{"id":144045,"date":"2025-07-29T19:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T23:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144045"},"modified":"2025-07-29T19:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T23:19:37","slug":"united-achieves-sba-preferred-lender-status-and-strengthens-commitment-to-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144045","title":{"rendered":"United Achieves SBA Preferred Lender Status and Strengthens Commitment to Small Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>United Achieves SBA Preferred Lender Status and Strengthens Commitment to Small Businesses<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>United Federal Credit Union (United) is proud to announce that it has been named a Small Business Administration (SBA) Preferred Lender, a designation that recognizes the credit union\u2019s expertise and commitment to helping small businesses succeed.<\/p>\n<p>This prestigious status allows United to streamline the SBA loan process, offering faster decisions and more efficient service to business members. With over 150 years of combined SBA lending experience, United\u2019s team of trusted SBA loan specialists is ready to help businesses grow, expand, and thrive.<\/p>\n<p>United\u2019s personalized, start-to-finish service sets its SBA lending team apart. From the first meeting through the entire loan process, United\u2019s experts are committed to delivering tailored solutions that meet each business\u2019s unique needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this designation, we\u2019re able to offer even more value to our business members,\u201d said Scott Gilman, United\u2019s SBA Business Development Manager. \u201cOur SBA team is passionate about helping entrepreneurs and business owners access the capital they need to succeed, and this recognition reinforces our ability to deliver on that promise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>United offers a variety of SBA loan programs, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>7(a) Loan Program<\/strong>: Long-term financing for real estate acquisition, construction, renovation, equipment purchases, or inventory.<\/li>\n<li><strong>504 Loan Program<\/strong>: Fixed asset financing for land, buildings, or long-life equipment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>USDA Business &amp; Industry Program<\/strong>: Support for rural businesses with<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>competitive terms.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the credit union\u2019s SBA program, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/unitedfcu.com\/business\/borrow\/sba-loans\">United\u2019s SBA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unitedfcu.com\/business\/borrow\/sba-loans\">landing page<\/a> &#8211; https:\/\/unitedfcu.com\/business\/borrow\/sba-loans.<\/p>\n<h1>About United<\/h1>\n<p>United Federal Credit Union has served its Members since 1949 by helping them to build a sound financial future. United consists of more than 194,000 Member\/owners worldwide and manages assets in excess of $4.0 billion. Its corporate office and main branch are in St. Joseph, Mich., with additional branches in Arkansas, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Federally insured by NCUA. Equal opportunity lender. Equal housing lender. For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedfcu.com\/\">UnitedFCU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nAlina Gilmore Hendricks<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Achieves SBA Preferred Lender Status and Strengthens Commitment to Small Businesses United Federal Credit Union (United) is proud to announce that it has been named a Small Business Administration &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144045\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">United Achieves SBA Preferred Lender Status and Strengthens Commitment to Small Businesses<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/united-sba.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144045"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/144046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}