SBA’s Office of Credit Risk Management continues to focus on the adequacy of lenders’ underwriting and documentation of working capital disbursements on their 7(a) loans. Lenders are required to thoroughly…
One common reason for SBA to issue a repair or denial of the SBA guaranty is a Lender’s failure to properly disburse an SBA loan in accordance with the use…
In a recent presentation by SBA on guaranty purchases and its 10 tab process, the Agency noted that lenders not infrequently provide inadequate documentation to support their debt refinancing “uses…
On March 16, 2022, the Federal Reserve (“the Fed”) raised interest rates by 25 basis points (or “bps”) in an effort to tamp down inflationary pressures. The Fed also indicated…
As reported in an earlier edition of Best Practices, it has been estimated that at least 15% of all PPP loan disbursements have at least one indicia of fraud. Until…
On March 3, 2022, through its PPP Lender Platform, SBA provided informal guidance to lenders on several issues, including whether lenders “should” consider offset as a remedy for borrowers who…