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Local loans in Lima, OH
These banks have made loans through the SBA's 7(a) small business loan program in the 2009 fiscal year in and around Lima.
Bank Address # of Loans Total $ lent
Huntington Bancshares Incorpor 41 S High St
Columbus, OH
365 $38,334,200
U.S. Bank 800 Nicollet Mall, 2nd Fl
Minneapolis, MN
101 $4,669,600
Superior Financial Group 165 Lennon Lane, Suite 101
Walnut Creek, CA
45 $505,000
First Financial Bancorp 4000 Smith Rd, Ste 400
Cincinnati, OH
36 $7,770,100
Jpmorgan Chase & Co. 270 Park Ave
New York City, NY
34 $3,468,600
Key Bank 127 Public Sq
Cleveland, OH
32 $3,067,500
Pnc Financial Services Group 249 Fifth Ave
Pittsburgh, PA
31 $7,665,300
New Richmond Bancorporation 110 Front St
New Richmond, OH
30 $2,153,500
Park National Corporation 50 N Third St
Newark, OH
30 $6,477,850
Camco Financial Corporation 6901 Glenn Hwy
Cambridge, OH
27 $1,533,800
Fifth Third Bancorp 38 Fountain Sq Plz
Cincinnati, OH
23 $6,580,700
First Merchants Corporation 200 E Jackson St
Muncie, IN
21 $3,346,500
Heartland Banccorp 850 N Hamilton Rd
Gahanna, OH
18 $4,451,200
American Heritage Holdings 7777 Alvarado Rd, Ste 515
La Mesa, CA
16 $495,000
Csb Bancorp Inc 91 N Clay St
Millersburg, OH
14 $1,300,700
First Defiance Financial Corp. 601 Clinton St
Defiance, OH
11 $2,028,400
First Citizens Banc Corp 100 E Water St
Sandusky, OH
9 $974,020
Cit. Natl Bk - Bluffton 102 S Main St
Bluffton, OH
8 $3,877,400
Community Banc 42 E Main St
Crooksville, OH
7 $1,424,000
Asb Financial Corp 503 Chillicothe St
Portsmouth, OH
6 $1,350,000
Firstmerit Corporation 106 S Main St, Iii Cascade Plz
Akron, OH
6 $850,000
1St Cit. Natl Bk - Upper Sand 100 N Sandusky Ave
Upper Sandusky, OH
5 $565,900
Nb & T Financial Group 48 N South St
Wilmington, OH
5 $2,089,000
Centerbank 744 State Rte 28
Milford, OH
4 $221,700
Innovative Bank 360 14th St
Oakland, CA
4 $125,000
Superior Federal Credit Union 4230 Elida Rd
Lima, OH
4 $661,500
United Bancorp 201 S Fourth St
Martins Ferry, OH
4 $655,000
Wells Fargo & Company 45 Fremont St, 27th Fl
San Francisco, CA
4 $1,288,000
Cit Small Business Lending Corporation 1 Cit Drive
Livingston, NJ
3 $3,437,300
Dcb Financial Corp 110 Riverbend Ave
Lewis Center, OH
3 $676,000
Richmond Mutual Bancorporation 20 N 9th St
Richmond, IN
3 $5,048,800
Sv Bancorp 1206 Springfield Pike
Wyoming, OH
3 $2,355,500
United Bancshares 100 S High
Columbus Grove, OH
3 $2,480,000
Citizens Financial Group 1 Citizens Plz
Providence, RI
2 $50,000
Community Bancshares 112 W Main St
Mcarthur, OH
2 $66,900
Community Trust Bancorp 346 N Mayo Trl
Pikeville, KY
2 $115,000
Fcb Financial Corp. 111 Barnard St
Savannah, GA
2 $2,233,600
First Federal Bank Of Ohio 140 N Columbus St
Galion, OH
2 $2,256,250
Integra Bank Corporation 21 S E 3rd St
Evansville, IN
2 $400,000
Irwin Financial Corporation 500 Washington St
Columbus, IN
2 $350,000
Liberty Capital 2251 Rombach Ave
Wilmington, OH
2 $535,000
New Carlisle Fed. Savings Bk 400 N Main St
New Carlisle, OH
2 $64,000
Ohio State Bancshares 111 S Main St
Marion, OH
2 $60,000
Ohio University Credit Union Inc 90 S Shafer St
Athens, OH
2 $371,000
St Financial Group 625 University Dr East
College Station, TX
2 $320,000
Sutton Bancshares 1 S Main St
Attica, OH
2 $140,000
Ups Capital Business Credit 425 Day Hill Rd
Windsor, CT
2 $2,267,000
American Bank And Trust Co. 6100 S Yale Ave
Tulsa, OK
1 $350,000
Bb&T Corporation 200 W 2nd St
Winston Salem, NC
1 $125,000
Beach Business Bank 1230 Rosecrans Ave, Ste 100
Manhattan Beach, CA
1 $50,000
Cnb Bancorp 143 S Main St
Woodsfield, OH
1 $143,400
Comerica Incorporated 1717 Main St
Dallas, TX
1 $1,500,000
Compass Bancshares 15 S 20th St
Birmingham, AL
1 $835,000
Day-Air Credit Union Inc 3501 Wilmington Pike
Kettering, OH
1 $35,000
Excel National Bank 9701 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA
1 $544,000
First Place Financial Corp 185 E Market St
Warren, OH
1 $372,000
Grow America Fund 708 Third Avenue, Suite 710
New York, NY
1 $250,000
Liberty Bancshares 118 S Main St
Ada, OH
1 $210,000
Limberlost Bancshares 215 E Line St
Geneva, IN
1 $21,000
Live Oak Banking Company 2605 Iron Gate Dr, Ste. 100
Wilmington, NC
1 $865,000
Lnb Bancorp Inc. 457 Broadway
Lorain, OH
1 $500,000
Main Street Financial Services 2001 Main St
Wheeling, WV
1 $35,000
Marshall & Ilsley Corporation 770 N Water St
Milwaukee, WI
1 $50,000
Mbt Bancorp 111 N State St
West Harrison, IN
1 $200,000
Medr Bancshares 201 Vance Ave
Erskine, MN
1 $40,000
Ncb Financial Corporation 601 Pennsylvania Ave Nw, Ste 700
Washington, DC
1 $650,000
North Side Bank & Trust Co. 4125 Hamilton Ave
Cincinnati, OH
1 $35,000
Osb Bancorp 275 W Main St
Osgood, OH
1 $350,000
Popular North America 525 Fellowship Rd
Mount Laurel, NJ
1 $25,000
Small Business Loan Source 9801 Westheimer Road., Suite 1100
Houston, TX
1 $232,000
Td Banknorth Two Portland Sq
Portland, ME
1 $1,530,000
The First Bexley Bank 2680 E Main St
Bexley, OH
1 $196,000
Three Rivers Federal Credit Union 1615 Northland Blvd
Fort Wayne, IN
1 $144,000
Vision One Credit Union 3279 Ramos Cir
Sacramento, CA
1 $100,000
Western State Agency 110 4th St Se
Devils Lake, ND
1 $35,000
Wright Patt Credit Union Inc 2455 Executive Park Blvd
Fairborn, OH
1 $1,677,800
From the November 2009 issue
Source: Small Business Administration. 7(a) loans in Fiscal Year 2009, through Aug. 31, 2009.
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