USDA names Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust as business lender of year
BPC Staff Dec 7, 2015 | 4:46 pm
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84 wordsAll Latest News, Banking and Finance, EnergyThe U.S. Department of Agriculture named Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust as Business Lender of the Year. Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust used $38 million from the USDA’s loan program to assist seven businesses in three states this year. That leveraged another $45 million that helped create or retain nearly 400 rural jobs in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri. The bank also was one of four U.S. lenders to receive a guaranteed loan from a USDA program aimed at water and environmental programs. Read more