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Best SBA lenders for Finance and Insurance

The SBA lenders that fund the most Finance and Insurance businesses, ranked by funded volume with each lender's charge-off track record.

By Mario Bailey · Source: SBA FOIA data, as of 2026-03-31

Live Oak Banking Company funds the most SBA volume in Finance and Insurance. Charge-off rates below are each lender's overall rate across all of its loans, as a track-record signal.

# Lender Volume in Finance and Insurance Charge-off
1 Live Oak Banking Company $682.3M 0.3%
2 Byline Bank $343.1M 0.9%
3 United Midwest Savings Bank National Association $163.1M 4.7%
4 U.S. Bank, National Association $142.9M 2.2%
5 Bankwell Bank $130.0M 0.0%
6 Newtek Bank, National Association $102.9M 0.0%
7 Pathward National Association $89.0M 1.8%
8 The Huntington National Bank $87.6M 1.3%

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Method and disclaimer. Ranked by funded SBA volume in Finance and Insurance from the public FOIA 7(a) and 504 data (as of 2026-03-31); see our methodology. SBA Loan Index is not affiliated with the SBA and is not a lender, broker, or financial advisor.

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