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Local loans in Valdosta, GA
These banks have made loans through the SBA's 7(a) small business loan program in the 2009 fiscal year in and around Valdosta.
Bank Address # of Loans Total $ lent
Bb&T Corporation 200 W 2nd St
Winston Salem, NC
66 $11,625,700
Suntrust Banks 303 Peachtree St
Atlanta, GA
61 $5,218,700
Superior Financial Group 165 Lennon Lane, Suite 101
Walnut Creek, CA
61 $612,500
American Heritage Holdings 7777 Alvarado Rd, Ste 515
La Mesa, CA
41 $1,436,000
Innovative Bank 360 14th St
Oakland, CA
41 $1,270,000
First Financial Banc Corporati 214 N Washington, Ste 516
El Dorado, AR
30 $14,686,800
Metro City Bank 5441 Buford Hwy
Doraville, GA
26 $9,698,000
First Intercontinental Bank 5593 Buford Hwy
Doraville, GA
24 $10,631,000
Crescent Banking Company 7 Caring Way
Jasper, GA
20 $6,969,800
Georgia Primary Bank 3880 Roswell Rd Ne
Atlanta, GA
18 $7,563,900
Quantum Capital Corp. 505 Peachtree Ind Blvd
Suwanee, GA
18 $13,295,000
Bank Of America Corporation 101 S Tryon St
Charlotte, NC
17 $475,000
One Georgia Bank 1180 Peachtree St, Ste B
Atlanta, GA
17 $13,367,500
The Queensborough Company 113 E Broad St
Louisville, GA
14 $1,008,300
United Community Banks 63 Hwy 515
Blairsville, GA
14 $4,735,100
Privatebancorp 120 S Lasalle St
Chicago, IL
13 $4,145,000
Signature Bancshares 6065 Roswell Rd, Ste 600
Sandy Springs, GA
13 $4,067,600
Huntington Bancshares Incorpor 41 S High St
Columbus, OH
11 $5,524,700
Central Bancorp 4555 W Walnut
Garland, TX
10 $3,116,200
Community West Bancshares 445 Pine Ave
Goleta, CA
10 $6,535,600
Rbc Bancorporation (Usa) 3201 Beechleaf Court
Raleigh, NC
10 $5,664,000
Colony Bankcorp 115 S Grant St
Fitzgerald, GA
9 $4,943,900
Fidelity Southern Corporation 3490 Piedmont Rd, Ste 1550
Atlanta, GA
9 $5,758,800
Wells Fargo & Company 45 Fremont St, 27th Fl
San Francisco, CA
9 $2,307,700
American United Bancorp 1888 Old Norcross Rd
Lawrenceville, GA
7 $6,891,000
Atlanta Business Bank 5660 New Northside Dr, Ste 20
Atlanta, GA
7 $3,446,900
Appalachian Bancshares 822 Industrial Blvd
Ellijay, GA
6 $4,240,000
Cit Small Business Lending Corporation 1 Cit Drive
Livingston, NJ
6 $5,851,000
Global Commerce Bank 5150 Buford Hwy, Ste B-130
Doraville, GA
6 $1,275,000
Live Oak Banking Company 2605 Iron Gate Dr, Ste. 100
Wilmington, NC
6 $4,260,000
Popular North America 525 Fellowship Rd
Mount Laurel, NJ
6 $1,836,100
Private Bank Of Buckhead Three Piedmont Ctr, Ste 210
Atlanta, GA
6 $2,840,000
Regions Financial Corporation 1900 5th Ave North
Birmingham, AL
6 $1,401,100
Shinhan Bank America 330 Fifth Ave, 4th Fl
New York City, NY
6 $3,240,000
Synovus Financial Corp. 1111 Bay Ave
Columbus, GA
6 $2,366,842
Century Bank Of Georgia 215 E Main St
Cartersville, GA
5 $2,339,200
High Trust Bancorp 280 Country Club Dr
Stockbridge, GA
5 $2,835,500
Liberty Shares 300 S Main St
Hinesville, GA
5 $3,585,900
Main Street Lender 2 Wisconsin Circle, 7th Floor
Chevy Chase, MD
5 $4,696,000
Northwest Bancshares 3891 Cobb Pkwy
Acworth, GA
5 $3,074,500
Persons Banking Company 4562 Forsyth Rd
Macon, GA
5 $1,319,000
Ups Capital Business Credit 425 Day Hill Rd
Windsor, CT
5 $4,455,200
Small Business Loan Source 9801 Westheimer Road., Suite 1100
Houston, TX
4 $920,000
Wachovia Bank National Associ 100 N Main St
Winston Salem, NC
4 $3,108,400
Cornerstonebank 2060 Mt Paran Rd Nw, Ste 100
Atlanta, GA
3 $1,476,300
Excel National Bank 9701 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA
3 $4,922,000
First Western Sblc 17950 Preston Road, Suite 600
Dallas, TX
3 $2,164,000
Fnc Bancorp 420 S Madison Ave
Douglas, GA
3 $282,500
Highland Financial Services I 3411 Ernest Barrett Pkwy
Marietta, GA
3 $1,108,500
Midtown Bank & Trust Company 712 W Peachtree St
Atlanta, GA
3 $2,415,000
Morris State Bancshares 301 Bellevue Ave
Dublin, GA
3 $2,442,000
South Banking Company 501 W 12th St
Alma, GA
3 $3,956,000
Tennessee Central Bancshares 68 W Main St, 2nd Fl
Parsons, TN
3 $3,037,900
The Foster Bank 5225 N Kedzie Ave
Chicago, IL
3 $708,000
Wachovia Sba Lending 1620 E. Roseville Parkway
Roseville, CA
3 $707,000
Bank Of Ellijay 134 Industrial Blvd
Ellijay, GA
2 $379,171
Capitol Bancorp Ltd. 200 Washington Sq North
Lansing, MI
2 $86,500
Century Security Bank 5955 State Bridge Rd, Ste 100
Duluth, GA
2 $200,000
Community Bk - Pickens Cnty 15 Sammy Mcghee Blvd
Jasper, GA
2 $70,000
Fcb Financial Corp. 111 Barnard St
Savannah, GA
2 $1,002,000
First Bank Shares Of The South 423 W 12th St
Alma, GA
2 $1,990,500
Forsyth Bancshares 651 Veterans Memorial Blvd
Cumming, GA
2 $743,300
Georgia Community Bancorp 36 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Reynolds, GA
2 $1,414,000
Hanmi Financial Corporation 3660 Wlishire Blvd, Ph-A
Los Angeles, CA
2 $937,500
Jpmorgan Chase & Co. 270 Park Ave
New York City, NY
2 $327,700
Pab Bankshares 3250 N Valdosta Rd
Valdosta, GA
2 $1,627,000
Security Bank Corporation 4219 Forsyth Rd
Macon, GA
2 $300,000
Td Banknorth Two Portland Sq
Portland, ME
2 $365,000
Verity Capital Group 94 W Athens St
Winder, GA
2 $1,944,000
Wgnb Corporation 201 Maple St
Carrollton, GA
2 $1,635,000
Wilshire Bancorp 3200 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
2 $654,000
1St Natl Bk - Barnesville 315 Thomaston St
Barnesville, GA
1 $1,729,000
Altra Federal Credit Union 2715 Losey Blvd South
La Crosse, WI
1 $51,000
Ameris Bancorp 24 Second Ave Se
Moultrie, GA
1 $404,000
Bancwest Corporation 999 Bishop St
Honolulu, HI
1 $75,000
Buckhead Community Bancorp 415 E Paces Ferry Rd
Atlanta, GA
1 $138,300
Business Devel Corp - So. Caro 111 Exec Center Dr, Ste 225
Columbia, SC
1 $580,000
Business Lenders 50 State House Square 5th Fl
Hartford, CT
1 $1,720,000
Capitol City Bancshares 562 Lee Street
Atlanta, GA
1 $86,700
Cbc Holding Company 102 W Roanoke Dr
Fitzgerald, GA
1 $95,500
Cbs Financial Corp 3016 Atlanta Rd
Smyrna, GA
1 $10,000
Ccf Holding Company 101 N Main St
Jonesboro, GA
1 $189,300
Charter Bank 1721 Medical Park Dr, Ste 103
Biloxi, MS
1 $35,000
Cherokee Bank Natl Assoc 1275 Riverstone Pkwy
Canton, GA
1 $700,000
Cit. Natl Bk - Quitman 100 E Stevens
Quitman, GA
1 $434,700
Community Bankshares 448 N Main St
Cornelia, GA
1 $96,000
Community Business Bank 407 E Maple St, Unit 104 East
Cumming, GA
1 $450,000
Community Tr & Bk. Co 9125 Lee Hwy
Ooltewah, TN
1 $2,000,000
Compass Bancshares 15 S 20th St
Birmingham, AL
1 $420,000
Early Bankshares 121 Columbia St
Blakely, GA
1 $646,700
Eastside Commercial Bancshares 1051 Culpepper Dr
Conyers, GA
1 $1,660,000
Fifth Third Bancorp 38 Fountain Sq Plz
Cincinnati, OH
1 $15,000
First Century Bancorp 807 Dorsey St
Gainesville, GA
1 $215,000
First Cherokee Bancshares 9860 Hwy 92
Woodstock, GA
1 $60,000
First Citizens Financial Corpo 70 Carlisle Rd
Dawsonville, GA
1 $100,000
First Dozier Bancshares 7825 S Main
Dozier, AL
1 $285,000
First National Talladega Corpo 120 E North St
Talladega, AL
1 $950,000
First State Bancshares Of Blak 10959 Columbia Rd
Blakely, GA
1 $264,875
Firstcity Financial Corporatio 6400 Imperial Drive,
Waco, TX
1 $728,300
Flint Community Bancshares In 2910 Meredyth Dr
Albany, GA
1 $500,000
Hazlehurst Investors Inc 22 S Tallahassee St
Hazlehurst, GA
1 $425,000
Heart Of Georgia Bancshares I 101 Railroad St
Mount Vernon, GA
1 $491,200
Jones Bancshares L.P. 215 Pendleton St
Waycross, GA
1 $1,007,400
Merchants & Farmers Bank 36 Hwy 72 East
Comer, GA
1 $90,000
Middle Georgia Corporation 285 S Broad St
Ellaville, GA
1 $35,000
Mountain 1St Bk & Tr Co 101 Jack St
Hendersonville, NC
1 $2,000,000
Ncb Financial Corporation 601 Pennsylvania Ave Nw, Ste 700
Washington, DC
1 $500,000
Noa Bank 2476 Pleasant Hill Rd, Ste 10
Duluth, GA
1 $300,000
Peoples Bankshares 209 S Jefferson St
Eatonton, GA
1 $112,500
Peoples Holding Company 71 N Broad St
Winder, GA
1 $114,000
Pnc Financial Services Group 249 Fifth Ave
Pittsburgh, PA
1 $296,000
Putnam-Greene Financial Corpor 100 S Madison Ave
Eatonton, GA
1 $76,994
Ridgestone Financial Services 13925 W North Ave
Brookfield, WI
1 $82,000
Sbt Bancorp 111 Southern Bank Dr
Clarkesville, GA
1 $150,000
St Financial Group 625 University Dr East
College Station, TX
1 $100,000
The Landrum Company 801 E Broadway
Columbia, MO
1 $525,000
The Savannah Bancorp 25 Bull St
Savannah, GA
1 $235,000
Tifton Banking Company 729 W Second St
Tifton, GA
1 $1,500,000
United Western Bancorp Inc. 700-17th St, Ste 2100
Denver, CO
1 $312,000
Unity Holdings 950 Joe Frank Harris Pkwy
Cartersville, GA
1 $580,500
From the November 2009 issue
Source: Small Business Administration. 7(a) loans in Fiscal Year 2009, through Aug. 31, 2009.
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