Rebecca Mendoza
Feb 28, 2024
If Not Deferral, Then…What?
We’ve been covering questions about deferrals in several recent articles. And our clients continue seeing a rise in Borrowers’ requests...
Lori N. McCausland
Feb 13, 2024
Deferrals: Working Together in Tough Times
Your Borrowers don’t always experience smooth sailing. Sometimes they get stuck, run into difficulties, and end up with what everyone...
Lori N. McCausland
Feb 6, 2024
The New Form 1919 – Takeaways from SBA Training
SBA released a lot of new forms at the end of 2023. One of them was the much-anticipated streamlined Form 1919, bringing it into...
Rebecca Mendoza
Jan 24, 2024
Increasing Payment Assistance Requests?
Our friend and colleague Doug Hood has been an SBA consultant and small-business advocate for over 27 years and has won many awards and...
Lori N. McCausland
Jan 9, 2024
SBA publishes new forms – but beware!
Did you notice the new notice? We’d like to draw your attention to the Information Notice SBA released at the end of December (when you...
Lori N. McCausland
Dec 21, 2023
What’s Up with Universal Purchase Packages (UPPs)?
Getting the guarantee purchased is important; that’s not new news! What is news is that the new Universal Purchase Package, or UPP, is...
Rebecca Mendoza
Dec 11, 2023
Look out – here comes 2024!
It’s been a lot these last few months. Three new SOPs from SBA (50 10 7, 50 57 3, and the updates in 50 10 7.1). Inflation (mercifully...
Rebecca Mendoza
Nov 28, 2023
New Litigation Requirements!
Do you litigate? Quick answer: yes, you do – and if you haven’t yet, someday you will when a Borrower declares bankruptcy, or there’s...
Lori N. McCausland
Nov 3, 2023
Non-delegated Lender? Slow down to speed up your 7(a) loans!
Ever driven past someone stopped for speeding? We all have. (Note: we’re not asking if you’ve ever been stopped for speeding!) We speed...
Lori N. McCausland
Oct 26, 2023
SBA Lending: Systems and Process
Whether you’re thinking about starting or expanding your SBA Lending department, or simply updating it based on new SOPs, a key factor is...