Credit Myths
Cash out Refinances can be accomodated via the legacy small business rails?
What is true?
We require more diligence on the use of funds however we are 4/4 in the NE this year on our requests.
The continuum limits for Conventional Loans and SBA loans are at what dollar amounts? (2 answers)
What are 2MM and 5MM respectively for conventional and SBA.
The two asset types that can be financed with an SBA 504 loan
What are real estate and equipment (Equipment with a useful life of at least 10 years).
Market Executives can approve pricing exceptions for legacy SB RM deals? True/False
What is false? We must follow SB pricing protocol
SB RM and BB Continuum opportunities are routed through the same credit underwriting team? True/False
What is True?
The continuum and Small Business Underwriting needs to pass on opportunities where the business owner is seeking NO PG.
False
The small business underwriting team can accomodate opportunities without a PG. We have our first approval on the LI Team.
A BB RM has a $3MM OOCRE opportunity with sales under 5MM. What are the 2 primary options to proceed?
1. Send the opportunity through the continuum
2. Send the opportunity to a legacy SB Banker for process.
This lending product requires a minimum EBITDA of 1MM and separately 20% of day 1 liquidity to close.
What is an ABL Facility?
True/False Opportunities that have exactly 10MM in exposure are underwritten in the credit center
What is False - Opportunities up to 9,999,999 are underwritten in the credit center. Opportunities 10MM and over are underwritten by our regional credit team.
Line of Credit Requests over 1MM for qualified medical professionals must be routed to this group.
What are the MSA's for either our centralized credit or regional credit team
True/False
In legacy small business all Medical Opportunities must all be sent to practice solutions for consideration
What is True for legacy small business initiate deals.
This many markets have closed a continuum deal thus far in 2025.
This group at the Bank can provide 100% OOCRE financing for this profession.
What are medical practices via Practice Solutions?
This recent policy change requires us to order a DDI for any credit action where the exposure exceeds this dollar amount
What is $5MM?
The MSA should be excluded when a credit opportunity exceeds this dollar amount
What is there is no maximum dollar limit for MSA engagement. The MSA should be engaged on all opportunities north of $2MM in exposure through requests north of $10MM and beyond.
In legacy BB all Medical Opportunities must all be sent to practice solutions for consideration
What is false- All opportunities under $2MM should be sent to practice solutions except for line of credit requests over $1MM. Other requests may be underwritten by practice solutions or from our credit center.
On continuum opportunities where we have both CPA financials statements and tax returns, the small business team will default to tax returns for underwriting. True/False
False - This is a myth! Although we require tax returns always on continuum deals, we will default to the highest level of financial statements for underwriting.
This SBA product has a maximum exposure limit of $500,000.
What is the SBA Express Line of credit.
( which is our only SBA line product. )
This type of limited borrowing base facility in legacy Business Banking can extend up to 5 years and does not require a field exam by policy.
What is an Asset Test Line.
Name at least 5 Franchise concepts that we can leverage for Enterprise Value lending.
What are Servepro, Little Ceasars, Aamco, Meineke, Pet Supplies Plus, State Farm, Jiffy Lube, Ace Hardware, Matco Tools, UPS Store, Molly Maid, Merry Maids, & Benjamin Moore to name a few.
Name 1 of the only 3 franchise brands in our franchise group that we will consider start up financing for?
What are the UPS Store, Pet Supplies First, and Christian Brothers.
(Christian Brothers is a franchised automotive repair chain)