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Local loans in Seattle, WA
These banks have made loans through the SBA's 7(a) small business loan program in the 2009 fiscal year in and around Seattle.
Bank Address # of Loans Total $ lent
U.S. Bank 800 Nicollet Mall, 2nd Fl
Minneapolis, MN
151 $18,470,300
Wells Fargo & Company 45 Fremont St, 27th Fl
San Francisco, CA
63 $13,663,800
Key Bank 127 Public Sq
Cleveland, OH
53 $8,613,800
Pacific International Bancorp 1155 N 130th St, Ste 100
Seattle, WA
41 $11,392,200
Fortune Bank 1201 Third Ave, Ste 700
Seattle, WA
40 $20,336,700
Heritage Financial Corporation 201 W 5th Ave
Olympia, WA
31 $10,561,000
Superior Financial Group 165 Lennon Lane, Suite 101
Walnut Creek, CA
30 $295,000
South Sound Bank 2006 Harrison Ave Nw
Olympia, WA
24 $8,906,800
First Heritage Bank 167 Lincoln Ave
Snohomish, WA
23 $5,215,500
Unibank 16929 Hwy 99, Ste 110
Lynnwood, WA
23 $7,700,200
Columbia Banking System 1301 'A' St, Ste 800
Tacoma, WA
20 $4,490,000
Bank Of America Corporation 101 S Tryon St
Charlotte, NC
18 $515,000
Pacific Financial Corporation 1101 S Boone St
Aberdeen, WA
18 $2,380,700
Peoples Bancorp 418 Grover St
Lynden, WA
18 $2,118,800
Washington Business Bank 2607 Martin Way East, Ste 211
Olympia, WA
12 $2,799,000
Seattle Economic Devel Fund Db 1437 South Jackson, Suite 302
Seattle, WA
11 $1,328,200
Viking Financial Services Corp 4 Nickerson St, Ste 200
Seattle, WA
11 $5,951,700
Innovative Bank 360 14th St
Oakland, CA
10 $1,615,000
Olympic Bancorp 619 Bay St
Port Orchard, WA
10 $2,327,000
West Coast Bancorp 5335 Meadows Rd, Ste 201
Lake Oswego, OR
9 $2,608,800
Center Financial Corporation 3435 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 700
Los Angeles, CA
8 $4,390,600
Washington Banking Company 450 Sw Bayshore Dr
Oak Harbor, WA
8 $772,250
Jpmorgan Chase & Co. 270 Park Ave
New York City, NY
7 $385,000
Sterling Financial Corporation 111 N Wall St
Spokane, WA
6 $4,697,500
Excel National Bank 9701 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA
5 $5,816,100
First Citizens Bancshares 4300 Six Forks Rd
Raleigh, NC
5 $4,134,300
City Bank 14807 Hwy 99
Lynnwood, WA
4 $825,000
Hana Financial 1000 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 2000
Los Angeles, CA
4 $3,113,600
Hanmi Financial Corporation 3660 Wlishire Blvd, Ph-A
Los Angeles, CA
4 $3,768,500
Issaquah Community Bank 1375 Nw Mall St, Stes 1 & 2
Issaquah, WA
4 $1,362,000
Business Bank 1854 S Burlington Blvd
Burlington, WA
3 $560,230
Cit Small Business Lending Corporation 1 Cit Drive
Livingston, NJ
3 $1,033,000
Grow America Fund 708 Third Avenue, Suite 710
New York, NY
3 $2,326,000
Pacific City Financial Corpora 3701 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 100
Los Angeles, CA
3 $367,000
Pacific Continental Corporatio 111 W 7th Ave
Eugene, OR
3 $1,173,000
Popular North America 525 Fellowship Rd
Mount Laurel, NJ
3 $579,000
Skagit State Bancorp 301 E Fairhaven Ave
Burlington, WA
3 $761,000
Umpqua Holdings Corporation 1 Sw Columbia St., Ste 1200
Portland, OR
3 $2,329,300
Wilshire Bancorp 3200 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
3 $785,000
Community West Bancshares 445 Pine Ave
Goleta, CA
2 $805,100
Foundation Bancorp 1110 112th Ave, Ste 200
Bellevue, WA
2 $480,000
Live Oak Banking Company 2605 Iron Gate Dr, Ste. 100
Wilmington, NC
2 $1,255,000
Mountain Pacific Bank 3732 Broadway
Everett, WA
2 $662,445
Prime Pacific Financial Servic 4710 196th St Sw
Lynnwood, WA
2 $321,000
Ucbh Holdings 555 Montgomery St, Mail Stop 401
San Francisco, CA
2 $880,000
Washington First Financial Gro 9709 Third Ave Ne
Seattle, WA
2 $200,000
American Heritage Holdings 7777 Alvarado Rd, Ste 515
La Mesa, CA
1 $1,242,000
Banner Corporation 10 S 1st Ave
Walla Walla, WA
1 $558,800
Boeing Empl Credit Union 12770 Gateway Dr
Tukwila, WA
1 $93,700
Cathay General Bancorp. 777 N Broadway
Los Angeles, CA
1 $340,000
Community 1St Bk - Howard Cnty 201 W Sycamore St
Kokomo, IN
1 $300,000
Eastside Comm. Bank Natl Assoc 3326 160th Ave Se, Ste 101
Bellevue, WA
1 $230,000
Fairfield Financial Holdings 213 E Main St
Fairfield, WA
1 $300,000
First Sound Bank 925 4th Ave, Ste 2350
Seattle, WA
1 $900,000
Northwest Commercial Bank 5726 100th St Sw
Lakewood, WA
1 $50,000
Plaza Bank 1420 Fifth Ave, Ste 3700
Seattle, WA
1 $845,000
Regal Financial Bank 925 4th Ave, Ste 100, 4th & M
Seattle, WA
1 $550,000
Saehan Bancorp 3580 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 1500
Los Angeles, CA
1 $450,000
Scj 5 Park Plaza, Ste 950
Irvine, CA
1 $325,000
Security State Corporation 1930 S Gold St
Centralia, WA
1 $90,000
Shinhan Bank America 330 Fifth Ave, 4th Fl
New York City, NY
1 $1,000,000
Small Business Loan Source 9801 Westheimer Road., Suite 1100
Houston, TX
1 $321,000
United Western Bancorp Inc. 700-17th St, Ste 2100
Denver, CO
1 $406,000
Ups Capital Business Credit 425 Day Hill Rd
Windsor, CT
1 $472,000
Wachovia Bank National Associ 100 N Main St
Winston Salem, NC
1 $652,500
Western State Agency 110 4th St Se
Devils Lake, ND
1 $35,000
From the November 2009 issue
Source: Small Business Administration. 7(a) loans in Fiscal Year 2009, through Aug. 31, 2009.
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