Best Places to Launch

Bank	Address	# of Loans	Total $ lent
Western Commerce Bancshares Of	127 S Canyon Carlsbad, NM	33	$7,617,800
New Mexico National Financial	228 N Main Roswell, NM	30	$4,682,300
Wells Fargo & Company	45 Fremont St, 27th Fl San Francisco, CA	29	$7,924,800
Compass Bancshares	15 S 20th St Birmingham, AL	27	$6,591,000
Century Financial Services Cor	100 S Federal Pl Santa Fe, NM	25	$2,538,400
First State Bancorporation	7900 Jefferson Ne Albuquerque, NM	22	$2,870,300
Heartland Financial Usa	1398 Central Ave Dubuque, IA	11	$934,500
Mountain America Federal Credit Union	7181 S Campus View Dr West Jordan, UT	10	$315,000
Superior Financial Group	165 Lennon Lane, Suite 101 Walnut Creek, CA	10	$90,000
Clovis Bancshares	300 Main Clovis, NM	8	$4,010,000
Beresford Bancorporation	600 Main St Britton, SD	6	$2,005,800
Fremont Bank Corporation	532 Main St Canon City, CO	6	$3,889,100
Bethlehem Financial Corporatio	19339 Hwy 85 Belen, NM	4	$397,000
American Heritage Bank	2108 N Main Clovis, NM	3	$827,900
Excel National Bank	9701 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills, CA	3	$5,454,500
First New Mexico Financial Cor	300 S Gold Deming, NM	3	$136,800
Las Cruces Brg	421 N Water Las Cruces, NM	3	$195,000
Amador Bancshares	505 S Main St Las Cruces, NM	2	$249,000
Bank Of America Corporation	101 S Tryon St Charlotte, NC	2	$60,000
Cit Small Business Lending Corporation	1 Cit Drive Livingston, NJ	2	$1,035,000
Lordsburg Financial Corp.	140 E Motel Dr Lordsburg, NM	2	$70,000
Peoples	4831 W 6th St Lawrence, KS	2	$260,000
Pioneer Bancorp	300 N Main St Roswell, NM	2	$330,000
Union Bancshares	201 Main St Clayton, NM	2	$1,102,600
United Bk - El Paso Del Norte	125 Mesa Hills Dr, Mesa At Me El Paso, TX	2	$45,000
Western Bancshares Of Alamogor	9th & Maryland Alamogordo, NM	2	$211,600
Western Bancshares Of Clovis	212 N Canal St Carlsbad, NM	2	$513,700
Bancwest Corporation	999 Bishop St Honolulu, HI	1	$480,000
First Artesia Bancshares	303 W Main Artesia, NM	1	$1,360,000
Fnb Financial Corporation	517 6th St Las Vegas, NM	1	$105,000
Innovative Bank	360 14th St Oakland, CA	1	$995,000
Lea County Bancshares	1017 N Turner Hobbs, NM	1	$150,000
Liberty Bancshares Inc	4625 S National Springfield, MO	1	$200,000
Live Oak Banking Company	2605 Iron Gate Dr, Ste. 100 Wilmington, NC	1	$1,150,000
Main Street Lender	2 Wisconsin Circle, 7th Floor Chevy Chase, MD	1	$1,585,000
Newtek Small Business Finance	462 7th Avenue, 14th Floor New York, NY	1	$241,000
Portales National Bancshares	109 E 2nd St Portales, NM	1	$343,287
Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union	3707 Juan Tabo Blvd Ne Albuquerque, NM	1	$28,000
Small Business Loan Source	9801 Westheimer Road., Suite 1100 Houston, TX	1	$1,332,000
Sws Group	1201 Elm St, Ste 3500 Dallas, TX	1	$384,000
Valley National Bank	322 N Riverside Dr Espanola, NM	1	$250,000

From the November 2009 issue Source: Small Business Administration. 7(a) loans in Fiscal Year 2009, through Aug. 31, 2009.