The Kansas City district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration will recognize the 10 Top 2016 SBA Lenders on Feb. 22.
“These top ten lenders combined made almost half of the SBA-guaranteed loans (434 of the 889 total loans) to small businesses in the district in fiscal year 2016 – representing more than $178 million of the $396.5 million in total capital provided to small business owners throughout the 88 county Kansas City district SBA service area,” said SBA District Director Malcolm Richards.
The lenders being honored, in order of the number of loans they made to small businesses in the last fiscal year, are:
- U.S. Bank
- Alterra Bank
- Simmons First Bank
- Arvest Bank
- The Bank of Missouri
- OakStar Bank
- Guaranty Bank
- Crossfirst Bank
- RMI, Inc.
- Wells Fargo Bank.
The awards ceremony will be held at The Venue, 4800 W. 135th St. in Leawood, Kan., from 9 to 11 a.m. The event is co-sponsored by Midwest Regional Bank and free to the public. Kansas Secretary of Commerce Antonio Soave will be the keynote speaker. Advance registration is required.
