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Portland, Maine Small Business Loans

Looking for a Portland, Maine small business loan? We were annoyed by how hard it was to find city-specific small business lenders so we created this page just for you.

If you are planning on applying for a small business loan and your business is based in Portland, Maine, we've put together a list of local small business banks that you should contact.

It's only a matter of time.

"I need cash for my business!" you'll say.

Maybe you need a $50,000 small business loan to launch a big advertising campaign. Perhaps you need a $500,000 business loan to buy an office building.

It's time to introduce yourself to a small business lender in Portland.

Sure, there are other sources of small business funding: borrowing family money, angel investors, and merchant credit card advances, to name a few.

But, in the final analysis, getting a small business loan from a small business banker is often the better tactic for a small business to get cash in a hurry to meet short-term business objectives.

To assist you in finding a small business banker, here's our list of small business banks in Portland.

Small Business Bank Recent SBA Loans
Bangor Savings Bank  
Bank of America  
Camden National Bank  
Dfc Of Maine  
Diane Newman Ins Agcy Inc  
Evergreen Credit Union  
Fleet Bank  
Fleet Mortgage  
Fleet Private Clients Group  
Grillo- John N  
Keybank  
Lender's Network  
Maine Bank & Trust Company 33
Maine Mortgage Partners LLC  
Maine National Bank  
McDonald Investments Inc  
Northeast Bank FSB  
Norway Savings Bank 24
Td Banknorth 2,056

Banks outside of Portland will often lend to entrepreneurs in Portland, ME. Here's a list of out-of-area banks that have recently made loans to Portland entrepreneurs. Some of these banks may have local branches but underwrite the loans from an out-of-state banking location.

Small Business Bank Recent SBA Loans
Androscoggin Savings Bank
Lewiston, ME
1
Bangor Savings Bank
Bangor, ME
8
Bank Of America
Charlotte, NC
12
Bank Of America
Providence, RI
25
Bath Savings Institution
Bath, ME
3
Capital One
Mclean, VA
9
Cit Small Business Lending Corp
Livingston, NJ
1
Gorham Savings Bank
Gorham, ME
2
Gorham Savings Bank
Scarborough, ME
1
Greater Bay Bank
Palo Alto, CA
1
Katahdin Trust Co.
Patten, ME
1
Kennebunk Savings Bank
Kennebunk, ME
2
Keybank National Association
Cleveland, OH
14
Maine Bank & Trust Company
Falmouth, ME
2
Maine Bank & Trust Company
Westbrook, ME
1
Northeast Bank
Brunswick, ME
1
Northeast Bank
Lewiston, ME
2
Norway Savings Bank
Norway, ME
23
Ocean Bank
Portsmouth, NH
3
Pepperell Bank & Trust
Biddeford, ME
1
Rbs Citizens
Providence, RI
2
Rivergreen Bank
Kennebunk, ME
3
Saco & Biddeford Savings Insti
Saco, ME
6
Wells Fargo Bank
San Jose, CA
1

More Advice on Raising Money

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