The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) helps small businesses get funding by setting guidelines for loans and reducing lender risk. These SBA-backed loans make it easier for small businesses to get the funding they need.
BY SIGNING THIS DOCUMENT, YOU ARE STATING THAT ALL INFORMATION YOU HAVE PROVIDED TO THIS LENDER IS ACCURATE AND VERIFIABLE. THE LENDER IS AUTHORIZED TO VERIFY OR RE-VERIFY ANY OF THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE PROVIDED IN YOUR APPLICATION AND TO OBTAIN ONE OR MORE CREDIT REPORTS.
An Authorization Letter allows you as an account holder to grant another trusted individual to perform banking transactions on your behalf.
SBA's mission is to "aid, counsel, assist and protect, insofar as is possible, the interests of small business concerns." It also is charged with ensuring that small businesses earn a "fair proportion" of government contracts and sales of surplus property.
The Stand-by Arrangement (SBA) provides short-term financial assistance to countries facing balance of payments problems. Historically, it has been the IMF lending instrument most used by advanced and emerging market countries.
An SBA-approved franchise is a business that has met the criteria set by the SBA for franchising businesses that can receive SBA loans. The SBA neither approves nor disapproves individual franchises but rather provides a list of franchises that meet their criteria.
Anyone who gets a letter about a delinquent payment claiming to be from the SBA can visit the website to compare the letter's contents to the site's official information about loans, payments and contact information. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media Inc.
Small Business Administration (SBA)
The document is an Unconditional Limited Guarantee from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) outlining the obligations of a Guarantor to repay amounts owed under a promissory note (the Note) in case of default by the Borrower.