SBA

"Pretty much the gist of everything is that any existing SBA customer or existing loans on the books, we can still service those," he said.

"The SBA is there to help the lender and the customer," said Corey Schiminski, an assistant vice president at Financial Security Bank who works with Meyer on his SBA-backed loans.

Prior to joining the bank, Doss served as Senior Vice President, Regional SBA Sales Manager for Wells Fargo Bank for 13 years.

She has been instrumental to the strong growth of our SBA division over the past four years.

Through its various SBA-preferred lending bank partners, SmartBiz facilitated USD 329 million in funded SBA 7(a) loans USD 350,000 and less for the 2017 calendar year, a 1.5x increase over calendar year 2016.

SBA has announced that there is no charge for listing on the directory (it's free) and strongly encourages all franchise brands that are not currently listed on the directory to apply for listing prior to the Jan.

"While awareness of SBA 504 loans has grown among small business owners, we still believe that specialized expertise remains in high demand," said Hurn.

Lending amounts for SBA loans vary from $5,000 to $5,000,000 for one borrower.

"The agreement allows for 78 per cent of SBA land, some 200kmA, which includes the totality of private properties, to be inducted into land-use planning for development."