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SBA increases 7(a) and 504 loan limit to $10 million for small businesses

Discover how the SBA's increase of the 7(a) and 504 loan limits to $10 million can empower small businesses with greater ...
American Banker

SBA moves to increase lender fees in flagship program

SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler said an immediate fee increase was necessary to boost revenue collected by its flagship 7(a) program. The Small Business Administration, saying that it needs to shore ...
American Banker

Lender groups want SBA to increase fees, tighten underwriting rules

Banker groups are telling new SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler higher fees and tighter underwriting standards are needed to strengthen the agency's 7(a) loan guarantee program. Advocates for lenders ...
Forbes

SBA Loan Limit May Double To $10 Million, But Not For Every Small Business

SBA chief Kelly Loeffler says bigger loans will help bring manufacturing back to the U.S. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Manufacturing companies could soon qualify for bigger Small Business ...
JD Supra

Government Contractors Should be Aware: SBA intends to increase and revise monetary-based size standards

On August 22, 2025, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a proposed rule to increase its monetary based small business size standards for 263 industries (259 receipts-based and four ...
Yahoo

QC businessman testifies in DC on SBA loan program increase

The president of a systems integration company and manufacturer of industrial electron beam systems is on Capitol Hill today to testify about financial needs for U.S. manufacturers. Karl Swanson, ...