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Special Report - Banking, Finance & Investment - November 13, 2009
Ranks of top SBA lenders shuffle in Spokane market
Some de-emphasize loans, others see opportunity to climb ranks, expand

By Jeanne Gustafson
Of the Journal of Business

The ranks of the top lenders here that participate in the U.S. Small Business Administration's loan programs have shifted, a recent report from the federal agency shows.

Walla Walla-based Banner Bank, for example, ranked fourth among SBA lenders here in the federal fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2008, with total SBA loans of nearly $9 million, but in fiscal 2009 didn't even make the top 20 list, and says it is de-emphasizing SBA lending. Numerica Credit Union, meanwhile, has climbed...


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