Please see here for our Privacy Policy.
SBA Loans
Keep your business moving forward with small business lending
Must have a minimum of 1 year in business
Must classify as a For-Profit company**
Amerant Bank is awarded SBA’s Export Lender of The Year
This award recognizes top lenders that are committed to increasing access to capital for small businesses entering the global marketplace.
SBA Loans Benefits
Lower Down Payments
Lower down payment when compared to conventional loans.
Flexible Terms and Underwriting
SBA loans offer longer terms (up to 25 years, no balloons or call dates), and more flexible underwriting and expedited processing times.
Convenient Financing
90% Financing to Purchase or Renovate Owner-Occupied Real Estate, and multi-use Options via Working Capital.
Easy Eligibility
Must be in business a minimum of 1 year.
Secure Financing
Backed by the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Quick turnaround
Amerant Bank is a Preferred Lender with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), which allows for simple application process with expedited processing times.
Why Choose Amerant for your SBA Loan:
Amerant Bank is a Preferred Lender with the SBA, which makes the turnaround time quicker. Working with a community bank that is near you means decisions are made locally. We will work with you throughout the entire application process, beginning to end.
How to get Started with an SBA Loan
Starting the process for a Small Business Administration loan is easy.
Apply for an SBA loan at a nearby banking center.
The bank reviews the application package to ensure that the SBA loan requirements are met.
The application is submitted to the SBA for a loan guarantee.
When approved, your loan amount will be deposited into your Amerant business account.
More Business Financing Options
Featured
Featured
Frequently Asked Questions about SBA Loans
Yes! This means that you can expect faster turnaround times.
The SBA is a federal agency that helps established businesses grow and helps new businesses get started. As a borrower, you’re not borrowing from the SBA, you’re borrowing from a financial institution like Amerant Bank that works with the SBA to provide loans to small business customers.
A conventional business loan from Amerant Bank is solely the bank’s risk and subject to Bank lending guidelines. An SBA loan is a business loan that splits the risk between the Bank and the SBA, which guarantees a portion of those loans. SBA loans are subject to the lending guidelines of both the SBA and Amerant.
Connect with a
Bank Representative
We’re here to help you grow. Fill out the form and we will connect you with the right person.
* All products and services are subject to approval, including credit approval. Some restrictions apply. Maximum loan amount of $5,000,000. Other terms, conditions, fees, and restrictions may apply.
** For a full list of requirements, please contact a business banker
SBA’s participation or support is not an endorsement of any product, service, or entity.
Application Accuracy, Patriot Act and Right to Request Credit Disclosure
To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person with an equity interest of an entity who opens an account.
What this means for you: When you open an account, we will ask for name(s), address(es), date(s) of birth, and other information that will allow us to identify individuals with equity ownership. We may also ask to see driver’s licenses or other identifying documents.
Additional information including but not limited to Customer Due Diligence, “Know Your Customer” requirements, and Beneficial Ownership may be required to complete opening your account.
The Federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act prohibits creditors from discriminating against credit applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age (provided the applicant has the capacity to enter into a binding contract), because all or part of the applicant’s income derives from any public assistance program, or because the applicant has in good faith exercised any right under the Consumer Credit Protection Act. The federal agency that administers compliance with this law concerning this creditor is the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Customer Assistance Unit, 1301 McKinney Street, Suite 3450, Houston, TX 77010-9050.
If your application for business credit is denied, you have the right to a written statement of the specific reasons for the denial. To obtain the statement, please contact Amerant Bank, N.A., 220 Alhambra Circle, 5th Floor, Coral Gables, FL 33134, (305) 460-4000 within 60 days from the date you are notified of our decision. We will send you a statement of reasons for the denial within 30 days of receiving your request.
The person completing this application hereby certifies that the information provided is true and correct to the best of their knowledge and will notify Amerant Bank of any material changes to the information anything over the 30 days following submission. In the event credit is granted in any amount, you agree to furnish financial statements and/or any other financial information at any time it is so requested and failure to do so shall constitute a default in the terms and conditions of the loan and entitle the Bank to demand payment in full on the loan. At this time you expressly authorize the Bank to make all inquiries it deems necessary to verify the accuracy of the statements made herein, and to determine, the creditworthiness of any individuals with equity ownership.
CONSUMER DISCLOSURE
From time to time, Amerant Bank (we, us or Company) may be required by law to provide to you certain written notices or disclosures. Described below are the terms and conditions for providing to you such notices and disclosures electronically through the DocuSign, Inc. (DocuSign) electronic signing system.
KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER
Managing a successful Know Your Customer (KYC) Program is a requirement of the U.S. banking system. Learn More.
Please read the information below carefully and thoroughly, and if you can access this information electronically to your satisfaction and agree to these terms and conditions. please confirm your agreement by clicking the ‘I agree’ button at the bottom of this document.
Getting paper copies
At any time, you may request from us a paper copy of any record provided or made available electronically to you by us. You will have the ability to download and print documents we send to you through the DocuSign system during and immediately after signing session and, if you elect to create a DocuSign signer account, you may access them for a limited period of time (usually 30 days) after such documents are first sent to you. After such time, if you wish for us to send you paper copies of any such documents from our office to you, you will be charged a $0.00 per-page fee. You may request delivery of such paper copies from us by following the procedure described below.
Withdrawing your consent
If you decide to receive notices and disclosures from us electronically, you may at any time change your mind and tell us that thereafter you want to receive required notices and disclosures only in paper format. How you must inform us of your decision to receive future notices and disclosure in paper format and withdraw your consent to receive notices and disclosures electronically is described below.
Consequences of changing your mind
If you elect to receive required notices and disclosures only in paper format, it will slow the speed at which we can complete certain steps in transactions with you and delivering services to you because we will need first to send the required notices or disclosures to you in paper format, and then wait until we receive back from you your acknowledgment of your receipt of such paper notices or disclosures. To indicate to us that you are changing your mind, you must withdraw your consent using the DocuSign ‘Withdraw Consent’ form on the signing page of a DocuSign envelope instead of signing it. This will indicate to us that you have withdrawn your consent to receive required notices and disclosures electronically from us and you will no longer be able to use the DocuSign system to receive required notices and consents electronically from us or to sign electronically documents from us.
All notices and disclosures will be sent to you electronically.