# Optimize Your SBA Lending with the Pioneer in Cloud Banking nCino's SBA solution enhances the 7\(a\) loan process for your clients and employees by digitizing documentation collection, eliminating manual processes, simplifying data entry, and providing real-time transparency. Enhance the SMB loan process by digitizing documentation collection, eliminating manual processes, simplifying data entry and real-time transparency. --- ## Deliver Opportunity with Small Business Lending - Submit SBA loan guaranty requests from within the nCino Bank Operating System via the SBA’s E-Tran Portal, reducing duplicative data entry. - Review and edit the application information and continue to send updated data until the SBA approves or rejects the loan and provides a loan number. - Control users’ access level with permission sets. - Data that users update in the E-Tran application window synchronizes with the related records on which the data resides. - Automated mapping and data translation capabilities work in the background to ensure data transmits to the SBA in the required format. --- ## Enhance Your SBA Lending Experience with nCino nCino's SBA Solution creates a streamlined documentation experience for customers and supports submitting forms via the Docusign integration, such as IRS Form 1919 and 4506-C. --- ## Improve SBA Lending Efficiency The nCino SBA Solution facilitates the loan approval process for any type of SBA loan, including but not limited to 7(a) and Express. Take advantage of nCino’s integrated view of your customers to streamline the data entry process and to create and submit their loan application via an integration to E-Tran. With our SBA solution, you can: - Leverage a complete end-to-end system for SBA loan processing with intuitive step-by-step workflows for automatic routing of applications. - Streamline loan processing with an intuitive SBA loan interface with applicable built-in SBA workflow rules. - Reduce duplicative data entry by submitting the loan application directly to the SBA using the E-Tran integration. --- ## Discover the Foundations of SBA ### 4 Steps to Prepare Your Financial Institution for Dodd-Frank 1071 Dodd-Frank 1071’s final rule, issued on March 30th, 2023, one day before the critical amendment to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act \(ECOA\) was anticipated to be finalized, is a game-changer for small business lenders.The rule mandates that financial institutions report certain lending data points for small business lending, including demographic data on women-owned, minority-owned and LGBTQI+-owned small businesses. This data will be used by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau \(CFPB\) to enforce fair lending laws and to identify community needs and access to credit. The data collected under the rule will also be used to develop new programs and initiatives to support small businesses.When a financial institution \(FI\) is required to collect and report the required data is dependent upon the number of small business loans originated during 2022 and 2023. The earliest date an FI is required to begin collecting data is October, 1, 2024 \(2,500 originations\) with time extensions to April 1, 2025 \(100 or 500 to 2,500 originations\) or January 1, 2026 \(at least 100 originations\), depending on circumstances.The rule is a complex one, and FIs will need to take steps to comply with it. As your FI prepares to conform to the new requirements, here are some actions to consider. [Read more](/4-steps-prepare-your-financial-institution-dodd-frank-1071) ### Commercial Lending Equip your institution with a streamlined application and origination process to accelerate revenue growth, improve operational efficiency, effectively manage risk, and deliver exceptional customer experiences with our Commercial Loan Origination System. [Learn more](/solutions/commercial-lending) ### How PeoplesBank is Implementing nCino to Serve its Small Business Customers PeoplesBank is a community bank focused on building strong customer relationships and delivering excellent customer service. Learn how Amy Doll, who has been with the Bank through multiple nCino implementations, is helping PeoplesBank to serve its small business customers well with additional rollouts of nCino’s Small Business Banking Solution. [Read more](/how-peoplesbank-implementing-ncino-serve-small-business-customers) ### How Recognise Bank Streamlined SME Banking Processes with nCino Recognise Bank, one of the UK’s newest SME banks, sought a digital end-to-end loan origination system that would allow them to maintain face-to-face contact and relationship management between small businesses and their financial services providers, while delivering best-in-class digital banking capabilities. In this customer story, discover how Recognise successfully implemented nCino to honor traditional SME banking values, while also increasing efficiency and scalability across a single, digital, cloud-based platform. [Read more](/how-recognise-bank-streamlined-sme-banking-processes-with-ncino) --- ## Accelerate Document Generation and Management - All documentation and forms are stored within nCino, allowing FIs to package the loan and its related documents quickly and conveniently, improving operational efficiency and eliminating manual re-keying of application data. - Generate SBA 7(a) closing documents through document prep integrations. - Create and map the SBA Loan Authorization and SBA Express Loan Authorization forms. - Leverage nCino’s Document Manager, a configurable, integrated document repository providing instant, secure and digital access to any form within nCino. - Provide clients with a streamlined document and closing experience through digital channels and e-signature capabilities. - Submit the application directly to the SBA via an integration to E-Tran. --- > nCino not only allows us to react quickly to customers' needs but also helps us maintain transparency so that we are able to efficiently manage priorities as the current situation continues to evolve. > > — Brad Turner, EVP and Chief Credit Officer, Coastal States Bank --- ## Ready to learn more? Explore the Implementation and Modernization Process for Customers. Over the last decade, nCino has supported thousands of institutions with implementation projects through a phased, project-based approach. From this experience, we’ve identified best practices to ensure your financial institution undergoes a successful transformation that eliminates inefficiencies, improves strengths, maximizes productivity, and builds a competitive advantage. [Ready to Learn More? Discover the Implementation Process](/implementation) --- [View sitemap](https://www.ncino.com/api/markdown/sitemap)