July 14, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher SBA Hot Topic Tuesday: East West Bank Backs Lendistry with $100 Million Credit Facility How do non-bank lenders and CDFIs fund loans? Lendistry answers part of the question this week by announcing it has secured a new $100 million credit facility from East West Bank, along with a… The post SBA Hot Topic Tuesday: East West Bank Backs Lendistry with $100 Million Credit Facility first appeared on Coleman Report.
July 13, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Main Street Monday: SBA 7(a) Lending Falls 21% –The New SOP, the BayFirst Exit, and the Vanishing Small Loan SBA approved $21.8 billion in 7(a) loans through the first nine months of FY 2026 — down 21% from the same period last year. Loan count fell even harder:… The post Main Street Monday: SBA 7(a) Lending Falls 21%: The New SOP, the BayFirst Exit, and the Vanishing Small Loan first appeared on Coleman Report.
July 10, 2026 Bob ColemanFounder & Publisher Fraud Friday: Every Piece of Paper Was Fake — How One Fraudster Convinced Seven Banks to Lend $39 Million Today’s fraudster was so good at the con that he convinced seven banks to loan him $39 million for large, industrial earth-moving construction equipment and working capital over the… The post Fraud Friday: Every Piece of Paper Was Fake — How One Fraudster Convinced Seven Banks to Lend $39 Million first appeared on Coleman Report.