Rising Stars in SBA lending

Each year there are over 1,000 SBA banks who originate SBA 7(a) loans. However, there are only 8 who have grown their dollar loan volume each of the past five years.

Those 8 banks ranked by five year growth:

1) Bank of George – 454% growth

2) MUFG Union Bank – 416% growth

3) United Midwest Savings Bank – 240%

4) Berkshire Bank – 131%

5) Plain State Bank – 101%

6) Newtek Small Business Finance – 84%

7) Stearns Bank – 18%

8) Byline Bank – 5%

 

Note: For purposes of this analysis, each bank needed to have a minimum $20 million in volume each of the past five years.