Bank strengthens SBA lending division with nationwide expansion

St. Petersburg’s First Home Bank hires a Kentucky-based national sales manager.

By Business Observer Staff
| 11:38 a.m. February 17, 2022
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First Home Bank has expanded its SBA loan program and opened two new branches. (Courtesy photo)

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

ST. PETERSBURG — First Home Bank has gone national with its highly successful U.S. Small Business Administration loan program, which was tops among Tampa Bay SBA lenders in 2021.

The St. Petersburg-based bank, according to a news release, has hired a Louisville, Kentucky-based SBA national sales manager, a newly created role filled by Christian Bowles. He previously served as vice president of business development at Q2 Business Capital, where his 2021 loan production surpassed $33 million.