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Local loans in Charleston, SC
These banks have made loans through the SBA's 7(a) small business loan program in the 2009 fiscal year in and around Charleston.
Bank Address # of Loans Total $ lent
Superior Financial Group 165 Lennon Lane, Suite 101
Walnut Creek, CA
78 $747,500
American Heritage Holdings 7777 Alvarado Rd, Ste 515
La Mesa, CA
29 $1,080,000
Bb&T Corporation 200 W 2nd St
Winston Salem, NC
25 $3,024,300
Business Devel Corp - So. Caro 111 Exec Center Dr, Ste 225
Columbia, SC
21 $6,398,500
Suntrust Banks 303 Peachtree St
Atlanta, GA
12 $1,192,500
Business Carolina 1441 Main St., Suite 900
Columbia, SC
10 $9,710,000
Innovative Bank 360 14th St
Oakland, CA
10 $265,000
Wells Fargo & Company 45 Fremont St, 27th Fl
San Francisco, CA
10 $2,818,500
Travelers Rest Bancshares 42 Plaza Drive
Travelers Rest, SC
7 $2,181,000
Small Business Loan Source 9801 Westheimer Road., Suite 1100
Houston, TX
6 $5,586,000
Southcoast Community Bank 534 Johnnie Dodds Blvd
Mount Pleasant, SC
6 $662,000
The South Financial Group 102 S Main St
Greenville, SC
6 $2,550,000
Bank Of America Corporation 101 S Tryon St
Charlotte, NC
5 $125,000
First Financial Holdings 34 Broad St
Charleston, SC
5 $720,600
Regions Financial Corporation 1900 5th Ave North
Birmingham, AL
5 $1,913,300
Excel National Bank 9701 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA
4 $3,666,300
Popular North America 525 Fellowship Rd
Mount Laurel, NJ
4 $2,628,000
Wachovia Bank National Associ 100 N Main St
Winston Salem, NC
4 $3,273,600
Beach First National Bancshare 3751 Grissom Pkwy
Myrtle Beach, SC
3 $1,140,000
Fcb Financial Corp. 111 Barnard St
Savannah, GA
3 $3,223,500
Cit Small Business Lending Corporation 1 Cit Drive
Livingston, NJ
2 $2,190,000
Coastal Banking Company 36 Sea Island Pkwy
Beaufort, SC
2 $272,000
Community West Bancshares 445 Pine Ave
Goleta, CA
2 $729,000
First Financial Banc Corporati 214 N Washington, Ste 516
El Dorado, AR
2 $975,000
First Western Sblc 17950 Preston Road, Suite 600
Dallas, TX
2 $349,000
Live Oak Banking Company 2605 Iron Gate Dr, Ste. 100
Wilmington, NC
2 $2,200,000
Pnc Financial Services Group 249 Fifth Ave
Pittsburgh, PA
2 $515,000
Provident Community Bancshares 2700 Celanese Rd
Rock Hill, SC
2 $855,000
Rbc Bancorporation (Usa) 3201 Beechleaf Court
Raleigh, NC
2 $445,000
Tennessee Central Bancshares 68 W Main St, 2nd Fl
Parsons, TN
2 $2,140,000
Ameris Bancorp 24 Second Ave Se
Moultrie, GA
1 $1,500,000
Bank Of Granite Corporation 23 N Main St
Granite Falls, NC
1 $167,000
Business Lenders 50 State House Square 5th Fl
Hartford, CT
1 $460,000
Compass Bancshares 15 S 20th St
Birmingham, AL
1 $565,000
First Citizens Bancorporation 1230 Main St
Columbia, SC
1 $750,000
Firstcity Financial Corporatio 6400 Imperial Drive,
Waco, TX
1 $1,800,000
High Trust Bancorp 280 Country Club Dr
Stockbridge, GA
1 $567,500
Home Loan Financial Corporatio 1 Home Loan Plaza, Ste3
Warwick, RI
1 $261,000
Huntington Bancshares Incorpor 41 S High St
Columbus, OH
1 $890,000
Newtek Small Business Finance 462 7th Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, NY
1 $1,537,000
South Carolina Community Bank 1545 Sumter St
Columbia, SC
1 $35,000
Td Banknorth Two Portland Sq
Portland, ME
1 $184,000
The Bank Of Clarendon 106 S Brooks St
Manning, SC
1 $35,000
The Queensborough Company 113 E Broad St
Louisville, GA
1 $35,000
Ups Capital Business Credit 425 Day Hill Rd
Windsor, CT
1 $511,000
Yadkin Valley Bk & Tr Co 209 N Bridge St
Elkin, NC
1 $365,800
From the November 2009 issue
Source: Small Business Administration. 7(a) loans in Fiscal Year 2009, through Aug. 31, 2009.
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