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Banking Study, 1997

    Introduction | Small Business Lending |  Bank Holding Company | Microlending |  Farm Lending |  Obtaining Reports 

    Introduction

    For the fourth straight year, the Office of Advocacy is releasing its analysis of call report data collected by the
    Federal Reserve on the lending activity of some 9,300 individual reporting commercial banks. The information
    is organized on a state-by-state basis to enable small business borrowers and depositors to make better
    decisions about the banking services in their respective states. Four studies result from this analysis and
    each is provided here.


    Small Business Lending in the United States

    This is an annual study published by the Office of Advocacy ranking commercial banks' lending performance to small businesses by state.

  • Introductory discussion (text of the report)

  • View tables for each state - While the printed study contains two tables, they are combined for viewing and
    downloading. Table 1 ranks banks for a selected state. Table 2, which is represented by a "Y" for yes in the small business friendly bank column on the viewable table, lists the top small-business-friendly banks by bank size for a selected state. Small businesses seeking loans from small-business-friendly banks should also consider banks
    that participate in SBA loan programs. To locate the SBA preferred or certified lender nearest to your business,
    call 1-800-8-ASK-SBA or check SBA's home page at http://www.sba.gov. SBL = Small-business-lending,
    SBF = Small-business-friendly. (Source: Office of Economic Research, Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration from call report data.)

     

Download table data for all states - This is a self-extracting executable file containing a tab delimited text file with the
directory of banks by state which can be used with spread sheet software.

View table 3 - The number of banks in each asset size grouped by state.

Bank Holding Company Study

A companion to the Small Business Lending in the United States, this study provides a listing of the bank holding companies (banks with at least $10 billion dollars in assets).

Micro-Business-Friendly Banks in the United States

A companion to the Small Business Lending in the United States, the report lists the micro-business-friendly banks,
banks with significant lending activity of loans under $100,000, by state.

Farm-Friendly Banks in the United States

A companion to the Small Business Lending in the United States, the report lists farm-friendly banks, banks with
significant farm lending activity of loans under $250,000, by state.

How to Obtain Paper, Microfiche or Disk Copies

To purchase a copy of the complete banking study on paper, microfiche or IBM-compatible diskette, contact the National Technical Information Service at (703) 605-6000 or 1-800-553-6847.

 
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