SBA
The 2026 Coleman SBA Lending Awards Recap
March 24, 2026Coleman’s 2026 SBA Lender Professional Awards ceremony took place last week in Miami at the corporate headquarters of Banesco. Bob Coleman, the organizer of the event and founder of the Coleman Report, was the host. The annual Coleman Awards first debuted in 2025. The full list of winners from 2026 can be viewed here.
Among the keynote speakers were NewtekOne CEO Barry Sloane and iBusiness CEO Justin Levy. Sean Murray of deBanked won an award for SBA Best Use of Media. The event was well attended.
Coleman Report’s Bob Coleman is Out With a New Book: “Easy Money, Hard Time”
July 18, 2025
Bob Coleman, founder of Coleman Report, the leading provider of information to small business bankers to help them make less risky small business loans, recently authored a book. Titled Easy Money, Hard Time: 19-Covid PPP Loan Fraud Stories, the book dives into “the most shocking cases of PPP loan fraud, exposing the audacity, greed, and recklessness of those who saw an economic disaster as a chance to cash in.”
Coleman has also previously authored PPP Saves Millions of Main Street Jobs During Covid (2022) and Money, Money Everywhere But Not a Drop for Main Street (2011).
Coleman’s premium content trade newsletter began in 1993 and it provides critical analytical information for today’s small business lending professional. They are the largest producer of training courses and webinars for small business bankers.
Bob Coleman will be moderating a panel on SBA lending at the B2B Finance Expo in Las Vegas this October.
