Valley National Bank took its place at the top of a recent Small Business Administration, leading the Tampa Bay area in lending dollar-volume rankings.
The New Jersey-based bank, which acquired USAmeriBank locally, loaned $17.2 million to small businesses in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties in fiscal 2018, beating out Live Oak Banking Co. by a little more than $4 million.
The No. 1 ranking is the sixth consecutive for Valley (NASDAQ: VLY), which moved into a 7,102-square-foot facility in…
