smart bi-partisan mechanism that leaders on both sides of the aisle are embracing. We have a new chairman of the…
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February 20, 2014 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Stephenie Frazier Whitfield Joins SouthCrest Bank as Senior Vice-President of SBA Lending Stephenie is a recognized visionary in small business lending,” says CEO Kenneth Maloy. “The experience she brings to the table will galvanize our efforts to meet the financial needs of businesses in our communities.” Stephenie…
Read More15% of Small Business’s Bankable says WSJ’s Ami Kassar
February 18, 2014 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Writes our friend Ami in the Wall Street Journal, “A small percentage of small-business owners are bankable either with an SBA loan or a traditional bank loan. From the population of small-business owners that we work with at our loan brokerage, this group is about 15%.…
Read MoreFraud Friday – Father & Son Plead Guilty in $1.7 Million USDA B&I Loan Fraud
February 14, 2014 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report A lender relying on a contractor’s certification of completion, disbursed $1.7 million to a father/son team, who coolly pocketed about $1.3 million for non-existent work. Dad was president and the son was CFO of a company that purchased a manufacturing facility out of bankruptcy. (Oh, and…
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February 13, 2014 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Deborah Possick Herron Joins GA Resource Capital “Deborah will certainly be an asset to GA Resource Capital as she has over 20 years of direct lending experience to small business owners with a primary emphasis on SBA 504 loans, commercial real estate and C&I lending. We…
Read More“This is Not Your Grandfathers SBA” — Senate Confirmation Hearing of SBA Administrator Nominee Maria Contreras-Sweet
February 12, 2014 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Playing off SBA Administrator Phil Lader’s quote 20 years ago that “This is not your Father’s SBA,” Maria Contreras-Sweet emphasized the point in her Senate Confirmation hearing today that SBA continues to evolve its programs to support Main Street. And she wants to be part of…
Read MoreView Maria Contreras-Sweet’s Confirmation Hearing as SBA Administrator at 10:30 a.m. Eastern
February 12, 2014 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report The Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship will hold the Nomination Hearing for Maria Contreras-Sweet, who has been nominated by President Obama for the position of Administrator at the Small Business Administration, today at 10:30 a.m. Eastern. View the hearing live here Writes Kent Hoover, “The…
Read MoreMug Shot Monday – $14 Million Loan Fraud over 17 Years Run is Over
February 10, 2014 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report A KeyBank loan officer from Maine who ran a sophisticated multi-million loan fraud during the course of his career is heading to prison. Scott Fox started his scam in 1995 by using the identities of others to fund his side boating supply business, a house for…
Read MoreFraud Friday – Frank Dinsmore’s $6 Million Payday
February 7, 2014 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Okay, okay, I start with all the usual “alleged statements” caveat, and the “everyone is presumed innocent” statement, but SBA is certainly not using those terms in their 44 page enforcement action seizing SEM Resource Capital’s license and 504 loan portfolio. SBA uses terms as “substantial…
Read MoreColeman Thursday’s Movers and Shakers
February 6, 2014 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Industry Mourns Passing of SBA Legislative Giant, Tom Powers By Jim Baird Past Chair, NADCO Our industry and our nation’s small businesses have lost a true champion with the passing of Tom Powers. Tom came to Washington in 1971 after receiving law degrees from both Drake…
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