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Local loans in Rapid City, SD
These banks have made loans through the SBA's 7(a) small business loan program in the 2009 fiscal year in and around Rapid City.
Bank Address # of Loans Total $ lent
Black Hills Federal Credit Union 2700 N Plaza Dr
Rapid City, SD
24 $1,023,400
Great Western Bancorporation 100 N Phillips Ave
Sioux Falls, SD
22 $8,372,200
Wells Fargo & Company 45 Fremont St, 27th Fl
San Francisco, CA
20 $7,395,900
Minnwest Corporation 14820 Hwy 7
Minnetonka, MN
18 $2,258,200
Dacotah Banks 401 S Main St, Ste 212
Aberdeen, SD
11 $4,124,400
First Interstate Bancsystem I 401 N 31st St, Ste 1800
Billings, MT
11 $751,000
Capitol Bancorporation 600 Main St
Britton, SD
8 $449,300
Big Sioux Financial 211 N Main St
Estelline, SD
7 $1,535,000
Hf Financial Corp. 225 S Main Ave
Sioux Falls, SD
7 $514,400
South Dakota Bancshares 420 S Pierre St
Pierre, SD
7 $981,800
First National Of Nebraska In 1620 Dodge St
Omaha, NE
6 $275,000
Minnehaha Banshares 100 S Phillips Ave
Sioux Falls, SD
6 $2,486,000
United National Corporation 601 S Minnesota Ave
Sioux Falls, SD
6 $642,400
Beresford Bancorporation 600 Main St
Britton, SD
4 $274,000
First Dakota Financial Corpora 225 Cedar
Yankton, SD
4 $240,700
Stockmens Financial Corporatio 805 5th St
Rapid City, SD
4 $668,100
Superior Financial Group 165 Lennon Lane, Suite 101
Walnut Creek, CA
4 $55,000
Belle Fourche Bancshares 125 E Colorado Blvd, Ste 1a
Spearfish, SD
3 $531,000
Fidelity Corporation 745 Main St
Burke, SD
3 $307,000
Fishback Financial Corporation 520 6th St
Brookings, SD
3 $866,369
Hopkins Financial Corporation 100 E Havens
Mitchell, SD
3 $251,700
Thomson Holdings 549 Broadway
Centerville, SD
3 $1,375,000
U.S. Bank 800 Nicollet Mall, 2nd Fl
Minneapolis, MN
2 $45,100
American Federal Corporation 215 N Fifth St
Fargo, ND
1 $2,000,000
Black Hills Commun Bank Natl A 821 Mt Rushmore Rd, Ste B
Rapid City, SD
1 $416,500
Citizens Bank Group 123 Armstrong Blvd South
Saint James, MN
1 $2,000,000
First Bank Shares Inc Main St
Warner, SD
1 $297,000
Kingsbury Bank Holding Company 212 Calumet Ave
De Smet, SD
1 $350,000
Live Oak Banking Company 2605 Iron Gate Dr, Ste. 100
Wilmington, NC
1 $804,000
Meta Financial Group 121 E 5th St
Storm Lake, IA
1 $60,000
From the November 2009 issue
Source: Small Business Administration. 7(a) loans in Fiscal Year 2009, through Aug. 31, 2009.
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