NBH Bank Honored by B:Side Capital as the recipient of the 2024 Top 7(a) Lender Award

NBH Bank is the recipient of B:Side Capitals 2024 Top 7(a) Lender Award in Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado. Doing business as Hillcrest Bank in Utah and New Mexico and Community Banks of Colorado in Colorado, this award recognizes an unwavering commitment and partnership in Small Business Administration (SBA) lending.

B:Side Capital, is a nonprofit Certified Development Company and Lender Service Provider. Each year, B:Side Capital honors lending partners who demonstrate exceptional dedication to supporting the small business community through SBA lending. B:Side Capital helps lenders provide financing to businesses unable to secure traditional loans. These partner lenders are pivotal in advancing B:Side’s mission of nurturing the economic growth of diverse small businesses.

“NBH Bank’s long-standing relationship with B:Side Capital increases avenues for businesses to secure capital that would otherwise remain out of reach,” shared Chris Randall, EVP and Senior Managing Director for Business Banking at NBH Bank. “We appreciate the partnership and our shared commitment to help small business in our communities grow and thrive.”

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About NBH Bank

NBH Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Bank Holdings Corporation, operates a network of over 90 banking centers, serving individual consumers, small, medium and large businesses, and government and non-profit entities. The bank was recently named one of Forbes Top Banks. The bank’s core geographic footprint consists of Colorado, the greater Kansas City region, Utah, Wyoming, Texas, Idaho and New Mexico. NBH Bank operates under the following brand names: Community Banks of Colorado, a division of NBH Bank, in Colorado, Bank Midwest in Kansas and Missouri, Hillcrest Bank in Utah, Idaho, Texas and New Mexico and Bank of Jackson Hole in Wyoming. National Bank Holdings Corporation is a bank holding company created to build a leading community bank franchise delivering high-quality client service and committed to shareholder results.

For more information visit: cobnks.com, bankmw.com, hillcrestbank.com, BOJH.com, or nbhbank.com. More information about National Bank Holdings Corporation can be found at www.nationalbankholdings.com.

About B:Side Capital and B:Side Fund

As a Certified Development Company and Lender Service Provider, B:Side Capital is committed to serving lending partners in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona through Small Business Administration 504 and 7(a) loans. They care about creating access to responsible capital for small businesses and being a resource for banks and entrepreneurs alike. Together with their sister company B:Side Fund, B:Side Capital strives to empower underserved markets- fostering economic growth and job creation through SBA and direct lending. The services they offer to lenders are solutions to financing requests that they otherwise would not be able to provide under their institution’s conventional credit policy. Since 1990, B:Side is proud to have funded over 5,500 small business loans, helping to create over 45,000 jobs and injecting $6.5 billion into the economy. More information can be found at https://www.bsidecapital.org/our-impact.