Best Banks For Small BusinessesThe nation's top 100 microloan lenders.
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Looking for a little extra expansion capital? You couldn'thave picked a better time. According to a report by the U.S. SmallBusiness Administration's Office of Advocacy, bankers arelending money to small business like never before. Some $15.8billion was lent to small businesses last year by the 478 banks inthe SBA's new ranking of the top microlenders. "That'sa 5 percent increase over 1995 and is a good indicator that creditis more available than it has ever been," says Jere Glover,chief counsel for the Office of Advocacy, which compiled andpublished theMicro-Business-Friendly Banks in the UnitedStates, 1996 Editionreport.
Glover cites a number of reasons for the lending increase."A lot has to do with an increase in lending to women,"he says. "More women are starting businesses, and bankers arebeginning to realize they are good loan risks."
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