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Byline Bank Honored with SBA Lender of the Year Award in Illinois
Byline Bank receives Illinois SBA Lender of the Year Awards for fiscal year 2024. Pictured, from ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Byline Bank Honored with SBA Lender of the Year Award in IllinoisByline also awarded 504 Third-Party Lender of the Year and Export Lender of the Year by the SBA’s Illinois District Office.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Byline Bank receives Illinois SBA Lender of the Year Awards for fiscal year 2024. Pictured, from left: Roberto Herencia; Rehman Valliani; Thomas Abraham; Melanie Noosbond; Patrick Piorkowski, Lender Relations Specialist for the SBA’s Illinois District Office; Liama Lohman-Kalas; Michael Knazur; Willette LeGrant, District Director of the SBA’s Illinois District Office; Michael Adams; Daniel Branco; Garrett Bright; Mark Fucinato; Alberto Paracchini.\n \n\n CHICAGO, Aug. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has named Byline Bank the Illinois SBA 7(a) Lender of the Year for the 16th year in a row. Byline earned the top ranking by dollar volume for fiscal year 2024, originating $119.6 million in 7(a) loans that created 742 new jobs statewide.\n \n\n The SBA’s Illinois District Office also named Byline the 504 Third-Party Lender of the Year for originating $47.5 million in SBA 504 loans and Export Lender of the Year for delivering $6.1 million to Illinois exporters through the SBA’s International Trade, Export Express, and EWCP loan programs.\n \n\n \"Once again Byline Bank has demonstrated excellence in supporting the U.S. small business community through the use of the SBA’s loan programs,\" said\n \n Willette LeGrant, District Director, Illinois District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration\n \n . \"Here in Illinois, we are thankful for Byline’s partnership in helping local small businesses get the capital they need to power their growth.\"\n \n\n \"We are very proud to again rank as the top lender in Illinois across multiple SBA loan categories,\" said\n \n Tom Abraham, President of Small Business Capital, Byline Bank’s SBA lending division\n \n . “This recognition underscores Byline’s long-term dedication to small business success in the state.”\n \n\n “Our goal at Byline is to help our clients build strong businesses, and access to the right financing at the right time is a critical factor,” said\n \n Brogan Ptacin, Executive Vice President, Head of Commercial Banking at Byline Bank\n \n . ...