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Local loans in Canton, OH
These banks have made loans through the SBA's 7(a) small business loan program in the 2009 fiscal year in and around Canton.
Bank Address # of Loans Total $ lent
Huntington Bancshares Incorpor 41 S High St
Columbus, OH
160 $20,875,600
Citizens Financial Group 1 Citizens Plz
Providence, RI
61 $3,060,800
Key Bank 127 Public Sq
Cleveland, OH
56 $12,117,700
U.S. Bank 800 Nicollet Mall, 2nd Fl
Minneapolis, MN
48 $6,006,800
Firstmerit Corporation 106 S Main St, Iii Cascade Plz
Akron, OH
43 $4,190,900
Pnc Financial Services Group 249 Fifth Ave
Pittsburgh, PA
41 $7,585,000
First Citizens Banc Corp 100 E Water St
Sandusky, OH
25 $5,278,600
Superior Financial Group 165 Lennon Lane, Suite 101
Walnut Creek, CA
17 $175,000
Central Federal Corporation 2923 Smith Rd
Fairlawn, OH
14 $1,947,500
Jpmorgan Chase & Co. 270 Park Ave
New York City, NY
14 $1,974,600
Fifth Third Bancorp 38 Fountain Sq Plz
Cincinnati, OH
13 $5,357,000
Genoa Banking Company 801-803 Main St
Genoa, OH
13 $1,108,600
Citizens Republic Bancorp Inc. 328 S Saginaw St
Flint, MI
12 $1,942,400
Portage Banc Shares 1311 E Main St
Ravenna, OH
11 $2,688,500
Lnb Bancorp Inc. 457 Broadway
Lorain, OH
8 $981,000
Western Reserve Bancorp 4015 Medina Rd
Medina, OH
8 $1,886,800
Consumers Bancorp 614 E Lincoln Way
Minerva, OH
7 $628,000
Ffd Financial Corporation 321 N Wooster Ave
Dover, OH
6 $965,000
Csb Bancorp Inc 91 N Clay St
Millersburg, OH
5 $1,728,700
Excel National Bank 9701 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA
5 $3,645,000
Popular North America 525 Fellowship Rd
Mount Laurel, NJ
5 $1,210,500
Tri-State 1St Banc 16924 St. Clair Ave
East Liverpool, OH
5 $284,800
American Heritage Holdings 7777 Alvarado Rd, Ste 515
La Mesa, CA
4 $107,000
Capitol Bancorp Ltd. 200 Washington Sq North
Lansing, MI
4 $2,830,000
Dollar Bank A Fed. Savings Bk Three Gateway Ctr-1 East
Pittsburgh, PA
4 $340,000
First Defiance Financial Corp. 601 Clinton St
Defiance, OH
4 $555,000
Rurban Financial Corp. 401 Clinton St
Defiance, OH
4 $1,591,500
American National Bancorp 5603 Ridge Rd
Parma, OH
3 $489,300
Farmers National Banc Corp 20 S Broad St
Canfield, OH
3 $349,700
First Place Financial Corp 185 E Market St
Warren, OH
3 $563,000
Pvf Capital Corp 30000 Aurora Rd
Solon, OH
3 $365,000
Wells Fargo & Company 45 Fremont St, 27th Fl
San Francisco, CA
3 $1,953,600
Apple Creek Banc Corp 3 W Main St
Apple Creek, OH
2 $2,067,000
Camco Financial Corporation 6901 Glenn Hwy
Cambridge, OH
2 $235,000
Croghan Bancshares 323 Croghan St
Fremont, OH
2 $650,000
F.N.B. Corporation One Fnb Blvd
Hermitage, PA
2 $85,000
Indebancorp 147 W Water St
Oak Harbor, OH
2 $230,000
Monitor Bancorp 13210 State, Rte 226
Big Prairie, OH
2 $235,000
Ohio Legacy Corp 305 W Liberty St
Wooster, OH
2 $330,600
Seven Seventeen Credit Union Inc 3181 Larchmont Ave Ne
Warren, OH
2 $375,000
Small Business Loan Source 9801 Westheimer Road., Suite 1100
Houston, TX
2 $274,000
Td Banknorth Two Portland Sq
Portland, ME
2 $1,600,000
Tennessee Central Bancshares 68 W Main St, 2nd Fl
Parsons, TN
2 $2,563,000
United Community Financial Cor 275 Federal Plaza West
Youngstown, OH
2 $600,000
Wayne Savings Bancshares 151 N Market St
Wooster, OH
2 $290,000
Westfield Bank Fsb Two Park Cir
Westfield Center, OH
2 $113,000
1St Cit. Natl Bk - Upper Sand 100 N Sandusky Ave
Upper Sandusky, OH
1 $231,000
Bank Of America Corporation 101 S Tryon St
Charlotte, NC
1 $150,000
Cit Small Business Lending Corporation 1 Cit Drive
Livingston, NJ
1 $1,025,000
Cit. Natl Bk - Bluffton 102 S Main St
Bluffton, OH
1 $74,800
First Bancshares 120 North St
Bellevue, OH
1 $35,000
Grow America Fund 708 Third Avenue, Suite 710
New York, NY
1 $330,000
Innovative Bank 360 14th St
Oakland, CA
1 $25,000
Live Oak Banking Company 2605 Iron Gate Dr, Ste. 100
Wilmington, NC
1 $1,010,000
Msb Capital Corporation 2000 Bethel Rd, Ste D
Columbus, OH
1 $1,231,000
National Bancshares Corporatio 112 W Market
Orrville, OH
1 $275,000
Regions Financial Corporation 1900 5th Ave North
Birmingham, AL
1 $826,000
Ridgestone Financial Services 13925 W North Ave
Brookfield, WI
1 $1,550,000
United Western Bancorp Inc. 700-17th St, Ste 2100
Denver, CO
1 $800,000
From the November 2009 issue
Source: Small Business Administration. 7(a) loans in Fiscal Year 2009, through Aug. 31, 2009.
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