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Non-Bank Preferred Lenders

Allied Capital (Business Loan Express)
6000 Fairview Road, Suite 1200
Charlotte, NC 28210
704/552-3656
Contact: Everett H. Walker, Jr., ewalker@businessloanexpress.org

AMRESCO Independence Funding
700 N. Pearl Street, Suite 2400
Dallas, TX 75201
214/953-8908
Contact: Charles P. Bell

Business Loan Center
800/SBA-LOAN
www.sbaloans.com

CIT Small Business Lending Division
3524 Yadkinville Road, Suite 352
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
336/924-4102; 888/862-1690
Contact: David Brindley, david.brindley@cit.com
www.smallbizlending.com

Commercial Capital Corporation
14 Southall Landings, Suite 100
Hampton, VA 23664
757/850-2698
Contact: Donald Price, Regional Account Manager,
dprice@commercialcapitalcorp.com

www.commercialcapitalcorp.com

First Western SBLC, Inc.
18111 Preston Road
Dallas, TX 75252
972/349-3200
Contact: Mary Brownmiller

GE Capital Small Business Finance Corporation
6100 Fairview Road, Suite 350
Charlotte, NC 28210
704/643-6363
www.gesmallbusiness.com

Heller First Capital Corp.
7810 Balentine Commons Parkway, Suite 300
Charlotte, NC 27822
704/602-3062 or 800/678-2028
Contact: Paul Finnican, pfinnican@hellerfin.com
www.hellerfin.com

Small Business Loan Source, Inc.
5333 Westheimer, Suite 840
Houston, TX 77056
713/425-3900
sblsinfo@sbls.com
www.sbls.com

Transamerica Small Business Capital
220 North Main Street, Suite 604
Greenville, SC 29601
864/232-6197
Contact: Susan Streich, susan.streich@transamerica.com

Wells Fargo SBA Lending
800/545-0670
www.wellsfargo.com

 
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