The Fidelity Bank: SBA Lending Record

What SBA's own loan files show about The Fidelity Bank as an SBA lender, and how a lender's record bears on a feasibility study.

Fidelity: SBA record

307 loans for FY2017 to FY2026 stand against The Fidelity Bank. At Fidelity, gross dollars approved come to $311.6 million. The Fidelity book of 307 is SBA 7(a) business, with Fidelity at 0 SBA 504 loans. Fidelity lists North Carolina as its state. Fidelity holds 307 loans now or at last record. For Fidelity, SBA guarantees 307. Earlier holders of the 307 do not show. Who first financed a Fidelity loan is not shown, nor how Fidelity judges a request.

Fidelity: class mix

The class view leaves 195 of 307 unplaced at Fidelity. Fidelity: automotive mechanical repair at 19, then full-service restaurant at 17, next limited-service restaurant at 16. Next at Fidelity: hotel and motel at 12, next coffee shop and snack bar at 8; child care center at 7. Further at Fidelity: fitness center at 5. 195 unplaced loans lead the Fidelity table, so Fidelity covers under half of 307 in a class comparison.

Fidelity by state

By state, North Carolina leads Fidelity with 143 loans, then Florida with 36 and Texas with 24. The Fidelity table continues through Georgia at 20, South Carolina at 19, California at 7, Virginia at 7, Illinois at 5 and New Jersey at 5. Use the Fidelity spread to see how far 307 holdings extend past North Carolina.

Fidelity: cancellations

Fidelity cancellation floor, FY2017 to FY2024: 7.8% of 307 approvals. Our own rule withholds the Fidelity charge-off rate. Fidelity's cohorts are too small. Fidelity ceiling: 7.8%, counting undisbursed loans as cancelled. Fidelity: floor and ceiling meet.

Fidelity: reading the record

Fidelity offers borrowers facts about holdings, and 307 loans are those facts. Fidelity has another: the 7.8% floor. At Fidelity, neither fact predicts a decision. A Fidelity project stands on own numbers. The Fidelity study should pick out the 307 loans that resemble it. For Fidelity, it should flag the differences. Fidelity reads the project against 307 loans. A cancellation floor of 7.8% at Fidelity describes the past, not the future.

Fidelity: the study

With Fidelity in view, 307 loans frame the study, not the Fidelity decision. For automotive mechanical repair, Fidelity has 19 loans, the nearest comparison. Fidelity: the study tests bay utilisation. Fidelity needs technician cost tested too. Show Fidelity coverage in a slow year too. Fidelity needs an appraisal that supports it. Fidelity offers just 195 unplaced loans for an unnamed type. Fidelity's study makes the case. Fidelity holds 143 loans in North Carolina. Elsewhere, Fidelity holdings need a reason. The Fidelity floor of 7.8% is a warning. The Fidelity study should allow for delay.

SBA loans held by The Fidelity Bank

SBA guarantees these loans; the lender does not. The lender's name and every figure come from the U.S. Small Business Administration's public 7(a) and 504 FOIA file (data.sba.gov).

7(a) lender is the bank or lender the loan is currently assigned to (or last held it), as SBA records it; 504 lender is the Certified Development Company (CDC). 504 third-party (first-lien) lenders are free text with no identifier and are not credited.

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026307
Gross dollars approved$311.6 million
SBA 7(a) loans307
SBA 504 loans0

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)7.8%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)7.8%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)withheld

Both rates are floors. SBA withholds the status of open loans, so a loan counts as charged off only once SBA reports it; a rate needs at least 30 loans in its cohort and is otherwise not reported.

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes195
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)19
Full-service restaurant17
Limited-service restaurant16
Hotel and motel12
Coffee shop and snack bar8
Child care center7
Fitness center5

Classes with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are withheld, and more where a small one could be derived.

Loans by project state

States with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are withheld, and more where a small one could be derived.

A value marked withheld rests on fewer than 5 loans, or is withheld so that such a figure cannot be derived from other published figures.

Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 loan-level FOIA files (data.sba.gov), as of 2026-09-30; Loan Analytics lender cell LP-fdic-11507.

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