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Local loans in Albany, NY
These banks have made loans through the SBA's 7(a) small business loan program in the 2009 fiscal year in and around Albany.
Bank Address # of Loans Total $ lent
Manufacturers And Traders Trust Company One M & T Plz
Buffalo, NY
116 $16,588,800
Financial Institutions 220 Liberty St
Warsaw, NY
43 $1,896,000
First Niagara Financial Group 6950 S Transit Rd
Lockport, NY
37 $3,035,000
Key Bank 127 Public Sq
Cleveland, OH
36 $3,695,000
New York Bus. Devel Corp 50 Beaver Street, P.O. Box 73
Albany, NY
36 $15,560,376
Nbt Bancorp Inc. 52 S Broad St
Norwich, NY
26 $2,325,900
Citizens Financial Group 1 Citizens Plz
Providence, RI
22 $1,083,200
473 Broadway Holding Corporati 473 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY
21 $1,427,000
Alliance Financial Corporation 120 Madison St, Axa Tower Ll, 18
Syracuse, NY
21 $1,614,000
Adirondack Bancorp 185 Genesee St
Utica, NY
19 $1,444,400
Community Bank System 5790 Widewaters Pkwy
De Witt, NY
19 $1,288,500
Hsbc Bank Usa One Hsbc Ctr
Buffalo, NY
19 $1,739,300
Corning Federal Credit Union One Credit Union Plz
Corning, NY
16 $3,272,600
Solvay Bank Corp. 1537 Milton Ave
Solvay, NY
15 $1,220,600
Oneida Financial Corp 182 Main St
Oneida, NY
14 $1,038,500
Ballston Spa Bancorp 87 Front St
Ballston Spa, NY
12 $932,600
Superior Financial Group 165 Lennon Lane, Suite 101
Walnut Creek, CA
12 $110,000
Arrow Financial Corporation 250 Glen St
Glens Falls, NY
10 $1,795,000
Empower Federal Credit Union 300 Erie Blvd W
Syracuse, NY
9 $615,500
Watertown Savings Bank 111 Clinton St
Watertown, NY
9 $568,000
Td Banknorth Two Portland Sq
Portland, ME
6 $4,564,100
Glenville Bank Holding Company 201 Mohawk Ave
Scotia, NY
5 $211,700
The Wilber Corporation 245 Main St
Oneonta, NY
5 $730,000
Tompkins Financial Corporation 110 N Tioga St
Ithaca, NY
5 $399,000
Bank Of America Corporation 101 S Tryon St
Charlotte, NC
4 $93,000
Legacy Bancorp 99 North St
Pittsfield, MA
4 $308,100
Pathfinder Bank 214 W First St
Oswego, NY
4 $282,098
Tsb Services 1 Main St
Spencer, NY
4 $2,200,400
Berkshire Hills Bancorp 24 North St
Pittsfield, MA
3 $1,220,000
The Rome Savings Bank 100 W Dominick St
Rome, NY
3 $410,000
Trustco Bank Corp Ny 5 Sarnowski Dr
Glenville, NY
3 $190,000
Bnb Financial Services Corpora 250 Fifth Ave
New York City, NY
2 $545,000
Canandaigua National Corporati 72 S Main St
Canandaigua, NY
2 $150,000
Home Loan Financial Corporatio 1 Home Loan Plaza, Ste3
Warwick, RI
2 $375,000
Small Business Loan Source 9801 Westheimer Road., Suite 1100
Houston, TX
2 $1,241,000
Tennessee Central Bancshares 68 W Main St, 2nd Fl
Parsons, TN
2 $1,052,000
The Elmira Savings Bank Fsb 333 E Water St
Elmira, NY
2 $285,000
Unity Bancorp 64 Old Hwy 22
Clinton, NJ
2 $275,000
Bb&T Corporation 200 W 2nd St
Winston Salem, NC
1 $1,666,000
Cfederal Credit Union Community Credit Union 1030 Craft Rd
Ithaca, NY
1 $1,400,700
Cit Small Business Lending Corporation 1 Cit Drive
Livingston, NJ
1 $595,000
Citizens & Northern Corporatio 90-92 Main St
Wellsboro, PA
1 $49,100
Delaware Bancshares 131-133 Delaware St
Walton, NY
1 $56,800
Greylock Federal Credit Union 150 West St
Pittsfield, MA
1 $950,000
Grow America Fund 708 Third Avenue, Suite 710
New York, NY
1 $145,000
Jpmorgan Chase & Co. 270 Park Ave
New York City, NY
1 $25,000
Kinderhook Bank Corp 1 Hudson St
Kinderhook, NY
1 $150,000
Live Oak Banking Company 2605 Iron Gate Dr, Ste. 100
Wilmington, NC
1 $2,000,000
Manufacturers And Traders Trust Company 48 Main St
Oakfield, NY
1 $153,000
People's United Financial 850 Main St
Bridgeport, CT
1 $456,000
Steuben Trust Corporation One Steuben Sq
Hornell, NY
1 $25,000
Wells Fargo & Company 45 Fremont St, 27th Fl
San Francisco, CA
1 $370,700
From the November 2009 issue
Source: Small Business Administration. 7(a) loans in Fiscal Year 2009, through Aug. 31, 2009.
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